by Debbie Reichmann | Mar 18, 2020 | News
March 18, 2020 In these times of uncertainty and uneasiness Rabbi Debbie Reichmann offers the community a Prayer for Peace and Comfort. Source of Healing,May those afflicted with illnessMay those suffering from fearMay those overwhelmed with their burdensFind respite...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | Mar 4, 2020 | News
We can’t wait to celebrate Purim with you this Sunday, March 8th at 10:00 am! If you haven’t already planned your Esther, Vashti, Haman, Ahasuerus, or Mordecai costume, now’s the time. Remember to bring 3 things with you: a box of dry noodles to...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | Mar 2, 2020 | Blog
There’s no place like home. Home sweet home. Home is where the heart is. Home is where you hang your hat. We know from someplace deep in our gut that home is a place of warmth, safety, love, and belonging. Last week, as the IFFP community began preparing for...
by IFFP Program Coordinator | Feb 5, 2020 | Blog
Ron M. Landsman February 2, 2020 Lincoln delivered his Second Inaugural Address, in Washington, D.C., on March 4th, 1865. I would like to quote it: “On the occasion corresponding to this four years ago, all thoughts were anxiously directed to an impending civil...
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...
