Susan Katz Miller

LATEST ARTICLES ( 239 )

• Gay, Interfaith, Marriage: “Grace and Frankie”

  

  Photo: Melissa Moseley, Netflix The best television comedy featuring interfaith families right now has to be “Grace and Frankie,” with the seasoned powerhouse... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• 7 Ways to Support Interfaith Families

  

  I celebrate the profusion of conferences, workshops, and organizations dedicated to interfaith couples, interfaith families, and those who experienced “growing... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Interfaith Artichoke on the Seder Plate?

  

  Artichoke Photo by Susan Katz Miller An orange? A beet? An olive? A tomato? And, new for this year, a banana? Contemporary Jewish thinkers have encouraged us... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Long Island’s Multifaith Campus

  

  Multifaith Campus at the Brookville Church, photo by Susan Katz Miller Recently, I returned to the Interfaith Community of Long Island, for the first time... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Raising Interfaith Children, and Letting Them Go

  

  I want to give a thorough response to a recent Washington Post blog post (printed in today’s edition of the paper) entitled, “Not what I expected from my... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Spring Quilt of Interfaith Connections

  

  Glorious Color quilts by my cousin, Liza Prior LucyIn seven years of writing this interfaith blog, I have posted many essays on a number of spring Jewish and... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Generation Interfaith: Harrisburg, Chicago, Long Island

  

  The Jewish Museum, NYC Is this truly year three of the Being Both book tour? Somehow, I am still traveling around the country, speaking at museums, universities... Read more

  Posted on 23 February 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Interfaith Family Lens: Obama at the Mosque

  

  President Obama gave a moving speech about inclusion and preventing extremism at the Islamic Society of Baltimore yesterday. I saw this event, his first visit t... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Many Yet One? Multiple Religious Belonging

  

  As someone born into an interfaith family, I am attracted to synergy, hybridity, complexity, and convergence. Lately, I see a moment of convergence... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Interfaith Generation: Rev. Erik Martínez Resly

  

  The Sanctuaries, DC. Photo, Erik Martínez ReslyWe are still fighting the myth that interfaith children grow up to be lost and confused. Rev. Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2016 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Seven Big Interfaith Family Stories of 2015

  

  Plexus A1, Gabriel Dawe, Renwick Gallery In 2015, it was a privilege to take part in a conversation with all of you on interfaith families and interfaith... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• About That Interfaith Tree-Topper

  

  Peace card by emma’s revolutionWe put a tin Mexican star with eight colorful points on the top of our Christmas tree. This star refers to the star that led the... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• To My Interfaith College Kids: Hanukkah Giving

  

  Beloved Kids,This is the first year that you will both celebrate Hanukkah away at college. Your dad and I will miss you, as we light the menorah and sing Rock o... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Hanukkah AND Christmas: 7 Books For Interfaith Children

  

  Once upon a time, December holiday books for children focused on either Christmas, or Hanukkah. Now, many children grow up in Jewish families celebrating... Read more

  Posted on 24 November 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• The Nones (Including Interfaith Kids) Are Alright: A Book Review

  

  Interfaith families celebrating two or more religions are not actually “religious nones.” I sometimes describe my people as religious maximalists instead of... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Seeking Interfaith Families…at the Parliament of the World’s Religions

  

  99 Names Project. Artist, Andrew Kosorok. Parliament art exhibit.What if I told you that almost 10,000 people converged on Salt Lake City for the Parliament of... Read more

  Posted on 27 October 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• My Parliament of the World’s Religions

  

  Tibetan Buddhist monks make a sand mandalaIndigenous people getting ready for the opening processionFor four days last week, I was immersed in an extraordinary... Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Subset of Millennials from Interfaith Families, Part II

  Yesterday, I published a first response from colleagues Sheila Gordon and Ben Arenstein to a survey of millennials from interfaith families who applied to... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Report on Millennials from Interfaith Families Who Apply to Birthright

  

  Sheila Gordon, President of Interfaith CommunityYesterday, researchers from Brandeis University released a report on millennials who grew up in interfaith... Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Book Review: David Gregory’s How’s Your Faith?

  

  David Gregory and I are both children of Jewish fathers and Christian mothers, both of us raised Jewish. We both married mainline Protestants. Read more

  Posted on 08 October 2015 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY