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Jan. 6, 2009. CEO Ed Case was recently interviewed on New England Cable News about the fallout from the Bernard Madoff scandal. InterfaithFamily.com has also received press for its resources and research on the "December Dilemma." CEO Ed Case was quoted in a story on blackamericaweb.com, Director of Web Strategy Micah Sachs was quoted in The Tennessean and the Fifth Annual December Holidays Survey was cited in The Oklahoman.
Dec. 23, 2008. We'd like to welcome our newest wedding bloggers, Alx Block and Lula Jones. Lula is an independent graphic designer, and Alx is a sales associate at the Jewish Publication Society.
Dec. 9, 2008. We recently published our Guide to Hanukkah for Interfaith Families, a comprehensive resource guide to the Festival of Lights. It's a great introduction to a joyous Jewish holiday: the history, the symbolism, the spelling--plus handy dreidel game tips.
Dec. 9, 2008. On Dec. 2, Director of Web Strategy Micah Sachs and COO Heather Martin gave a presentation on online marketing at Outreach Training Institute's Thinking Outside the Box: Creative Strategies for Reaching Out to the Unaffiliated, a one-day workshop for Jewish communal professionals hosted by Reform Jewish Outreach Boston. The workshop was held at Temple Shalom in Newton, Mass.
Dec. 9, 2008. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to announce the publication of the results from its Fifth Annual December Holidays Survey (PDF). (Also available in Word format) The survey received a record 1,229 responses, more than 40 percent more than last year. The survey showed that interfaith families raising Jewish children who participate in Christmas celebrations make clear distinctions between the holidays, are giving clear priority to Hanukkah over Christmas and are celebrating Hanukkah at home and Christmas at relatives.
Nov. 25, 2008. Rabbi Lev Baesh, director of the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy, led several sessions at Limmud Stockholm, a multi-day Jewish learning experience for Jews and non-Jews of all stripes.
Nov. 25, 2008. Director of Web Strategy Micah Sachs was quoted in an article in The Forward about inter-organizational collaboration at 90 Oak St. in Newton, Mass., headquarters of InterfaithFamily.com, JFL Media, Gateways and other Jewish non-profits. Meanwhile, Rabbi Lev Baesh, director of the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy, was quoted in an article on same-sex interfaith relationships in The (New York) Jewish Week.
Sept. 29, 2008. We recently published our Guide to the High Holidays for Interfaith Families (PDF), a comprehensive resource guide with information on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and how to adapt and celebrate the holidays with your interfaith family. It's also available in Word format.
Sept. 29, 2008. Rabbi Lev Baesh, director of the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy, spoke at Temple Beth Hillel in Bloomfield, Conn.
Sept. 16, 2008. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to announce that it has been included in the Slingshot guidebook to innovative Jewish organizations for the fourth straight year! We were also one of only a handful of non-profits awarded a grant from the Slingshot Fund for two years in a row.
Sept. 16, 2008. On Sept. 14, CEO Ed Case was pleased to make a presentation at the celebration of Combined Jewish Philanthropies President Barry Shrage's 20 years of leadership of CJP, Boston's Jewish federation.
Sept. 3, 2008. In August, CEO Ed Case was a panelist with Brandeis University Professor Sylvia Barack Fishman at the Wexner Graduate Fellow Summer Institute in Stowe, Vt. Also, Rabbi Lev Baesh, director of the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy, in conjunction with PJ Library, led two workshops at CAJE.
Aug. 19, 2008. We'd like to welcome Robin Schwartz as our new network director. She is responsible for supervising all of our Connections activities. A graduate of Columbia University, Schwartz has extensive experience in higher education administration and community outreach and development in diverse parts of the Jewish community.
Aug. 5, 2008. CEO Ed Case was recently quoted in an extensive article on intermarriage in the San Diego Jewish Journal.
July 22, 2008. We recently published our Guide Guide to Death and Mourning for Interfaith Families, a comprehensive resource guide with information on Jewish mourning rituals, appropriate etiquette for visitors to Jewish funerals and shiva and how to handle difficult situations like when the non-Jewish parent of a Jewish person dies. It's also available as a PDF and Word document.
July 8, 2008. We have recently launched our first video blog, Rabbi Reuben's Ruminations, produced in partnership with Jewish TV Network. It features Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben, of Kehillat Israel Reconstructionist Congregation in Pacific Palisades, Calif., and author of several books, including Making Interfaith Marriage Work (Prima Publishing, 1994), A Nonjudgmental Guide to Interfaith Marriage (Xlibris.com, 2002) and There's an Easter Egg on Your Seder Plate (Praeger Publishing, 2007). In Rabbi Reuben's Ruminations, the rabbi will discuss common issues interfaith families and interdating couples face.
May 28, 2008. On May 18, in partnership with The Interfaith Project (TIP) at Temple Shir Tikvah in Winchester, Mass., the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy co-sponsored a conference for New England area rabbis and cantors titled "Best Practices for Jewish Clergy Officiating at Weddings of Interfaith Couples."
May 13, 2008. CEO Edmund Case recently spoke to the Minneapolis Federation's House of Delegates at a presentation on innovation in the Jewish community. Rabbi Lev Baesh, director of the Resource for Center for Jewish Clergy, spoke at Congregation Etz Chaim in Kennebunk, Maine, this month as well.
April 29, 2008. Rabbi Lev Baesh, director of the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy, led discussions at the Pioneer Valley Jewish Film Festival in Northampton and Springfield, Mass., in April, and also spoke this month at Beth David Reform Congregation in Gladwyne, Penn.
New Passover Resource Guide Available
April 15, 2008. InterfaithFamily.com has created a new Guide to Passover for Interfaith Families (also available in Word format) in time for Passover 2008. The guide includes definitions and explanations of all the major terms, rituals and quirks of Passover, as well as a bibliography of useful haggadahs.
IFF Co-sponsors Presentation of Interfaith Family Play
April 15, 2008. On Sunday, April 13, InterfaithFamily.com was proud to co-sponsor the presentation of the play "Both Sides of the Family" at the Turtle Lane Playhouse in Newton, Mass. The play, presented by the Charenton Theater Company of Ohio, was sponsored by the Interfaith Collaborative, a coalition of Boston-area organizations that specialize in Jewish outreach to interfaith families.
IFF in the News
April 15, 2008. Managing Editor Micah Sachs was quoted in an AP article on the do's and don'ts of Passover seders that was republished by msnbc.com, the (Merrimack Valley, Mass.) Eagle-Tribune, the (Chicagoland) Daily Herald, the Gainesville (Fla.) Sun, the College Station (Texas) Eagle and numerous other papers.
Rabbi Lev Baesh, director of the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy, was also interviewed by Rabbi Jim Egolf for his podcast blog.
IFF Writes a Pair of Op-Eds
April 1, 2008. President Ed Case recently wrote an op-ed for The (New York) Jewish Week, Intermarriage: How Jewish Outreach Helps, in response to a recent report about the behavior of intermarried families in the Boston area. Rabbi Lev Baesh wrote an op-ed for JTA, Studies suggest rabbis should reconsider opposition to performing intermarriages, which was reprinted by j, the Jewish news weekly of Northern California and Jewish.com.
New and Improved Resource Center for Jewish Clergy
April 1, 2008. In time for the convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis--the rabbinical organization of the Reform movement--InterfaithFamily.com has launched a new password-protected clergy-only section of the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy. The new section includes 13 essays on rabbinic officiation written by some of the country's leading rabbis as well as a private discussion board. The public section of the Resource Center also includes links to publicly available resources inside and outside of InterfaithFamily.com, including studies that address rabbinic officiation. To apply for a username and password, take the Jewish Clergy Survey.
Announcing the Winner of the Passover/Easter Survey Drawing
March 18, 2008. Congratulations to Abbe Cohen Dvornik of Somerville, Mass., on winning the drawing for the $250 American Express giftcard after filling out the 2008 Passover-Easter Survey.
Passover-Easter Survey Results Available
March 18, 2008. Results of the 2008 Passover-Easter Survey are now available. The survey attracted 625 respondents. The report What We Learned from the 2008 Passover/Easter Survey focused exclusively on the 278 respondents who were in interfaith relationships and raising Jewish children. Highlights include:
IFF in the News
March 18, 2008. President Ed Case was quoted in the Boston Globe story Jews tackle intermarriage debate. InterfaithFamily.com was also featured in JTA's Reform Rabbis Renew Debate on Officiating at Intermarriages, and Rabbi Lev Baesh, director of the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy, was profiled in India New England.
Also The Telegraph, JTA Managing Editor Ami Eden's blog, and Jewlicious recently wrote posts about our video contest.
