Birth

Newborn Ceremonies

Jewish Newborn Ceremonies 101

An overview of ceremonies to welcome baby boys and girls.

Brit Milah

The Brit Milah (Bris): What You Need to Know

Questions and answers about the circumcision ceremony for Jewish baby boys.

Newborn Ceremonies

Planning and Celebrating Your Daughter’s Brit Bat

Parents face many choices in preparing a welcoming ceremony and party for their baby girl.

How to Pray Through Infertility

Jewish tradition is no stranger to infertility, but it is only recently that liturgical responses to this struggle have emerged.

Quiz: Ceremonies for Newborns

How much do you know about welcoming baby boys and girls into the covenant?

Creating the Jewish Pregnancy

From Shehechiyanu to psalms, how I brought Jewish ritual into this momentous life stage.

What Is A Mohel?

This man or woman performs Judaism's oldest religious rite.

Jewish Names Quiz

Do you know the meanings of popular Jewish names?

Ask the Expert: Secret Name

Why keep the baby name under wraps before the brit milah?

Ask the Expert: Egg Donors

Must the donor be Jewish for the child to be recognized as Jewish?

Jewish Adoption in America

Ancient laws and modernity are brought together with the embrace of adoption in the Jewish community.

The Circumcision Debate

While Jewish critics have arisen in modern times, brit milah is still widely practiced.

Planning a Brit Milah (Bris)

What to do before your son's circumcision.

Interfaith Baby Namings

Planning a ceremony when your family is multi-faith or multi-cultural.

Ask the Expert: Baby Showers

Is it against the rules, or just a superstition?