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Aviv Hod, Emily Wiese, and their son, Ilan.

Wife Converts After Learning What it Means to be Jewish

Despite a Presbyterian upbringing that included going to church nearly every week, Emily Wiese converted to Judaism about two years ago after several years of marriage to her Jewish husband,… Read More


Registration is Open for ‘Introduction to Judaism’

Registration is open for “Introduction to Judaism,” a free, 25-week program of Jewish study, which meets the educational requirements for conversion to Judaism and serves as an exploratory course for… Read More

Christians and Jews United for Israel

Christians and Jews United for Israel was formed in 2006 with the mission of building a network of pro-Israel activists to help Israel survive the growing and threatening anti-Semitic world… Read More

Registration is Open for ‘Introduction to Judaism’

Registration is open for “Introduction to Judaism,” a free, 25-week program of Jewish study, which meets the educational requirements for conversion to Judaism and serves as an exploratory course for… Read More

Clinton-Mezvinsky Wedding Raises Questions About Intermarriage

Is it possible that the first iconic Jewish picture of the decade is of an interfaith marriage? Photographs taken Saturday show the Jewish groom wearing a yarmulke and a crumpled… Read More

Christians and Jews United for Israel

Christians and Jews United for Israel was formed in 2006 with the mission of building a network of pro-Israel activists to help Israel survive the growing and threatening anti-Semitic world… Read More

Preparing for the High Holy Days Classes

The 10 days between Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur are a time of inner and communal focus for the Jewish people. In preparation for this journey, Rabbi Melissa Wenig will… Read More

Drake, a Black Jew, Making a Name on the Hip-Hop Circuit

In a culture of misfits and outsiders, Aubrey “Drake” Graham is the ultimate outsider — a big-time black Jewish rapper. His star is rising rapidly on the hip-hop scene. Though… Read More

How to Meet Your Great-Great-Grandparents

Most of us have been lucky enough to spend time with our grandparents. Some of us might even have had living great-grandparents. It is not likely that anyone reading this… Read More

Our Jewish-Bahá’i Interfaith Marriage

My sister called me to talk to my husband. “Turn on CNN! They’re doing a piece on Bahá’is!” As my Bahá’i husband turned to the TV and gave the phone… Read More

Federation Leadership Event Draws Crowd

Over 30 leaders from local synagogues, JCCs, and other Jewish organizations gathered recently at the Salem Waterfront Hotel to participate in the workshop “Interfaith Families and Unaffiliated Jews: Getting to… Read More


Boston March and Rally for a United Jerusalem

Baby Name Accord: Somewhere Between Shlomo And Gustav

No Longer Intermarried, But Still Chinese

Interfaith Holocaust Commemoration Slated for April 12

Living Jewishly Within Interfaith Families

Adopted Children, Conversion, and the Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Annual Commemoration of Yom HaShoah at Merrimack College

Mazel Tov and Felicidades — How I Officiated at an MTV Wedding

How the Orthodox Welcomed My Interfaith Family — It’s Complicated

A Taste of Judaism: Are You Curious?

A Kuwaiti Arab Makes a Stunning Discovery

Turning Off the Autopilot in Our Modern Orthodox/Norwegian Family

Unexpected Hurdles in My Beautifully Planned Wedding

Why I’m Marrying a Jewish Girl

Impending Interfaith Engagement Sparks Less than Positive Family Responses

Shuls Face Hard Questions about Non-Jews

Borysenko to Speak in Swampscott

Tips for Celebrating Sukkot without a Sukkah

Becoming Observant While In an Interfaith Marriage

Taking the Mystery Out of High Holidays for the Interfaith