Interfaithing: Why families can embrace two faiths under one roof

Ari and Anna continue their conversation regarding the myth that you are a traitor to your faith community if you marry someone of another faith background.  Topics addressed include: Is it possible for someone to have an  interfaith identity  sit alongside their Jewish and/or Christian identity? Could  religious education become part of public education ? If you start  learning  about other faith...

Join Ari and Anna as they unpack and explore the myth that you are a traitor to your faith community by marrying someone of another faith background.  Topics addressed include: Should parents cut off contact if they  disapprove of their child's choice of a life partner?   Having a partner with a different faith background is not a bug, it's a feature; How  Muslim-Hindu couples experience similar c...

Ari and Anna continue their conversation regarding the challenges of interfaithing, and if those challenges are too great and too taxing for interfaith families to "make it work."  Topics addressed include: Enriching your life by falling in love with your partner and their faith traditions ; The REAL story of the Hanukkah Dreidel ; Does being an interfaith couple  make your relationship stronger?...

Join Ari and Anna as they unpack and explore if the challenges of interfaithing are too great and too taxing for interfaith families to "make it work."  Topics addressed include: How interfaith couples interested in interfaithing are asked by their loved ones, " Are you sure you want to do this? "; Religion's value of  creating flexible borders ; How faith is supposed to give you  roots and wings...

Ari and Anna continue their conversation regarding one of the most popular myths of interfaith family life, that teaching children both religions will confuse them and won't give them a strong faith foundation. Spoiler alert: The kids will be alright.  Topics addressed include: Can you effectively raise interfaith kids with  only one faith background? The importance of the  sights and smells of fa...

Join Ari and Anna as they unpack and explore one of the most popular myths of interfaith family life, that teaching children both religions will confuse them and won't give them a strong faith foundation. Spoiler alert: The kids will be alright.  Topics addressed include: How some interfaith families call interfaith dialogue dinner at their kitchen table ; Do interfaith kids have to choose one fai...

Ari and Anna continue their conversation regarding the myth that interfaith families create a new religion (aka "a 3rd way") by mixing Judaism and Christianity together.  Topics addressed include: The importance for interfaith families of finding communities  that work for them;  Do interfaith families have to  choose one religion over another? When an  Episcopalian chaplain  tells a  Hasidic Jewi...

Join Ari and Anna as they unpack and explore the myth that interfaith families create a new religion (aka "a 3rd way") by mixing Judaism and Christianity together.  Topics addressed include: The difference between creating a welcoming atmosphere and a comfortable atmosphere for your partner and their family as they experience your faith tradition; Do you need to  not take your religion so seriousl...

Ari and Anna continue their conversation on the myth that Judaism and Christianity just don't mix and thus cannot be embraced under the same roof. Like in Part 1, particular attention will be paid to the challenges faced by Jewish and Christian clergy alike (i.e. rabbis, cantors, ministers, and priests) in addressing the needs of interfaith families who want to engage with both traditions.  Topics...

Join Ari and Anna as they unpack and explore the myth that Judaism and Christianity just don't mix and thus cannot be embraced under the same roof. Particular attention will be paid to the challenges faced by Jewish and Christian clergy alike (i.e. rabbis, cantors, ministers, and priests) in addressing the needs of interfaith families who want to engage with both traditions.  Topics addressed incl...

Get to know co-hosts Anna and Ari as they share the origin stories of their interest in "interfaithing," in helping families embrace two faiths under the same roof.  Topics include (among others): the value of interfaith dialogue the role of conversion in Christianity the importance of Jewish continuity the significance of proximity between Union Theological Seminary (UTS) and the Jewish Theologic...

Check out what we have in store for the inaugural season of Interfaithing: Why families can embrace two faiths under one roof