Sharing Holiday Traditions within an Interfaith Familyby Heather Budman and Chris Golen For our household, it means creating a unique, warm blend where both of our heritages have a physical and emotional home. We might have a Christmas tree next to a Menorah and mix traditional foods, letting our daughter experience the beauty of both …
Seeing Interfaith Outreach in the World of the Presentby Harvey BraunsteinKeruv Co-Founder and Co-Chair Once upon a time in the late 1990’s Len Gimbel was next in line to be FJMC President. Rabbi Charles Simon, FJMC’s rabbinical spiritual presence, pulled Len aside and said, “Lenny, you will be president in 2 years. What do you …
BEYOND KERUV…Looking back and moving aheadby Steven Mandel MD In the context of the FJMC, KERUV focuses on welcoming interfaith couples with families into synagogue life, rather than allowing differences in religious backgrounds to become barriers to participation. Welcoming interfaith families, means supporting Jewish identity, educating without judging, building relationships, and training synagogue leaders. Welcoming …
Letter to the EditorPride & Prejudice Dear Editor, Since turning over the reins for FJMC’s Inclusion Initiative to you and our colleagues, I’ve been thinking how nice it would be to not need an Inclusion Initiative. What if everyone we encountered was treated in the same welcoming manner we treat our good friends? I’m old enough …
My Interfaith Marriage Journey with the Conservative/Masorti MovementBy Josh Kohn When my wife and I married nearly 25 years ago, I assumed we would find a synagogue where we could build our Jewish life together. I loved the Conservative traditions I had grown up with and wanted to share them with my new family. At …
The Future of Interfaith And Conservative/Masorti JudaismBy Dr. Gary SmithFormer Co-Chair of the Keruv initiative In the early 2000’s, a very important program emerged that, one would argue, rescued the Conservative/Masorti movement. With our Pew study numbers showing a dramatic decline in Conservative/Masorti Judaism, Keruv emerged and was a robust success. However, by 2020, Keruv …
Response from the EditorPride & Prejudice Letter to the Editor, “With all due respect, what does this trivial nonsense have to do with the alarming sharp rise in politically correct antisemitism and anti-zionism? Shouldn’t members of Jewish organizations learning how to defend themselves both verbally and physically have priority over “Pride and Prejudice”?” Sincerely,Michael Perloff …
Healthy hearts and minds: The goals of three informative FJMC publications By Stan Schnitzer If you’ve been a member of FJMC for some time, you’ve likely noticed that we’ve consolidated some of our messaging and information to be more concise and timely, without bombarding our members with constant emails. At the same time, our …
Celebrating the LGBTQ+ Jewish community FJMC International is pleased to join organizing partners USY and Tzedek Center as a co-sponsor of a new initiative to highlight the contributions of LGBTQ+ Jews to the Conservative/Masorti Movement. Dubbed “Shabbat Across the Movement: Hineinu – Here Now & Always,” the new program is designed to celebrate “a …
High Holidays on the Silk Roadby Bob Watts Image of Bukhara by Euyasik shared under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license. My wife Linda and I arrived in Uzbekistan in August of 2001 to take up our posts at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent. With us were our children, Vega, 6, and Zach, just …
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