(JTA) — Newsflash: “A rabbi under the huppah may boost Jewish engagement in intermarried homes,” according to a study released this past month by the Brandeis University Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies. That’s welcome new data but no news for us, two New York-area rabbis trained at the Jewish Theological Seminary who have each made personal […]
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Family (Katt Grigg/ Flickr, CC BY 2.0) CLEVELAND (JTA) — Thank you: two simple words with tremendous meaning. Thank you for being part of our community. Thank you for raising your children with us. Thank you for being with us. Many of us are seeking meaning in our lives and wish to be valued for
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Q: Dear Rebbetzin, In the coming year I will marry a man whom I love, and who treats me with the utmost respect and love as well. I couldn’t ask for a better partner for me. The problem that my family points out (and that I was raised to understand) is that he is not
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We all have a choice to believe that there is someone called God who created us intentionally or there is no such thing as God. While a majority of humanity believes in an active God of the universe, nearly 10% of the humanity does not believe that there is something called God which consciously directs
The Rehat Maryada is unequivocal in its guidance: the Anand Karaj is strictly a ceremony for a Sikh couple. British Sikhs protesting the visit of Narendra Modi outside Downing Street in 2016 “Nothing has happened on this level before,” were among the words used to describe troubling events at a Sikh temple in Leamington Spa
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Armed police surrounded a Sikh temple after scores of men, some carrying swords, stormed the building reportedly in an attempt to disrupt an interfaith wedding. Fifty-five people were arrested for aggravated trespass following an eight-hour siege at the Gurdwara Sahib in Leamington Spa, which has a history of tensions over mixed marriages. A group calling
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MCCBCHST says it has not agreed to Putrajaya’s proposed amendments to the Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce) Act 1976, that could affect the faith of children born to a marriage in which one spouse later converts. KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 13 ― The country’s umbrella panel representing non-Muslim faiths clarified today it has not agreed to
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Young statisticians in love. Can you imagine their wedding? If you do, please don’t imagine anything stuffy or stilted. Because I attended it this weekend, and it was a most excellent multicultural affair. The bride is Jewish, born to North American parents. The groom is Chinese, from a family based in Hong Kong. The groom
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Young statisticians in love. Can you imagine their wedding? If you do, please don’t imagine anything stuffy or stilted. Because I attended it this weekend, and it was a most excellent multicultural affair. The bride is Jewish, born to North American parents. The groom is Chinese, from a family based in Hong Kong. The groom
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Wedding officiants ― particularly those that do pre-marital counseling ― often get a behind-the-scenes glimpse into a couple’s future marriage. And what they see is not always pretty. Below, seven signs a marriage doesn’t have what it takes, according to officiants. 1. One partner is very judgmental of the other. “When I conduct my premarital counseling,
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