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IFFP Offers Virtual Membership to Families Outside the Washington Greater Area
New members to the Interfaith (Jewish-Christian) community get their first 6 months free!
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On Studying Torah & Baseball
I love baseball because it is complex and cerebral, and athletic. I know that many people find baseball boring, but I find that the more you know, the less boring it is. And this is why Bamidbar (Numbers 1:1-4:20) is one of my favorite parashot*.
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A Note from IFFP Rabbi & Reverend After Recent Shootings
Like each of you, our hearts break at the news of yet another mass shooting just yesterday.
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Holy Pauses for Holy Week
An Invitation for Intentional Reflection, Discussion, and Action during Holy Week Dear IFFP Community, Blessings to you this Holy Week! This year, I am happy to offer creative opportunities for all of us to engage in during this important time on the Christian calendar. Below you will find a series of holy pauses that I encourage you…
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Black History All Year Long
by IFFP Member Cheryl Leanza Although many rightly focus on Black history during Black History Month in February, the IFFP Racial Justice Tikkun Olam Group went on an outing recently in April to visit the Josiah Henson Museum & Park, a new park right near where we meet in person in Montgomery County, Maryland. Tikkun Olam is…
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What Does the Story of Purim Mean to Us Today?
As with most things, most stories, and most Jewish holidays there are many messages and lessons we can pull from the Book of Esther.
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New Recipe: The Interfaith Cocktail!
To celebrate our interfaith 20s/30s group, Rabbi Debbie channeled her inner mixologist and decided to create a an interfaith cocktail!
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Marking Ash Wednesday
Today is Ash Wednesday on the Christian Calendar. This marks the first day of the Lenten Season (which is the 40 days leading up to Holy Week and Easter).
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Samantha Gonzalez-Block Hired as Reverend and Christian Spiritual Leader of the Interfaith Families Project
The Board of Directors of the Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington DC (IFFP) announces today the hiring of Samantha Gonzalez-Block as its Reverend and Christian Spiritual Leader, effective March 1. Reverend Gonzalez-Block will serve alongside Rabbi Deborah Reichmann, who joined IFFP in January 2020.
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Is Wandering a Curse or a Blessing?
IFFP isn’t my destination. Not exactly, what being here at IFFP gives me are companions on the road. Together, we will face the future. IFFP is a project, we have a purpose, but we are also constantly seeking other, better, different ways to accomplish our goal.
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How To Do Advent – With Rev. Samantha
As we move forward into this holiday season, with Advent, Hanukkah, Christmas, and other meaningful celebrations coming up soon, we are each encouraged to reflect upon how we can be beacons of light in the wintry darkness; how we can bring hope, peace, joy, and love into this world in need of healing.
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Elections and Human Dignity
It’s election season. Banners and flags and signs dotting the landscape. Ads on the television (and social media) lauding the qualities of the candidates. American Democracy in action. It’s election season. Property is defaced, neighbors draw their political lines at their fences. Ads on the television (and on social media) attack and smear the candidates.…
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