by IFFP Program Coordinator | Jan 21, 2020 | News
ROCKVILLE, MD – On Sunday, Feb. 9th, at 11:00 a.m., the Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington (IFFP) is pleased to host an Environmental Fair, sponsored by IFFP’s Environmental Working Group (EWG) Tikkun Olam group. Tikkun Olam is Hebrew, and means to...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | Jan 2, 2020 | Blog
By IFFP Board Chair Suzanne Isaacs After I met and married my husband and we decided to be an interfaith family, I struggled. Not with balancing the two religions (although it is tricky evenly splitting the gifts for Hanukkah and Christmas so one holiday doesn’t end...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | Dec 3, 2019 | Blog
by IFFP member Susan Priester, 2014 “Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house”, The Menorah’s still dripping and the dreidels are out. The stockings are draped near the candles with care, The smell of fried latkes in our clothes, in our hair. All...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | Nov 4, 2019 | Blog
By David Kovacs This month’s blog post comes from David Kovacs, director of the film “Leaps of Faiths” and founding member of The Interfaith Family School in Chicago, a sister-community of IFFP. 25 years ago – around the time when IFFP started — my wife Patty...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | Oct 11, 2019 | Blog
By IFFP Member Jimmy Mrose The Parable of the Unforgiving Servant (Matthew 18:21-35) “Then Peter approaching asked Jesus, “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” Jesus answered, “I say to you, not seven times...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | Sep 3, 2019 | Blog
By Patty Kovacs – originally appeared in Dovetail September 1997 It seems not so long ago, right? You were seriously dating, and often asking: What will we do aboutthe children? Now that child holds tightly onto your hand and the question takes a different...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | Aug 1, 2019 | Blog
By Zev Davis From Dovetail June 2005 When we are born we are blessed by a mother and a father and all other family members they bring to us. They raise us from childhood until the time comes to strike out on our own. After we marry, we become part of our spouse’s...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | Jul 1, 2019 | Blog
By IFFP Member Jennifer Byrne Rev. Julia always says how we have each other to hold us in this IFFP community, so I’m trusting in that support today and want to return the love with some thoughts that I hope will resonate with you. I have to have a reason to...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | Jun 1, 2019 | Blog
“We have reached an unprecedented, critical time in the existence of the earth due to climate change; toxins in our food, drinking water, and environment; plastic waste in our oceans that disrupts ecosystems and kills marine life; and significant loss of forests,...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | May 6, 2019 | Blog
Elsa Milera Castillo (center) By IFFP Member Jose Dominguez I remember hearing my mom say the Serenity Prayer many times as a kid. “God, grant me the serenity, to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the...
