[yshavurah] Interfaith Family Network

Friends,

The following site is one I highly recommend.  The fact is that, even those
of us who are in families with 2 Jewish parents, almost all of us have
non-Jews in our families.

This summer, when I went to the Conference on Alternatives in Jewish
Education, I had the pleasure of taking 2 excellent workshops with the
organizer of this site.  I learned so much about working with children of
intermarried families, as well as ways of dealing with our own families
issues.

I know you'll find good stuff here.

Johanna

> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > As members of, or people who work with, interfaith families, we all know
> how dramatically a warm welcome can impact the religious journeys of
> interfaith couples. We dedicate this issue of
> http://www.InterfaithFamily.com -- which coincides with the Reform
> Movement's Biennial convention in Minneapolis, and looks at The Importance
> of a Warm Welcome -- to the 25 years of the Reform Movement's Outreach
> efforts, which have helped countless interfaith families find a
comfortable
> place in the Jewish community.
> >
> > In this issue,
> >
> > * Kathy Miller,
> > http://interfaithfamily.com/article/issue120/miller.phtml
> >
> > * Mark Young,
> > http://interfaithfamily.com/article/issue120/myoung.phtml
> >
> > * Jane Young,
> > http://interfaithfamily.com/article/issue120/young.phtml
> >
> > * and Keren McGinity,
> > http://interfaithfamily.com/article/issue120/mcginity.phtml
> >
> > tell how a warm welcome from a Reform synagogue had a positive impact on
> their families.
> >
> > Please join our online discussion on the topic: What prompted your
> decision to affiliate with a synagogue?
> > http://interfaithfamily.com/phorums/read1.php?num=168
> >
> > We also include two Dialogue and Debate essays by Reform rabbis about
> interfaith families:
> >
> > * Rabbi Jane Litman's "Turning Swords into Plowshares,"
> > http://interfaithfamily.com/article/issue120/litman.phtml
> >
> > * and Rabbi Sam Gordon's "The Real Truth about the 1990 Population
Survey:
> How Individual Lives Were Affected."
> > http://interfaithfamily.com/article/issue120/gordon.phtml
> >
> > In addition, we include two News articles about the Progressive (Reform)
> Movement in Israel:
> >
> > * Abigail Radoszkowisz reports on Reform conversions in Israel,
> > http://interfaithfamily.com/article/issue120/radoszkowicz.phtml
> >
> > * and Rabbi Michael Boyden discusses demographic trends there.
> > http://interfaithfamily.com/article/issue120/boyden.phtml
> >
> > Finally, in News from the Network, we offer
> >
> > * Rabbi Ronne Friedman's interview of Edmund Case on WHDH-TV's "Jewish
> Perspective" TV show,
> > http://www.interfaithfamily.com/article/issue120/jewishperspective.rm
> >
> > * and Ed's op-ed piece reprinted from The New York Jewish News,
"Learning
> from Interfaith Families."
> > http://interfaithfamily.com/article/issue120/case.phtml
> >
> > We're taking a week off -- we'll be at the Biennial, please visit us in
> booth #525 if you're there -- so please come back November 14 when we look
> at Growing Up in an Interfaith Family.
> >
> > Ronnie Friedland, Editor, ronnief@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Edmund Case, Publisher, edc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Kathy Bloomfield, Director, Community Development,
> > kathyb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> > * $3.00 a month... less than a gourmet coffee drink, your favorite
> magazine, a hit pay-per-view movie. $36.00 a year... a small price to pay
to
> insure our continued and enhanced efforts as the leading grassroots
> organization encouraging and supporting Jewish choices by interfaith
> families. Visit http://interfaithfamily.com/network/3dollars.phtml to
learn
> how YOU can help.
> >
> > * Visit our new searchable personalized Connections in Your Area
> > calendar system, http://interfaithfamily.planitjewish.com, to find
> > welcoming organizations and events of interest to interfaith families
> > where you live, register for reminders of the kind of events you're
> > interested in, and more! If we don't cover your area or organization, we
> > want to--please email kathyb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with details. And let
> > us know what you think of the new system!
> >
> > * Order The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An
> > InterfaithFamily.com Handbook (Jewish Lights Publishing) today at
> > http://www.interfaithfamily.com/books
> > -- and find other great books at the Jewish Lights website at
> > http://www.jewishlights.com
> >
> > * We're pleased to be an affiliate of http://www.Jewish.com. Please shop
> > in "The store for the Jewish community online" at
> > http://jcolstore.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi?af=16
> > for all of your Holiday needs, "Made in ISRAEL!" gear, personalized
> > Apparel, and more.
> >
> > * Want to be on TV? The Jewish Television Network is seeking interfaith
> > couples for a new TV documentary on intermarriage. Check our front page
> > for details and contact JewishTV@xxxxxxxxxxxxx if you're interested.
> >
> > * Research subjects are wanted for a new study comparing children of
> intermarried and in-married parents -- check our front page for details
and
> contact leher@xxxxxxx if you're interested.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Because your email address is on the InterfaithFamily.com mailing
> > list, you will receive e-letters with updates on new issues of
> > InterfaithFamily.com and news about the InterfaithFamily.com Network.
> > If you would like to be removed from the list, please contact Kathy
> Bloomfield at kathyb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
>

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