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	Rabbi Reuben's Ruminations: Why Does He Want Our Kids To Be Jewish? By Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben
Very often, a Jew and a Christian may not understand the source of their religious identity. For Jews, it's belonging to a group or a family.
Date: 08-27-2008

	The Spiritual Stretch of Single Motherhood By Rebecca Lavine
I grew up betwixt and between, always, as I used to say, "half odar (non Armenian) and half goy (non-Jew.)" That was not what I wanted for my son.
Date: 08-26-2008

	Who Has Godparents? By Russ Consor
Visions of me bending down to kiss an old man's hand leapt into my head as the theme to The Godfather wafted through my thoughts. No, that didn't seem right.
Date: 08-25-2008

A Family Blessing With Sprinkles on Top

By Michelle Miller

I made the right decision to give up my dream of large family meals full of Jewish traditions.

Date: 08-22-2008

	This Is Not Your Mother's Synagogue By Rachel Mauro
My new synagogue represents what I want my adulthood to become: large, Jewish, and proud.
Date: 08-21-2008

	Forever Young: A Secular Community Celebration By Michael Felsen
A bar mitzvah without Torah blessings? Welcome to Boston Workmen's Circle, where we know the meaning of the word "kvell."
Date: 08-20-2008

Interfaith Celebrities: Olympic Update

By Nate Bloom

An Olympic cyclist's mom reminisces about his bar mitzvah, Sada Jacobson prepares to take her silver medal for fencing off to law school, and Jason Lezak blows everyone's mind.

Date: 08-19-2008

A Spiritual Home

By Cynthia Schwan

When her husband first suggested lighting Shabbat candles, she worried about feeling excluded.

Date: 08-18-2008

	Yeehaa! Oh --And Shalom By Sara Cukerbaum
The first time I went to a Hanukkah party and let slip the word latke, which I pronounced "lot-key," I was laughed out of the dining room.
Date: 08-15-2008

Laker Jordan Farmar shoots for Middle East coexistence

By Gil Hoffman

Farmar, whose mother is Jewish and father African American, said that he was in a unique position to reach out to Israeli and Arab children.

Date: 08-14-2008