Meet Asher Martin
Feb. 19, 2008. InterfaithFamily.com's unofficial family continues to grow. CEO Heather Martin gave birth to a son, Asher Martin, this morning.
Meet Ruth Abrams
Feb. 19, 2008. Ruth Abrams, InterfaithFamily.com's new online editor, started today. Abrams completed a BA at Oberlin College in 1988 and a PhD at Brandeis University in 1997. The subject of her dissertation was the role of Jewish women in European feminism from 1880-1920. She taught Judaic Studies at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst from 1996 to 2000. She has wide-ranging experience as a Jewish educator, from work with children in religious school to adult education programming, and has a background as an academic editor and as a writer in non-profit contexts. She is a member of Havurat Shalom in Somerville, Mass., where she lives with her husband Ben and son Aaron. Abrams can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
IFF Teams With JBooks
Feb. 5, 2008. InterfaithFamily.com and JBooks have partnered for Interfaith Literature Week. From Feb. 1 to Feb. 8, IFF published essays relating to, and reviews of, books dealing with interfaith relationships of all kinds. JBooks will follow suit in a few weeks. Highlights include From Taboo to Afterthought: A Literary History of Intermarriage, by Rabbi Philip Graubart, Which Comes First: The Parent or the Egg?, a review of There's an Easter Egg on Your Seder Plate, by Tracy Hahn-Burkett, Out With the New, In With the New, a review of The New American Judaism, by Micah Sachs, and Peter Bebergal's and Scott Korb's essays on writing The Faith Between Us.
IFF Partners with BBYO
BBYO, the largest provider of identity-building and leadership development programs for teens, is teaming up with InterfaithFamily.com in an effort to provide a comfortable environment for Jewish teens of all backgrounds.
"When BBYO approached us about working together to serve the needs of teenagers from interfaith families, we jumped at the opportunity," said Micah Sachs, Managing Editor of InterfaithFamily.com. "By partnering with BBYO, we can help Jewish teens from diverse backgrounds explore Judaism--and make connections with others like them."
As a part of the partnership, BBYO's growing ranks of involved Jewish teens and their parents, will be able to combine resources and ideas with InterfaithFamily.com's core audience of intermarried adults with children. Youth leaders and adult advisors at BBYO will become savvier about the particular issues faced by children of interfaith families and will learn how to deal more sensitively with their needs, while InterfaithFamily.com will provide a safe environment for teens and parents from interfaith families to share their unique stories with each other.
Announcing Our Video Contest
Jan. 22, 2008. InterfaithFamily.com launched its first-ever video contest on Jan. 15. IFF is looking for users' best, most thought-provoking, most moving, most educational, funniest videos on life in an interfaith family. Prizes total more than $5,000 and first prize is $2,500. A panel of judges will determine the winners based on the criteria of creativity, originality, understanding of the issues interfaith families with and quality. The contest ends April 30 and winners will be announced June 3.
December Holidays Press
Dec. 26, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com has received a lot of press during the December holidays. A story on CNN.com, Christmas or Hanukkah? Interfaith Families Say Both, quoted our tips for handling the December holidays. President Ed Case was quoted in The Art of Mixed-Faith Mixing on MSN.com as well as Juggling the Holidays in Chicago Parent. The Chicago Sun-Times (No "Holly Jolly"?) made note of The Jews Who Wrote Christmas Songs (2007), while Interfaith Families Find Ways to Juggle the Holidays (Gaithersburg (Md.) Gazette) referenced the 2007 December Holidays Survey. Surviving the 'Challadays' was reprinted in the Los Angeles Daily News. Finally, Managing Editor Micah Sachs' essay on dealing with the holidays was also published in Big Apple Parent.
Other recent press includes coverage of the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy in the Baltimore Jewish Times (Star Crossed: Rabbis Facing "Loaded" Question of Intermarriage) and an article on interfaith weddings in New England Gala Weddings.
IFF in the New York Times
Dec. 11, 2007. Managing Editor Micah Sachs was quoted in A Holiday Medley, Off Key, by Julie Scelfo, in the New York Times. Also, the (Long Beach, Calif.) Press-Telegram published a story citing the results of the 2007 December Holidays Survey. The Buffalo News also reprinted our 10 tips for handling the December holidays (not online).
Media Coverage of 2007 December Holidays Survey
Nov. 27, 2007. Sue Fishkoff of JTA wrote a brief about the results of the 2007 December Holidays Survey, which so far has been republished by The (Philadelphia) Jewish Exponent. Also, an advice column by Managing Editor Micah Sachs on dealing with the December dilemma has been published in Parent Guide News (New York City area), Parents & Kids (Boston area) and the Messenger Post newspapers (Rochester, N.Y., area).
Nov. 27, 2007. We would like to offer our congratulations to Becky Voorwinde, the winner of the drawing for the $500 American Express giftcard following our December Holidays Survey.
Report on 2007 December Holidays Survey Available
Nov. 27, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com has published a report on the 2007 December Holidays Survey. This year's survey was the most successful yet! Eight-hundred-sixty people responded to the survey--100 more than last year's record--and 285 of them were in interfaith couples raising Jewish children. The report confirmed the results from previous years: interfaith families raising Jewish children who participate in Christmas celebrations make clear distinctions between the holidays and are giving priority to Hanukkah over Christmas, as both a family celebration and a religious holiday. Interesting results this year include:
For more, read What We Learned from the 2007 December Holidays Survey. (Also available in Word format.)
Nov. 13, 2007. We're pleased to welcome Victoria Leikin as our new community connections coordinator. Victoria has a wealth of experience working at the JCCs of Greater Boston and will be responsible for maintaining and growing our Connections in Your Area system. You can contact her at email@example.com.
Ronnie Friedland to Leave InterfaithFamily.com
Nov. 1, 2007. With very mixed emotions we want our readers to know that Ronnie Friedland is leaving InterfaithFamily.com to move on to a new position at Care.com, a website addressing relationships issues including care of children, elders and pets. Ronnie is the founding editor of InterfaithFamily.com and her contributions to our organization are immeasurable. She created an unparalleled content resource that has helped countless people in interfaith relationships explore Jewish life in many ways. We will greatly miss her talents but wish her only the best in her new endeavor. Ronnie can continue to be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Resource Center for Jewish Clergy in Press
Oct. 17, 2007. Rabbi Lev Baesh and the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy were featured in The (Boston) Jewish Advocate.
Oct. 9, 2007. For the third consecutive year, InterfaithFamily.com has been named one of North America's most innovative Jewish non-profits in Slingshot, the annual guidebook published by a division of The Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies. This year for the first time, a group of young philanthropists started a Slingshot Fund. Of the 50 organizations included in Slingshot, InterfaithFamily.com is one of eight that are receiving inaugural grants. The (New York) Jewish Week covered the announcement. For more information, click here.
IFF in Ha'aretz
Sept. 25, 2007. President and Publisher Ed Case was quoted in a story on intermarriage in the U.S. by Shmuel Rosner, American correspondent for Ha'aretz, an Israeli daily newspaper.
IFF in the Press
Aug. 14, 2007. "Consider Yourself Part of the Family," an op-ed on the controversy surrounding Noah Feldman's essay on intermarriage and Modern Orthodoxy in the New York Times magazine, by Online Managing Editor Micah Sachs, was published in the New Jersey Jewish News. Sachs was also quoted in a story on a Jewish dating service in the The (Charleston, S.C.) Post & Courier.
Introducing the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy
July 31, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to announce that the Rabbinic Circle has been renamed the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy to reflect better the center's inclusion of cantors and other Jewish clergy in addition to rabbis. Rabbi Lev Baesh will be its first director, and the center will provide information on officiation and assistance for interfaith couples.
InterfaithFamily.com at Jewish Newspaper Conference
July 10, 2007. Online Managing Editor Micah Sachs attended the American Jewish Press Association's annual conference in San Francisco June 26-29. On Friday, June 29, Sachs led a roundtable on "Jewish Newspapers: Roles and Responsibilities."
Upcoming Speaking Engagements
July 10, 2007. Publisher and President Ed Case will be speaking at (Conservative) Congregation B'nai Torah in Trumbull, Conn., on Tuesday, July 17. He was featured in an interview with The Connecticut Jewish Ledger. Also, while in St. Louis to speak at the Ayecha Diversity Symposium as part of the CAJE conference in August, Case will speak at (Conservative) Congregation B'nai Amoona on Monday, August 6.
