ARE YOU A NEW PARENT OR ABOUT TO BECOME A NEW PARENT? Was or will your baby be born between August 1, 2025 and January 30, 2026? Join us Saturday mornings, in the Family Center at Temple Sinai for Baby and Me in the Family Center at Temple Sinai. You and your baby are invited…
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Rather than spending a bunch of words describing what Jewish Family and Children’s Services offers, I’m just going to share their recent email. This site serves the WEST side of the Bay. Jewish Family and Community Services East Bay serves the EAST side. There are satellite offices in other cities. Check these websites or google “Jewish Family and Children’s Services”…
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Last month I had another online workshop with adults who grew up in interfaith families. Their comments were profound and moving. They had been raised in various degrees of Jewish observance and identity. There was stunning moment when one of them talked about explaining their background in a conversation. She said, “I told the man…
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Parents are the primary teachers for their children. We are often told to utilize age appropriate materials and methods. What is “age appropriate”? Cornell Law School of Education states: The term “age-appropriate” means suitable (in terms of topics, messages, and teaching methods) to the developmental and social maturity of the particular age or age group of…
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Teens! Did you ever read that a teen given a sanity test meant for adults would would be found to be insane because that’s where their brain is during this critical age? I would remind myself of that when my teens were completely without adult reasoning. Still teens are deep thinkers and do ponder the…
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I would love to see you – online! I have this program coming up at the end of January: Creating & Sustaining Jewish Traditions at Home Whether you’re the Jewish parent or the non-Jewish parent, you’re probably busy. That makes integrating Jewish traditions an additional task – and a time consuming one at that! What can you do? What…
Read More »Our weekly email goes out to hundreds of interfaith couples & families in the Bay Area. Topics cover the many questions and mysteries that interfaith couples want answered.