With Interfaith Marriages on the Rise, Families Utilize Support Networks
Easter and Passover fall on the same weekend this year, and local families are finding new resources to balance differing religious traditions between couples.
Tucked away from the Friday night din of traffic on Dundee Road, a handful of adults nibbled on cheese pizza and debated differences between Christianity and Judaism in late March. In a nearby room of the Board of Jewish Education, their children practiced verses of traditional Jewish songs in preparation for Passover this week. With the increasing numbers of interfaith marriages on the North Shore, more parents are reaching out to local support networks for help with sensitive situations, such as celebrating two faiths in one weekend, Easter and Passover. Interfaith Parenting "Our interfaith marriage didn't become a major factor until we had kids," said Jill Edgeworth, who attended the interfaith meeting with her husband, Tom, and their …
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Dani Petrie
9:30 am on Friday, May 4, 2012
Interfaith families in the area might consider Lake Shore Unitarian Society as a resource. We provide Sunday morning programming that includes inspirational and thought-provoking speakers for parents, and interfaith religious education for children. www.lsunitarians.org more ›