IFF in the Press
July 10, 2007. "8 Tips for Planning an Inclusive Interfaith/Multi-Cultural Wedding," by Micah Sachs, was published in the June 2007 issue of New England Bride . Also, JTA's brief on our hiring of Rabbi Lev Beash was published by the (Minneapolis) American Jewish World, Washington Jewish Week, j., the Jewish news weekly of northern California, and the (Providence, R.I.) Jewish Voice & Herald , among other publications.
Announcing Our Rabbinic Circle Director
June 19, 2007. We are very pleased to welcome Rabbi Lev Baesh as the first director of InterfaithFamily.com's Rabbinic Circle. Starting July 9 Lev will respond to the many inquiries we get for help finding rabbis to officiate at interfaith weddings. He will also help all rabbis--whether they officiate or not--with providing assistance to interfaith couples.
IFF in the News
June 19, 2007. The hiring of Rabbi Lev Baesh was covered by the JTA, and we were also quoted in a story in The (New York) Jewish Week , "Intermarriage Seen Roiling Reform Ranks."
New Funding from Skirball Foundation
June 19, 2007. We are very grateful to The Skirball Foundation for a new $100,000 grant, payable over four years, for general operating support. Thank you!
Conference Report Now Available
June 5, 2007. The report on the first-ever conference of InterfaithFamily.com's Professionals Advisory Circle is now available.
Congratulations, Bryan and Julie!
June 5, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com would like to congratulate our wedding bloggers, Bryan Daneman and Julie Guess, on their recent wedding May 27, 2007. Mazel tov!
Web Magazine Founder Moves to Advisory Board
June 5, 2007. Yossi Abramowitz, who founded the Web Magazine we took over from Jewish Family & Life! in January 2002, has moved from our Board Board of Directors to our Advisory Board. Abramowitz can be reached via his blog, www.Peoplehood.org .
First-Ever Conference of Professionals Advisory Circle Was a Success
May 22, 2007. The first-ever conference of InterfaithFamily.com's Professionals Advisory Circle, a network of more than 60 professionals who do outreach to interfaith families, was a success. Forty members of the PAC, plus various presenters and representatives from Jewish family foundations, attended the conference and retreat, titled "Nurturing Outreach: Embracing the Other, Taking Care of Ourselves," which took place May 8-10 at the Capital Camps and Retreat Center in Waynesboro, Pa. Among the attendees at the conference were Kathy Kahn, the Reform movement's national director of outreach; the Reform movement's entire national outreach staff; Rabbi Charles Simon, the executive director of the Conservative movement's Federation of Jewish Men's Clubs; and Roseanne Levitt, one of the pioneers of the field, who founded Interfaith Connection in San Francisco in 1986.
Conference highlights included:
A summary report on the conference is forthcoming.
User Survey Results Now Available
May 22, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com has released the results of its User Survey conducted in January and February. For more on the results, read Survey Shows High Level of Satisfaction with InterfaithFamily.com.
Jewish Outreach Institute Conference in October
May 22, 2007. The Jewish Outreach Institute (JOI) will be holding a national conference, "Opening the Tent: Visions and Practices for a More Inclusive Jewish Community," Oct. 14-16 in Washington, D.C. For more information, visit joi.org/conference.
Ed Case to Speak at Jewish Education Conference
May 22, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com President and Publisher Ed Case will be speaking at a symposium on Jewish diversity sponsored by Ayecha at the Conference on Alternatives in Jewish Education (CAJE) for Jewish educators in St. Louis on Aug. 6. Case will be speaking on "Diversity at Home: The New Jewish Family."
IFF's Letters to the Editor
May 8, 2007. Our letters to the editor of The (Philadelphia) Jewish Exponent and The (Boston) Jewish Advocate were recently published.
IFF Welcomes the Newest Addition to Our Family
April 24, 2007. We would like to congratulate Amy Rovin, our Community Connections Coordinator, and her husband Michael, for giving birth to a beautiful baby girl, Roxy Faye Rovin, on April 6. She weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces.
InterfaithFamily.com in the New York Times, and Other Press
April 11, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com's 2007 Passover/Easter Survey was mentioned in a New York Times article, "A Difficult Journey of Devotion to One Faith and to a Spouse of Another Faith." The JTA's story on the survey was reprinted in the Baltimore Jewish Times, New Jersey Jewish News, Connecticut Jewish Ledger and other publications. Barbara Meltz, parenting columnist for The Boston Globe , also wrote about the survey in her blog, Child Caring .
IFF at Outreach Workshops
April 11, 2007. President Ed Case spoke about recent intermarriage research and parenting in an interfaith family at the Interfaith Family Weekend and Conference in Philadelphia on March 25. The conference was sponsored by Faithways, the outreach arm of Jewish Family and Children's Service. Ronnie Friedland attended Comforting the Bereaved: Issues of Loss and Mourning in the Interfaith Family, a workshop from the Outreach Training Institute of the Union for Reform Judaism Northeast Council , in Newton, Mass., on March 28. Read about it on the IFF Network Blog .
Congratulations to Winner of Survey Drawing
April 11, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com would like to offer its congratulations to Nicole Zappala, of San Francisco, who was the winner of the drawing for the $250 American Express giftcard after filling out the 2007 Passover/Easter Survey.
IFF Issues Report on 2007 Passover/Easter Survey
March 22, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com recently released a report on the 2007 Passover/Easter Survey titled What We Learned from the 2007 Passover/Easter Survey. The report looked explicitly at the 236 respondents to the survey who indicated they were in an interfaith relationship and raising their children solely in the Jewish religion. The report found that these families are doing many more Passover activities than Easter activities, treating Passover as a more religious holiday than Easter and keeping the two holidays separate. It also found some significant differences between Christian and Jewish respondents and households where the woman is Jewish vs. households where the man is Jewish.
Passover/Easter Survey A Huge Success
March 13, 2007. Our recent Passover/Easter Survey received 684 responses. We would like to thank everyone who participated. Results, as well as the winner of the drawing for the $250 American Express giftcard, will be announced in the March 22 issue of our eNewsletter.
First Conference of Our Professionals Advisory Circle
March 13, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to announce the first conference of its Professionals Advisory Circle, to be held May 8-10 at the Capital Camps and Retreat Center in Waynesboro, Pa. The theme will be "Nurturing Outreach: Embracing the Other, Taking Care of Ourselves."
IFF in the News
March 13, 2007. Publisher and President Ed Case was interviewed for a recent package of articles on the adult children of intermarried couples, by Sue Fishkoff of JTA. Managing Editor Micah Sachs was quoted in a Cape Cod Times article about interfaith weddings.
User Survey Receives 554 Responses
We will be issuing a more complete report in the months ahead.
Our Op-Ed on Two Jewries Has Been Reprinted
Feb. 27, 2007. Edmund Case's and Micah Sachs' column on Steven M. Cohen's "A Tale of Two Jewries: An 'Inconvenient Truth' for American Jews" was reprinted in a number of publications, including the Washington Jewish Week, The (New Jersey) Jewish Standard, The (Philadelphia) Jewish Exponent, the New Jersey Jewish News, the Connecticut Jewish Ledger and Seattle's JTNews.
Passover/Easter Survey a Success
Feb. 13, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com's Passover/Easter Survey has received an unprecedented response. As of Monday, Feb. 12, more than 550 people had taken the survey. Everyone who takes the survey will be entered to win a $250 American Express giftcard. Refer a friend, and you will both receive an additional entry into the drawing.
Meet Our New Administrative Assistant
Feb. 13, 2007. We are pleased to welcome the newest member of our staff, Susan Edni, as administrative assistant. Susan is from London where she was a medical defense legal executive for more than 10 years. She's also taught English in Israel, but is now happily ensconced in the United States with her husband Udi and her two children.
InterfaithFamily.com Responds to New Study on Intermarriage
Feb. 13, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com has been one of the most vocal critics of sociologist Steven Cohen's controversial new study on intermarriage, A Tale of Two Jewries: The "Inconvenient Truth" for American Jews. We were quoted in stories on the study in the JTA and The (New York) Jewish Week, and wrote an op-ed for JTA.
Recent Speaking Appearances
Feb. 13, 2007. Publisher and President Ed Case spoke at Congregation Shirat Hayam in Swampscott, Mass., on Friday, Feb. 9. He was also interviewed for "Beyond the Pale," a radio program on WBAI in New York.
User Survey a Success
January 30, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com's User Survey has been a great success. As of Friday, Jan. 26, more than 450 people had taken the survey. Everyone who takes the survey is eligible to win a free iPod. The survey closes Friday, Feb. 16, and we will announce the winner of the iPod in the Feb. 27 issue of our Web Magazine. Users will be able to see how their recommendations help us shape our content and approach over the coming year.
