Serving interfaith families, partnering with Jewish institutions.
InterFaithways Family Shabbat Weekend
On November 13 – 15, Interfaithways brought the annual InterFaithways Family Shabbat Weekend to over 50 synagogues in the Philadelphia area. Throughout the weekend each participating congregation chose an activity, or series of activities to deepen the relationship between intermarried families and the shul.
InterFaithways supported the congregations in their programming and, with Jewish Federation of Philadelphia, promoted each activity as well.
Programming Ideas for InterFaith Family Shabbat
SUGGESTED PROGRAMMING IDEAS
- Host a Shabbat dinner welcoming interfaith families.
- Offer a beginners’ service, Intro to Friday Night liturgy lesson or learners’ minyan.
- Invite a member of InterFaithways’ Speakers Bureau to run a workshop for interfaith families.
- Include ideas relevant to interfaith families in your sermon.
- Engage a panel of diverse interfaith couples to speak about their experiences.
- Have grandparents of interfaith children in your congregation speak about their journey and experiences.
- Invite teen or adult children of interfaith families to speak about their experiences.
- Put together an anthology of spiritual journeys from your own interfaith congregants. Include readings in the service.
- Honor and bless interfaith families for raising Jewish children. Rabbi Janet Marder's blessing for Yom Kippur
- Create a special program for parents and grandparents of interfaith children, such as “Grandparents Ice Cream Sunday.”
- Invite Theatre Ariel to perform “Two Become One: Reflections on Interfaith Families”, contact gari [at] interfaithways [dot] org (Gari Weilbacher)
Synagogue Events in Conjunction with InterFaithways Family Shabbat Weekend
Click on the name of the synagogue for more information about the event.
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Nov 13 2009 - 7:00pm
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Nov 15 2009 - 3:00pm
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Nov 20 2009
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Nov 14 2009 - 9:00am
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Nov 20 2009 - 7:30pm
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Nov 14 2009
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Nov 20 2009 - 8:00pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 8:00pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 7:30pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 8:00pm
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Nov 14 2009
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Nov 13 2009 - 8:00pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 7:30pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 6:00pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 6:15pm
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Nov 8 2009 - 10:00am
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Nov 14 2009
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Nov 20 2009 - 8:00pm
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Nov 13 2009
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Nov 13 2009 - 7:30pm
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Nov 14 2009 - 12:30pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 6:00pm
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Nov 14 2009 - 12:30pm
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Nov 19 2009 - 7:00pm
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Nov 13 2009
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Nov 13 2009 - 6:00pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 6:00pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 6:00pm
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Nov 20 2009
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Nov 13 2009
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Nov 15 2009 - 1:30pm
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Nov 13 2009
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Nov 13 2009 - 8:00pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 8:00pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 6:00pm
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Nov 13 2009
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Nov 13 2009 - 6:00pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 6:30pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 7:30pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 7:30pm
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Nov 13 2009 - 8:00pm
