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A Jewish Mom and Her Daughter Talk LGBTQ Inclusion
You’ll love this mother-daughter team who have joined the inclusion efforts at Sha’aray Shalom! Jodi Tolman and her daughter Chloe participated in Keshet’s Boston Leadership Summit, putting their ...
Cross-Cultural Parenting: Materialism vs Relationship
My daughter is wise beyond her years. She teaches me. Recently a family with older children handed down to us ...
The Risks of Being an Interracial Family
It is true that every family is different, but for multiracial families that difference can bring with it specific challenges. ...
Learning from Little White Lies
Growing up biracial in white Jewish family means that you don’t often see others who have your experience/look like you. ...
Just Your Typical Interfaith, Interethnic Two-Dad Family
Last week on the blog, S. Bear Bergman of the Flamingo Rampant Book Club issued a call for children’s books that ...
Maternal I Am: Unpacking a Word Synonymous with Mommyhood
I can’t help but think about the words maternal and motherhood; and their ‘opposites,’ paternal and fatherhood. As a new ...
My Daughter’s Gay Uncles
My brother is gay and his amazing boyfriend, Risto, is the newest member of our family. I never presented Risto ...
Explaining the Unexplainable in Minsk
“Yes,” I told the baffled American immigration official, “I was in Belarus for a roots trip.” But this in no ...
How Being the Rabbi’s Gay Son Taught Me to Be a Good Dad
There’s a great post on Kveller that many of us can probably relate to. Jon Raj shares his fear that as ...
Pack Your Bags & Hit the Road for Pride
It’s June, which for many means it’s vacation time. Things slow down at work, the kids aren’t at school, and ...