Still in the News
January 30, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com continues to be in the news. The 200th issue of our Web Magazine and our fifth anniversary as an independent non-profit were covered by The (New York) Jewish Week and the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Our op-ed "Latest Surveys Are Reponsible for Good News, Not Bad" was published in j, the Jewish news weekly of northern California. We were also featured in a story on interfaith families raising Jewish children in the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles and a story on children of interfaith marriages in JVibe, The Magazine for Jewish Teens, and mentioned in a JTA article on interfaith burial and a Cleveland Jewish News piece on interfaith divorce. In addition, our letters to the editor have recently been published in the (New Jersey) Jewish Standard, The (Pittsburgh) Jewish Chronicle, the Cleveland Jewish News, the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix and the Canadian Jewish News.
Recent and Upcoming Speaking Engagements
January 30, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com was pleased to participate in the 2007 RAVSAK Annual Leadership Conference in Los Angeles on Jan. 16. RAVSAK is the association of Jewish community day schools, and Publisher and President Edmund Case presented at a session on the needs and concerns of interfaith families who send their children to day schools. On Feb. 9, Case will speak at Congregation Shirat Hayam in Swampscott, Mass., to kick off a new initiative to create a center for outreach to interfaith families on the North Shore of Boston.
The Web Magazine Celebrates Its 200th Issue--and InterfaithFamily.com Celebrates Its Fifth Anniversary
January 16, 2007. On Tuesday, Jan. 16, InterfaithFamily.com published the 200th issue of its Web Magazine. The Web Magazine began publication in November 1998 as one of numerous online publications of Jewish Family & Life! In January 2002, InterfaithFamily.com became an independent non-profit and added an advocacy arm and Connections in Your Area, a searchable database of more than 375 programs that are welcoming to interfaith families.
To celebrate the 200th issue of our Web Magazine and our fifth anniversary as an independent non-profit, we asked some of our writers and supporters to pick their favorite articles and our staff picked their favorite articles out of the more than 1,500 we've published over the years. Our 200th issue also includes a history of InterfaithFamily.com and an interview with Anita Diamant, the author of The Red Tent, and one of our earliest supporters.
Coinciding with the issue, we have also reformatted and relaunched our Discussion Boards, added a new Weddings Blog and have begun conducting a User Survey to determine how to improve and enhance InterfaithFamily.com
InterfaithFamily.com Launches User Survey
January 16, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to launch a new User Survey designed to determine how to improve and enhance InterfaithFamily.com and learn more about our users. Everyone who takes our User Survey can enter to win a free iPod.
New Discussion Boards Are Now On-line
January 16, 2007. We have reformatted and improved our Discussion Boards. Users no longer need to register to post to the Discussion Boards. We have also changed the categories to reflect better our users' needs and interests.
InterfaithFamily.com Welcomes New Bloggers
InterfaithFamily.com Continues to Be in the News
January 4, 2007. InterfaithFamily.com continues to be in the news. Recent articles on our Third Annual December Holidays Survey appeared in the Orange County Register and the Canadian Jewish News, while the story from the Detroit Free Press has been reprinted throughout the country. We were chosen as a "Web Source of the Week" by the New Jersey Jewish News and were mentioned in a recent JTA article on burial options for intermarried couples. We were featured in an article on growing up in an interfaith family in the January/February 2007 issue of JVibe. Our letters to the editor were published recently in the Intermountain Jewish News (Denver) and the Jewish Week (New York). Publisher and President Ed Case was interviewed for a segment on the December holidays on KCBS-FM. And our article "How to Market Community Day Schools to Interfaith Families," in Ha-Yidion, the magazine of RAVSAK, is now online. For a complete list of December Holidays coverage of InterfaithFamily.com, click here. For a complete list of press coverage of the 2005 Greater Boston Jewish Community Study, click here.
InterfaithFamily.com in the News
December 19, 2006. We've been in the news lately--a lot. The JTA did a story yesterday on our Third Annual December Holidays Survey, following up on a brief from the previous week (which was published in the Cleveland Jewish News and the Jewish News of Greater Phoenix, among other places). Our survey was also covered in stories by Beliefnet, the Tulsa World and the Portland Press-Herald (Maine). Julie Wiener of the Jewish Week (New York) mentioned the survey in her most recent "In the Mix" column. The story on the survey in the Detroit Free Press was reprinted in the News-Democrat (Belleville, Ill.), the Reading Eagle (Penn.), Providence Journal, the Florida Ledger (Lakeland), the Chattanooga Times Free Press (Tenn.), the Centre Daily Times (Pa.), the Bradenton Herald (Fla.) and the Monterey County Herald. President and Publisher Ed Case was recently interviewed for "Your Morning" on CN8, the Comcast Network, and "Busted Halo with Father Dave Dwyer" on Sirius Radio. We also got a nice shout-out from Miss Conduct in her column in the Boston Sunday Globe Magazine.
InterfaithFamily.com Launches New Hanukkah E-Card
Results of 2006 December Holidays Survey Now Available
December 5, 2006. The results of our Third Annual December Holidays Survey are now available online. The report focuses on the 342 respondents who said they are in an interfaith relationship, raising children and are raising their children Jewish. The findings show that these families are keeping their holidays separate, see Christmas as almost an entirely secular holiday and are engaging in many more Hanukkah activities than Christmas activities in the home. Click here to download What We Learned from the Third Annual December Holidays Survey, and click here to download the press release, New Study Answers if You Can Be Jewish and Celebrate Christmas.
Congratulations to Kelly Goldberg
December 5, 2006. We would like to congratulate Kelly Goldberg, of Farmington Hills, Mich., for being the lucky winner of the random drawing for a $500 American Express giftcard. All respondents to the Third Annual December Holidays Survey were entered into the drawing.
InterfaithFamily.com in the Press
December 5, 2006. Our Third Annual December Holidays Survey was featured in a story in the Detroit Free Press. Our letter to the editor of the Detroit Jewish News was recently published. And Publisher and President Ed Case was quoted in "The Interfaith Family: How to Handle the Holidays," in 2006 Holiday Happenings, an insert in a number of papers published by Community Newspaper Company, a Massachusetts-based newspaper chain.
60% of Interfaith Households in Boston Are Raising Their Children Jewish, Says New Study
November 21, 2006. The recently released 2005 Greater Boston Jewish Community Study revealed that 60 percent of interfaith households in the Boston area are raising their children Jewish. Publisher and President Ed Case was quoted in stories on the news in the Boston Globe, JTA and The Jewish Week. He also co-authored an op-ed in The Forward with Kathy Kahn, director of the Union for Reform Judaism's Department of Outreach and Synagogue Community. Titled "Engaging the Intermarried," the op-ed argues that Boston's strong support of outreach over the last 10 years was a key factor in the extraordinary results and that other communities can use Boston as a template. For a full list of press on the study, click here.
InterfaithFamily.com in Other Press
November 21, 2006. "How to Market Community Day Schools to Interfaith Families," by Publisher and President Ed Case and Online Managing Editor Micah Sachs, was published in the Chanukah 2006 issue of HaYidion, the magazine of RAVSAK, the Jewish Community Day School Network. Also, Ed Case's letter to the editor was published in a recent issue of Boston's Jewish Advocate.
IFF's President Attends the UJC General Assembly
November 21, 2006. President and Publisher Ed Case was in Los Angeles last week for the United Jewish Communities General Assembly, where there was a great deal of interest in the Boston survey results and in the outreach programs funded by the Combined Jewish Philanthropies, the Boston federation.
New Funding for InterfaithFamily.com
November 7, 2006. We are pleased to announce that the Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund of San Francisco, an early and long-standing supporter, has awarded InterfaithFamily.com renewed funding of $95,000 for general operating support. We are extremely grateful to the members of the Board of the Fund and to Dr. Debbie Findling, our program officer.
Our Board is Expanding
November 7, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com's Board of Directors has grown this year, most recently with the addition of Mamie Kanfer, who lives in Minneapolis, Minn. Earlier this year, Steve Kris from Denver, Colo., and Kristin Hendler, from Boston, Mass., joined the Board.
New Guide to Birth Ceremonies for Interfaith Families Now Available
November 7, 2006. Our new Guide to Birth Ceremonies for Interfaith Families is now available. This 47-page booklet includes information on Jewish birth ceremonies such as brit milah and simchat bat as well as dozens of ideas for readings and rituals suitable for interfaith families. The booklet includes information from our contributors and readers as well as our partner MyJewishLearning.com. We would like to thank everyone who submitted birth ceremony ideas and congratulate Michele Missner of Appleton, Wis., for winning the drawing for the $100 giftcard to Barnes and Noble. The Guide is available for download in both PDF and Word formats.
