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Shabbat Surfing: Leap Year Edition
Dr. Marion Usher, our interfaith guru, was interviewed on NPR’s Tell Me More. According to a new survey by the Pew Forum on Religious Life, 44 percent of adults change their religious affiliation from...
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Shabbat Surfing: Spitzer-Free Links
Are we done with Client #9 yet? Can we stop with the references to Alexander Portnoy? Can we stop with the ruminations on the male Jewish id? And by the way, why doesn’t anyone compare the...
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The Meeting of the Interfaith Couple and their Teacher: A Most Unlikely...
by Marion L. Usher, Ph.D. (Dr. Usher has been conducting interfaith couples workshops at the Washington DCJCC for nearly a decade. For more information about her fall workshop click here. ) It was a...
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Rosh Hashanah: Mixed Faith Families, Mix-and-Match Honey and Apples
Some interesting things from around the interwebnet-tubes today as the countdown to Rosh Hashanah rolls on. The first item that was brought to my attention by the ever-devoted Dr. Marion Usher, who...
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Why “Will Chelsea Convert?” Is the Wrong Question
It drives me crazy. No sooner had word of Chelsea Clinton's engagement to Marc Mezvinsky hit the news, than the question, like a mah-jongg tile gone supernova, exploded sending shockwaves across the...
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Ten Steps to a Successful Interfaith Wedding from a Brand-New Bride:
Get excited—it’s the best way to have fun with what may otherwise be a super stressful process:) Have a good foundation—talk about everything you can, learn about everything you can, explore ALL the...
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Shabbat Surfing: Feeling Good
Earlier this week, NPR aired a story about the new Pakistani Muslim owners of Coney Island Bialys and Bagels. A family business started in 1920 by a Polish immigrant from Bialystock, the shop claims to...
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