Susan Katz Miller

LATEST ARTICLES ( 243 )

• Being Both: An Enduring Choice

  

  Today, we consider a question I often hear from religious leaders: Will interfaith families still choose "both" if our traditional religious institutions... Read more

  Posted on 14 November 2022 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Brand New Bubbe: Book Review

  

  Children born into interfaith families have an intuitive understanding of the benefits and challenges of interfaith family life. But what happens when a child... Read more

  Posted on 11 November 2022 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Extra, Extra! Jewish Press Talks to Interfaith Partners

  

  We have to call it big news when a generally conservative Jewish media outlet summons 10 "non-Jewish spouses" of Jews and asks them about anything. So the... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2022 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• “All of Us,”and Interfaith Families as Inspiration

  

  Filming "All of Us" in Herald Square All of my life, even before writing two books on the topic, I have worked to explain that interfaith families have expertis... Read more

  Posted on 15 May 2022 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Ramadan, Passover, and Good Friday. Interfaith Families Making It Work

  

  Spring Crocus by Susan Katz Miller The crescent moon will appear this Saturday night, marking the start of Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting and... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2022 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• In Memoriam: Sheila Gordon, Interfaith Families Leader

  

  The interfaith families community movement has lost our most important founder and leader, Sheila Gordon. Sheila was a passionate visionary. She did more than... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2022 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Spring Interfaith Holidays 2022

  

  Glorious Color quilts by my cousin, Liza Prior Lucy This post has become an annual tradition. Over more than a decade writing this interfaith blog, I have poste... Read more

  Posted on 28 February 2022 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Valentine’s Day in My Interfaith Family

  

  Snowdrops. Photo, Susan Katz Miller This was another long, hard winter, with the pandemic continuing, and too much isolation for all of us. Today, on Valentine'... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2022 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• On This Pandemic Solstice (and Yalda Night)

  

  Author Susan Katz Miller, circa 1969. And so we reach the darkest and shortest day of the year, at the close of a very long, dark year. In this moment, how... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Thanksgiving, Hanukkah, and the Flood of 1942

  

  Vintage postcard depicting our temple On the first night of Hanukkah, I returned from my ancestral homeland, Honesdale, PA. This town, where my great-great... Read more

  Posted on 29 November 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Yes, We Celebrate Both (Hanukkah and Christmas)

  

  Photo by Susan Katz Miller And so we reach that most reductive time of the year, when the choices of Jewish and Christian interfaith families are judged by... Read more

  Posted on 16 November 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• An Interfaith Halloween, All Saints, All Souls

  

  How an interfaith families community celebrates Halloween, All Saints, and All Souls. Read more

  Posted on 31 October 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Being Both, Book Birthday

  

  On the 8th book birthday of Being Both, an update on interfaith families news. Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• High Holy Days 2021: Interfaith Connections

  

  Ways for interfaith partners to relate to the Jewish High Holy Days. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jews of Color. A New Study.

  

  How a new study of Jews of Color includes, yet minimizes, interfaith families. Read more

  Posted on 13 August 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• We Count. We Just Weren’t Counted.

  

  More on Pew's Jewish Americans in 2020 For generations, interfaith families who felt excluded, misunderstood, or disrespected by Jewish clergy or... Read more

  Posted on 05 June 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• On the Retirement of My Minister, Reverend Julia Jarvis

  

  Growing up Jewish, I never imagined I would be nourished by the care and deep friendship of a minister. And I know hundreds of other Jews who can make that... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Jewish Americans (and Interfaith Families) in 2020

  

  Trying to survey the Jewish community is an important, and thankless, task. Today, Pew Research released their first national study of the Jewish American... Read more

  Posted on 11 May 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• A Historic Moment for Interfaith Families

  

  Today, we arrive at a historic moment in the interfaith families movement. The announcement went out that a minister who grew up in an interfaith family will... Read more

  Posted on 07 May 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY

• Spring Equinox, Interfaith Nowruz

  

  On this spring equinox in the northern hemisphere, the light is returning, lifting spirits, bringing hope. This year, we are especially in need of that returnin... Read more

  Posted on 20 March 2021 COMMUNITY, FAMILY, RELATIONSHIPS, RELIGION, SPIRITUALITY