December Holidays Survey a Huge Success, Take Two
November 7, 2006. We would like to thank everyone who took our December Holidays survey. The survey was a huge success; 758 people responded, which is nearly double the number--396--that responded to our 2005 survey. We will announce the winner of the $500 American Express giftcard in our Dec. 5 eNewsletter and we will release information from the survey in the coming weeks.
December Holidays Survey a Huge Success
October 24, 2006. Only two days after releasing our third annual December Holidays Survey, more than 500 people had responded. If you haven't taken the survey yet, you have until Oct. 31 to fill out the survey and be entered into our drawing for a $500 American Express giftcard. Refer a friend, and if your friend fills out the survey and provides address and contact information, you will each receive an additional entry for the drawing for the giftcard.
InterfaithFamily.com To Present at Princeton, N.J., Conference on Intermarriage
October 24, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to be one of the presenters at "Yours, Mine, Ours: A Community Program Exploring Interfaith Relationships," a conference on interfaith relationships for couples, outreach professionals and Jewish lay leaders. The conference is scheduled for Sunday, Nov. 5, at Friend Center at Princeton University in Princeton, N.J. For more information, contact (609) 987-8100 or email@example.com. NOTE: This event has been canceled.
InterfaithFamily.com Still in the News
October 24, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com continues to garner press attention. The Jewish Week columnist Julie Wiener mentioned us in her most recent "In the Mix" column on intermarried life. We have also had numerous letters to the editor recently published: the Philadelphia Jewish Exponent published our letter to the editor on the JTA story on rabbis honoring non-Jews during High Holidays services; the Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle published our response to Susan Jacobs' article on interdating; and The Jerusalem Post published our letter responding to Binyamin Netanyahu's statements equating assimilation and intermarriage.
InterfaithFamily.com in the News
October 10, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com has been in the news a lot lately. Publisher and President Ed Case was quoted in a Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh story on talking to teens about interdating, in a Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles story about High Holidays in interfaith families and in an article in Hadassah magazine on conversion. Online Managing Editor Micah Sachs was quoted in a story in the online edition of the Vancouver Sun on the rise in intermarriage in Canada. We also had a letter published in the Washington Jewish Week criticizing the paper's biased review of Inside Intermarriage. We also sent a letter to numerous papers, including the Washington Times, critiquing a recent Associated Press article on conversion in the Jewish community and sent a letter to the Boston Jewish Advocate responding to a Lappin Foundation spokesperson's comments on intermarriage.
The Jesse and Julie Rasch Foundation Awards Grant to Enhance InterfaithFamily.com's Secular/Humanistic/Cultural Content
InterfaithFamily.com Included in Slingshot for Second Consecutive Year
Professionals Advisory Circle Speaks with Noted Demographer
September 26, 2006. The InterfaithFamily.com Network Professional Advisory Circle's most recent telephone conference call took place on September 18. The call featured a presentation by noted demographer Ariela Keysar on the implications for outreach of her recent research on secularism. For more information on joining the Circle, email email@example.com.
The Debut of the IFF Network Blog
September 12, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to announce the launch of the IFF Network Blog, where the staff of InterfaithFamily.com will write regularly about news of interest to interfaith families, outreach professionals and others interested in the intermarriage debate in the Jewish community. Online Managing Editor Micah Sachs recently blogged from Salt Lake City, Utah, where he attended the Religion Newswriters Association conference.
Micah Sachs Interviewed for Article on New Intermarriage Documentary
September 12, 2006. Online Managing Editor Micah Sachs was recently interviewed for an article on Out of Faith, a new documentary on intermarriage, in the Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles. Out of Faith tells the story of a Holocaust survivor struggling over her grandchildren's marriage to non-Jews.
InterfaithFamily.com Attends Journalists' Conference
September 12, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com was an exhibitor at the Religion Newswriters Association conference September 6 to 9 in Salt Lake City, Utah. One-hundred thirty journalists who cover religion for the secular press attended the event.
InterfaithFamily.com Publishes 2006 High Holidays Snapshot
September 12, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com has published a nationwide snapshot of interesting High Holiday events tailored to the needs of interfaith families. For more High Holiday events (including synagogue services), visit Connections In Your Area.
Longtime InterfaithFamily.com Contributor Publishes New Book on Intermarriage
Congratulations to Winners of the J., Jewish News Weekly of Northern California Readers Choice Awards
August 29, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com would like to congratulate the following organizations for being recognized by the J., the Jewish news weekly of northern California 2006 Readers' Choice Awards as the best interfaith programs in the San Francisco area: Congregation Emanu-El and Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Building Jewish Bridges and Kehilla Community Synagogue in the East Bay, Congregation Beth Am and Temple Emanu-El in South Bay/the Peninsula and Congregation Kol Shofar and Congregation Rodef Shalom in Marin County/Sonoma County. Check out Connections in Your Area for more great programs like them.
We Offer Our Condolences to the Family and Friends of Pam Waechter
August 15, 2006. The outreach community was deeply saddened by the death of Pam Waechter, a colleague who had served as outreach coordinator to the intermarried at Seattle's Jewish Family Service. She was killed by a gunman at the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle on July 28. We hope that the memories of this remarkable woman comfort you during this difficult time.
InterfaithFamily.com Launches Its First Blog, Peace Within These Walls
August 15, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com has launched its first blog. In Peace Within These Walls, Rachel Freedenberg, a religiously observant Jewish woman, will write about her relationship with her boyfriend, the atheist son of devout Christians. Rachel Freedenberg is a copy editor for J., the Jewish News Weekly of Northern California. She lives in the San Francisco Bay area.
InterfaithFamily.com Is Looking for Your Birth Ceremony Ideas
August 15, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is creating a resource on birth ceremonies for interfaith families. Send us your ideas for readings, prayers or other rituals that can be used at baby-naming ceremonies or the bris or simchat bat, and you'll be entered into a drawing for a $100 giftcard from Barnes and Noble or BookSense. We're calling for readers and members, both family members and rabbis/cantors/educators, to share suggestions for how non-Jewish relatives can participate in the ceremony, "programs" with explanatory materials you've used, and other ways to make everyone feel welcome and included. Please email your suggestions to email@example.com by Tuesday, September 12.
The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation Awards Grant for Conference of InterfaithFamily.com's Professionals Advisory Circle
August 15, 2006. The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation has awarded a $25,000 grant to InterfaithFamily.com to support a conference of our Professionals Advisory Circle, a group of professionals who conduct programs of outreach to interfaith families. We are extremely grateful to Lynn Schusterman, Executive Director Sandy Cardin and Schusterman Fellow Jennifer Kraus for the foundation's support and their expression of confidence in our work.
Professionals Advisory Circle June Conference Call Now Available
August 15, 2006. The InterfaithFamily.com Network Professionals Advisory Circle's quarterly telephone conference call on June 26 featured a discussion of what outreach professionals need to enhance their work. To hear an audio of the call, click here. For more information on joining the Circle, email email@example.com.
Printable Version of Entire Web Magazine Issue Now Available
August 15, 2006. In response to your requests, you can now print new issues of our Web Magazine in their entirety by clicking on the "Print entire issue" link in the upper righthand corner of the Web Magazine.
InterfaithFamily.com Creates New Resource for Talking about Israel in Your Interfaith Family
July 25, 2006. We are terribly concerned about the current situation in Israel and wants to express our support for the State of Israel and our hope for peace for all residents of the region. In light of recent events, InterfaithFamily.com has created a new Resource Page on Israel and Interfaith Families and a new resource, Thirteen Tips for Talking about Israel in Interfaith Families. It's also available in easy-to-distribute PDF and Word formats.
Spring 2006 Issue of The Connection Is Now Available
July 25, 2006. The Spring 2006 issue of our bi-annual printed newsletter, The Connection, has been mailed to more than 1,900 Network members and friends. If you're not already a member, please join the Network--click here to learn more about it. To access the newsletter online, click here .
Edmund Case Talked with Ha'aretz
July 25, 2006. Edmund Case, the president and publisher of InterfaithFamily.com, recently took part in a weeklong dialogue with Shmuel Rosner, U.S. correspondent for Ha'aretz, an Israeli daily newspaper.
InterfaithFamily.com Announces New Rabbinic Circle
June 27, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to announce the formation of its new Rabbinic Circle. The Rabbinic Circle will advise InterfaithFamily.com on how it can better serve rabbis who work with interfaith couples and families and who are looking for ways to engage more of them in their synagogues. The Rabbinic Circle also puts rabbis who welcome interfaith families in touch with each other, including rabbinic colleagues from different Jewish denominations. For more information, and to provide initial input and advice, visit www.interfaithfamily.com/rabbiniccircle.
InterfaithFamily.com Announces New Resource Concerning Rabbinic Officiation at Intermarriages
June 27, 2006. At the convention of the Central Conference of American Rabbis (the association for Reform rabbis) in San Diego last week, InterfaithFamily.com held an information session where it announced it will create a new resource on its website for rabbis dealing with the question of officiation at intermarriages. Initial plans call for essays by rabbis explaining the ways they deal with requests to officiate, how they reached their decisions, what liturgies they use if they do officiate and how they announce changes to their congregations. Portions of the resource will be password-protected, available to rabbis only. The rabbis who attended the information session also expressed interest in research on the impact of officiation, and in the creation of "follow up" materials that rabbis can give to interfaith couples to encourage them to connect to local Jewish communities after they marry. For more information, visit www.interfaithfamily.com/rabbiniccircle.
InterfaithFamily.com to Launch Wedding Blog
June 27, 2006. Starting this fall, InterfaithFamily.com will be launching its first blog, written by our readers. We're looking for interfaith couples who are planning a wedding some time in 2007. Two to three couples will be chosen to blog; if you are selected and continue to blog on a regular basis, we'll give you a wedding gift: your choice of a personalized ketubah or a Lucite cube or mezuzah containing the broken glass from your wedding ceremony. If you would like to apply to blog for us, please fill out our online blog application.
InterfaithFamily.com Welcomes New Editorial Intern
June 27, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to welcome Sarah Litvin as our new editorial intern for the summer. Sarah is a senior majoring in Jewish studies at Oberlin College in Ohio.
Fundraising Drive a Great Success
June 6, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to report that in the three weeks since our online fundraising drive was announced on May 16, we received over 80 charitable contributions totalling over $10,000. Together with the Rubinstein Foundation's gift and other donations, we are very close to meeting the Children of Harvey and Lyn Myerhoff Family Philanthropic Fund's $25,000 challenge grant to support our marketing efforts. InterfaithFamily.com would like to thank everyone who donated to the appeal.
InterfaithFamily.com Launches New Resource Pages
June 6, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is excited to introduce a new, better way for interfaith families to find the help and information they need. Our Resource Pages are organized by topic--such as Weddings, Parenting, Marriage and Relationships, etc.--and include ceremony ideas, recommended articles, links to our article Archive, recommended books and websites and helpful articles from MyJewishLearning.com .
InterfaithFamily.com to Exhibit at Boston's Israel Day
June 6, 2006. On Sunday, June 18, InterfaithFamily.com will be exhibiting at Boston Celebrates Israel: Talk, Walk & Rock for Israel in downtown Boston.
InterfaithFamily.com Launches Fundraising Drive
May 23, 2006. On May 16, InterfaithFamily.com launched a fundraising drive. If we can raise $25,000, the Children of Harvey and Lyn Meyerhoff Family Philanthropic Fund has generously agreed to give us a $25,000 grant to help us get out the word about what we do. Every donation received before June 1 will go towards this goal. In effect, every $1 you give is worth $2 to us. To donate, go to www.interfaithfamily.com/donate.
Lawrence J. and Anne Rubenstein Charitable Foundation Awards Grant to InterfaithFamily.com
May 23, 2006. We are pleased to report the Lawrence J. and Anne Rubenstein Charitable Foundation has awarded InterfaithFamily.com a $15,000 grant for general operating support. The grant will be received in two installments of $7,500 each over two years. We are very grateful to the Lawrence J. and Anne Rubenstein Charitable Foundation for its support.
InterfaithFamily.com Will Be a Co-Presenter at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
May 23, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com will be a co-presenter of La Petite Jerusalem at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival later this summer.
New Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ideas and Primer for Interfaith Families from InterfaithFamily.com
May 9, 2006. The InterfaithFamily.com Network is pleased to make available a unique new resource for interfaith families planning a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. Thank you to all our readers and contributors who made valuable suggestions. The winner of the $100 gift card to Barnes & Noble bookstores was Pam Saeks of Cincinnati, Ohio. To access Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ideas and Primer for Interfaith Families, click here.
InterfaithFamily.com to Exhibit at the Hillel Summit 2006
May 9, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to be exhibiting at "Inspiring Values, Creating Leaders": The University and the Jewish Community Summit 2006 May 21-23 in Washington, D.C., convened by Hillel: The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life. For registration information visit www.hillel.org/summit.
Visit Us at the Central Conference of American Rabbis Convention
May 9, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to be exhibiting at the Central Conference of American Rabbis Convention June 18-21 in San Diego. The Central Conference of American Rabbis is the rabbinical body of the Reform movement.
InterfaithFamily.com Exhibited at the Jewish Community Centers of North America Biennial
May 9, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com was recently an exhibitor at the Jewish Community Centers of North America Biennial May 7-10 in Philadelphia.
InterfaithFamily.com Welcomes New Community Connections Coordinator
April 25, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to expand its Connections In Your Area system with the addition of Amy Rovin as Community Connections Coordinator. Amy will help Jewish organizations get themselves and their programs listed on the Connections system and will respond to individuals seeking to connect to them. Her past experience includes almost five years as Director of Jewish Student Life at the University of Rhode Island Hillel. Visit Who We Are/Staff to read more about Amy's background and experience.
InterfaithFamily.com Participating in Reclaiming Mikveh Conference
April 25, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to be a national Partner with the Reform movement's Northeast Council's "Reclaiming Mikveh" conference June 4-6 in Boston. Edmund Case will participate in a "Meet the Authors" reception and book signing on Monday June 5. For more information contact Maria Benet at email@example.com or 781-449-0404.
Professionals Advisory Circle Third Quarterly Conference Call
April 25, 2006. Rabbi Sam Gordon, a champion of outreach to interfaith families and founder of Congregation Sukkat Shalom in Wilmette IL, spoke with the InterfaithFamily.com Network Professionals Advisory Circle on March 20, 2006 about what synagogues can do to be welcoming to interfaith families, and about rabbinic officiation at intermarriages. To hear an audio of the conference call, click here.
InterfaithFamily.com Featured at a Jewish Funders Network Conference Reception
April 11, 2006. We were very honored to be featured at a reception hosted by the Samuel Bronfman Foundation and attended by over 40 representatives of leading Jewish family foundations at the Jewish Funders Network conference in Denver on April 3, 2006. Edgar M. Bronfman hosted the reception, and Adam Bronfman, chair of the conference, introduced Edmund Case, who spoke on the power and impact of personal narratives of interfaith families raising Jewish children. To read Ed's comments, click here.
The Children of Harvey and Lyn Meyerhoff Philanthropic Fund Approves Challenge Grant to InterfaithFamily.com
April 11, 2006. The Children of Harvey and Lyn Meyerhoff Philanthropic Fund has approved a $25,000 challenge grant to InterfaithFamily.com, designated for marketing support. We are extremely grateful to the Fund's trustees and to Alice Kolman, Director of the Joseph and Harvey Meyerhoff Family Charitable Funds, for their generosity and their expression of confidence in our work.
InterfaithFamily.com Welcomes New Online Managing Editor
April 11, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to expand its editorial staff with the addition of Micah Sachs as Online Managing Editor. Micah previously served as Editor-in-Chief and Managing Editor of the San Diego Jewish Journal. Ronnie Friedland continues as Web Magazine Editor. Visit Who We Are/Staff to read more about Micah's background and experience.
The Results of Our Second Annual Passover/Easter Survey
March 28, 2006. Even though Easter falls in the middle of Passover this year, 85% of the 270 respondents to our second annual Passover/Easter Survey said they will keep their holiday celebrations separate. Demonstrating that many interfaith families raising their children as Jews treat Passover but not Easter as a religious holiday, only 9% plan to tell the Easter story as part of their celebration, compared to 69% who will tell the Passover story. For the complete survey results, click here.
InterfaithFamily.com is Looking for Your Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ideas
March 14, 2006. In response to many requests, the InterfaithFamily.com Network is creating a resource for interfaith families having a Bar or Bat Mitzvah. We're calling for readers and members, both family members and rabbis/cantors/educators, to share suggestions for how non-Jewish relatives can participate in the service, "programs" with explanatory materials you've used, and other ways to make everyone feel welcome and included. To share your experiences, email us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Visit Us at the PEJE Conference
March 14, 2006. We're exhibiting at the Partnership for Excellence in Jewish Education conference in Boston March 19-21.
Second Annual Passover/Easter Survey
February 14, 2006. The Network is conducting its second annual survey about interfaith families and the Passover and Easter holidays. This year Easter Sunday falls in the middle of Passover, and we want to know how that will affect our readers.
New Media Coverage
February 14, 2006. The New Jersey Jewish News launched a new year-long series, The Next Big Think. Edmund Case wrote one of the three inaugural essays, The Next Big Thing is Now: Outreach to the Intermarried. The other two writers are Rabbi Daniel Gordis of the Mandel Foundation and Rabbi Brad Hirshfield of CLAL.
In addition, our letter to the editor, Mean-Spirited Approach, responding to an op-ed essay by Steven Bayme and Jack Wertheimer supporting aggressive promotion of conversion, was published in the New York Jewish Week.
And, the Winter 2006 issue of Essence magazine, published in Israel by Ha'aretz, included a feature story about InterfaithFamily.com.
The Samuel Bronfman Foundation Awards Grant to InterfaithFamily.com
January 31, 2006. The Samuel Bronfman Foundation has awarded InterfaithFamily.com a new grant of $50,000 for general operating support. We are extremely grateful to Edgar M. Bronfman, Adam Bronfman and the Foundation's executive director, Dana Raucher for their generosity and their expression of confidence in the importance of our work.
InterfaithFamily.com is Looking for Your Story about Rabbis Officiating at Weddings
January 31, 2006. Some people say that whether or not a rabbi officiates at an intermarriage has no lasting or major impact on a couple's involvement in Jewish life. We wonder about that--so we're asking our members and readers to Tell Us Your Story. What was your experience like looking for a rabbi to officiate, or co-officiate, at your wedding? What was the impact on you of finding--or not finding--a rabbi to officiate, or co-officiate? We'll compile the stories and report on what you have to say.
San Francisco Appearances
January 31, 2006. Edmund Case spoke on "The Seven Deadly Attitudes Jews Have about Intermarriage: A Roadmap to a More Welcoming Community" at Congregation Emanu-El at Shabbat Services on January 27, 2006, at the invitation of InterfaithFamily.com Advisory Board member, Rabbi Stephen Pearce. On January 31, Ed made a presentation to the San Francisco federation's interfaith advisory committee on new ways to market the Bay Area's extensive outreach programs.
Media Coverage of Our December Survey
January 17, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com was very busy in December. It seemed that every newspaper in the country wanted to write a story about the fact that Hanukkah started on Christmas Day We spent a lot of time talking to the press. Many publications, including Newsweek, The Boston Globe, The Baltimore Sun, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Fort Lauderdale Sun Sentinel and at least 70 other papers--maybe even the one in your area--quoted Ed Case and/or mentioned InterfaithFamily.com's tolerant, welcoming approach. You can access the stories at December Media Coverage .
InterfaithFamily.com at Project Welcome's Wedding Fair
January 17, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com is pleased to participate in Project Welcome's Jewish Wedding Fair on January 29, 2006 at the Peninsula JCC in Foster City CA. At this free, day-long event for anyone interested in a Jewish wedding, participants will meet Jewish wedding vendors and representatives of local synagogues and agencies, and attend workshops on topics including Interfaith Ceremonies, What Makes a Wedding Jewish, How to Pick a Ketubah and Jewish Sex.
InterfaithFamily.com at Synagogue Renewal Conference
January 17, 2006. InterfaithFamily.com was invited to attend "Synergy: Using Research on the Synagogue of Today to Enhance the Synagogue of Tomorrow." This excellent full-day leadership conference, sponsored by UJA-Federation of New York and led by our Advisory Board member Dru Greenwood, presented the latest research on synagogue renewal efforts and, of particular interest to us, included workshops on attracting and engaging newcomers in congregational life.


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For the last several years, JPMorgan Chase has been fending off, fighting, and settling a slew of expensive legal and regulatory investigations. And that has left CEO Jamie Dimon eager to get the crisis-era woes behind him. To that end, Dimon has trekked to Washington to get personally involved in the latest potential deal—this one to settle investigations relating to mortgage practices in the credit-boom years. Amid reports that the government may be seeking as much as $11 billion to settle, Dimon is meeting directly with Attorney General Eric Holder.


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Will the religious right dominate the Washington agenda as a Republican president, backed by a mostly GOP Congress, takes the reins of government?
That scenario is on the minds of many Jewish leaders who worry that abortion, school prayer, vouchers and other issues championed by Christian conservatives will be the engine behind the 107th Congress.
Conservatives on Capitol Hill, led by House Majority Whip Tom DeLay (R-Texas), have reinforced their fears by promising to press their partisan advantage to advance a wide range of conservative domestic issues.
Jewish leaders would do better to focus on Bill Clinton's memorable 1992 campaign theme: "It's the economy, stupid."
For a variety of reasons, not the least of which is the bitter end to this year's presidential election, the top issues of groups such as the Christian Coalition may not be front and center as the new Congress and administration try to find a way to govern amid political gridlock on Capitol Hill.
Instead, the administration is likely to focus at first on the economic changes it would like to implement — changes that are likely to garner bipartisan support but which could prove troublesome for Jewish organizations.
The social agenda of the religious right will enjoy only limited success when the new Congress gets to work.
School prayer amendments will be dead on arrival. School voucher plans may do better, thanks to support from some Democrats. Several voucher demonstration projects were passed in recent years but vetoed by President Bill Clinton; Bush supports vouchers, so the veto threat will disappear.
Some abortion restrictions may move through, but the evenly divided Senate will remain a major obstacle to any sweeping changes.
But the Bush administration can wreak considerable havoc on abortion rights through executive order. And the wild card remains the Supreme Court; a vacancy or two during the Bush administration would likely tip the balance on the Court on abortion.
New gun control legislation is unlikely, but so is any major pullback from laws already on the books; again, the Senate will be the major stumbling block.
Gary Bauer, the former leader of the Family Research Council whose bid for the Republican nomination was spurned by GOP primary voters, urged Bush this week not to give an inch on the conservative domestic agenda.
Bush is hearing much the same message from Republican leaders on the Hill. And his soon-to-be vice president, Richard Cheney, promised over the weekend that their administration will not abandon the interests of its core supporters.
But Bush is also being told that if he focuses on a narrow conservative agenda, the result will be bitter stalemate — not a political plus for a president whose margin of victory was thin to nonexistent.
If he does try to govern from the center, GOP moderates say, he will do better with some of his core economic issues.
But some of those issues could have much more immediate consequences for the Jewish community than the nexus of social issues pushed by the Christian right.
Bush's campaign platform called for a $1.3 trillion tax cut, a demand Cheney recently called nonnegotiable. Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are divided; some support the huge, 10-year cut, others want to press for a series of smaller tax cuts.
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle will be looking for high-profile actions they can take that have a chance of bipartisan support, and tax cuts, supported by a significant number of Democrats, could top the list.
Most Jewish groups do not have official positions on the issue. At the same time, many Jewish leaders privately fear that anything more than token cuts could be a time bomb tossed into the middle of the nation's social safety net.
Today, the federal treasury is flush, thanks to the record economic boom and the run-up in the stock market.
But the surplus will evaporate with astonishing speed if the economy skids.
Tax cuts in the coming year, many worry, will lead to a ballooning of the budget deficit when the economy slows. And that, in turn, could produce intense pressure to cut discretionary spending programs.
The programs most at risk are precisely those that the Jewish community successfully provides across the country, using government dollars along with philanthropic money: health and housing programs for the elderly, services for children and teens, vocational services, services for immigrants.
Big cuts could also jeopardize important foreign policy priorities of the Jewish community, starting with foreign aid to Israel.
Bush's economic thinkers say the cuts will spur the economy and preserve the boom. But it's a gamble; if they're wrong, the government will quickly face a new deficit crisis and ferocious new pressure to cut vulnerable programs.
That, and not the religious right "values" agenda, is where the real action is likely to be for Jewish groups in 2001.


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hi. i just go over the mails being post in your message board in which u are trying to answer questions.
I had already my background regarding C but only, those are just basic. my problem right now is that I would like to know the use of structures and also pointers but i don't know how to start. I am very much eager to learn systems programming. Can you give me some hints on what starting topics should i consider in studying pointers? or maybe any website that you can recommend?
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wikiHow to Change Your Skype Password
Three Methods:Change Your Existing Skype PasswordReset Your Forgotten Skype PasswordVerify Your Skype IdentityCommunity Q&A
As a Skype user, you can change your sign-in password at any time by visiting Skype's website. You can change your existing password for security reasons, request a new password if you have forgotten it, or verify your identity to receive a new password if you cannot access the email account you originally registered with. Regardless of the reason, Skype will walk you through updating your password online. Continue reading to learn about the ways you can reset or change your Skype password.
Change Your Existing Skype Password
1Visit any of the Skype websites featured in the Sources section of this article to sign in to your Skype account.
2Click on the "Sign In" link located in the upper-right corner of any Skype website session.
3Type your Skype Name and password into the corresponding fields and click on the "Sign me in" button.
4Scroll down on your profile page to locate the "Your password" section on the left.
5Click directly on the "Change your password" link.
6Type in your old password and provide a new password in the corresponding boxes.
7Click on the "Save Settings" button to finalize the procedure of creating your new password.
Reset Your Forgotten Skype Password
1Visit the Skype "Password Reset Request" website featured in the Sources section of this article to request a new temporary password.
2Type the email address you used to register with Skype originally into the designated field and press the "Submit" button.
3Open your email inbox and wait for a message from Skype that contains a temporary code or "password token."
- You must reset your password using the Skype code within 6 hours or the code will expire and you will need to repeat the password reset process.
4Click on the live link within your email that reads "temporary code" to be redirected back to the Skype website for the password change.
- If the "temporary code" link within the email does not work for you, Skype will provide you with the password token to type in manually on Skype's website.
5Type your new password into the appropriate designated fields and click on "Submit" for Skype to accept your new password.
Verify Your Skype Identity
1Visit the Skype "Password Automation" website featured in the Sources section of this article if you have forgotten or no longer have access to the email address you registered with Skype originally.
2Type your Skype Name into the designated field and click on "Submit" to proceed.
3Provide Skype with the personal billing details you used when you purchased Skype features in the past.
- The billing details you must enter are your full name, your country, and either your order number or credit card information regarding your last purchase.
- Skype features you may have purchased will include services such as Skype Credits or Skype Subscriptions.
4Follow the prompts on Skype's website to update your account information, such as your email address and a new password.
- If you cannot provide billing details to Skype, you will be required to register for a new user account. Click on "Create a new Skype account" to get started and follow the prompts to create a new Skype Name and password.
Community Q&A
How can I recover my last password without creating a new one?wikiHow ContributorUsually your Skype Account is connected to your Microsoft account, so if you do the whole "forgot password" thing on your Microsoft account, it should be good to go.
- Skype passwords will allow you to use up to 20 characters using a combination of upper and lowercase letters, numbers, and special characters such as dollar signs or exclamation points.
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In pursuit of 'A More Perfect Union'
November 23, 2012
Much of Spielberg's "Lincoln" occurs in Lincoln's office, a location recreated in every detail, including its wallpaper and the tick of Lincoln's pocket watch. The director, accustomed to dressing comfortably on set, came to work each day wearing a suit in order to better help his actors stay in character.
Based in part on "Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln," by Doris Kearns Goodwin, the film focuses on the months that followed Lincoln's re-election – a period when the Civil War seemed near its end, prompting the president to seek the passage of the 13th Amendment that would abolish slavery. Lincoln believed that those opposed to its passage could only be persuaded to vote in its favor as a means to end the Civil War. Should the war end without passing the amendment, then the country would remain so divided that neither the union, nor the peace, would stand. To achieve his goal, Lincoln undertook a campaign of lies, bribery and threats, that included the delay of a negotiated peace, prior to passing the amendment.
The script and Daniel Day-Lewis' performance depict Lincoln's tough-mindedness. This quality quietly materializes from the president's sidelong glances, or arises from a folksy anecdote used by Lincoln to make his point.
The president's unconditional love is mainly reserved for his young son Tad, a boy Lincoln indulges without apology.
Mary Todd Lincoln, referred to as Molly by her husband, is sympathetically portrayed by Sally Field, who lobbied Spielberg for the role, claiming she felt a connection to Lincoln's wife. Field's bond with the character exceeds that felt by Lincoln, a figure uncomfortable with intimate relationships. Lincoln fails to confide his political intentions to his wife and is loath to incur her wrath or to confront her raw, powerful emotions.
Tommy Lee Jones makes an unexpectedly welcome choice for Thaddeus Stevens, the powerful chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee whose wig was shaped the same way all around so that he need not pay attention to how it was placed upon his head. Passionate on the subject of equality for all races, Stevens admonishes Lincoln, "I lead. You should try it some time." Lincoln prefers to cajole and threaten, but when it comes to securing a favorable vote for abolition, Stevens humorously misrepresents his true feelings, in order to make the amendment more palatable to his fellow congressmen.
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Lincoln's subterfuge even extends to his loyal secretary of state, William Seward. Portrayed with both deference and indignation by David Strathairn, rather than struggle with the ethics of Lincoln's omissions, Seward fears that Lincoln's maneuvering will be exposed, and therefore prevent the amendment from passing.
Director Spielberg makes plentiful use of conjecture in an effort to prove that our 16th and most beloved president, was a saint despite his unethical practices. So what happened to our right to examine the facts and draw our own conclusions? Has Mr. Spielberg forgotten that "You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you can't fool all the people all the time?"


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It is southwest of the Kingdom of Faq.
It is regularly attacked by Transylvito, who will sack it or leave it unharmed for a ransom. They never claim it.


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Waldo Town News
By Tom Seymour
Saturday Nov. 24, marks the last day of regular firearms season on deer. This gives hunters one more day than usual to fill their deer tags.
Pa'tridge Prediction
While on the subject of hunting, Thompson's Variety in Waldo has tagged a total of 39 deer as of Friday, Nov. 16. And although the regular season ends soon, as mentioned above, muzzleloader season continues through Dec. 10 in our region. Because of that, I will offer a conclusion and comment piece at the end of muzzleloader season.
Free dinner
The Searsport Lions Club will host a free Thanksgiving dinner at their clubhouse on Prospect Street from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Everyone is invited, including folks from Waldo who might not have a place to go and want to enjoy some holiday cheer. Thanks, Lions, that's a great gesture.
Oyster fest
Speaking of clubs, the "Waldo Oyster Eating Club," comprised of members Tom Seymour and Leo T. Mills, held an event on Friday, Nov. 16. This consisted of the two of us scoffing down a variety of oysters, fresh from the sea and served cold, on the half-shell. Leo and I get together as often as we can and sample different varieties of the succulent shellfish. And just to show how ecology-minded we are, the shells always get dropped in any of the various holes in my driveway. And by the looks of things, it will take many more years and many oyster feeds before we get the upper hand on those potholes.
Missing column
Readers may wonder what happened to last week's Waldo News. I wrote it and sent it in ahead of deadline. And look as I might, I could not find it in last week's paper. Too bad, since I had a new feature, a "What's It" section, with a photo of a mystery object for readers to try to identify.
Also, after writing and sending in my RFD Maine column for this week's editorial pages, I noticed that my friend Marion Tucker-Honeycutt has written a similar column … not exactly the same, but with some of the same sentiments. So it looks as though Marion and I think alike; no surprise because in fact, we do have much in common.
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"What's the difference between genius and stupidity? Genius has its limits." - Anonymous


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Warner Bros Wins the Battle for 'Dungeons & Dragons' Movie Rights
by Alex Billington
May 7, 2013
Source: Deadline
Well, this is a no brainer. But maybe 40 years too late? We'll find out soon enough if a name alone can make a hit. News has broke via Deadline that Warner Bros and producer Roy Lee (The Departed, Quarantine, Abduction, The Lego Movie) have obtained the rights to make a Dungeons & Dragons movie, based on the seminal fantasy role-playing game first invented by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson in 1974. However, the interesting thing is that the project is actually developing by way of another "free-standing" script merged into this project to become the Dungeons & Dragons movie. But it has all the right people involved so far.
According to the news, the original screenplay was called Chainmail, written by a "Frank Darabont protege" David Leslie Johnson. That project was developed originally based on an "obscure game that was also hatched by D&D designer Gary Gygax before he and Dave Arneson launched D&D," so it has a connection. This movie is being produced by Roy Lee and also Courtney Solomon, the Canadian filmmaker who directed the cheesy 2000 Dungeons & Dragons movie nobody saw. There's a lot of buzz around it already, with Deadline saying WB is "treating it as a big priority… The studio's intention is to reboot the franchise for a new generation." Obviously makes sense following the success of "Game of Thrones" and The Hobbit trilogy.
For those who may still be unfamiliar, Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy, role-playing, table-top multiplayer game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Players create characters with attributes and embark upon fantasy adventures, with a Dungeon Master serving as the score-taker and storyteller. D&D is still popular today (if you've ever been to a Comic-Con, you know that) which means this has the potential to be big, but I'm intrigued to see them follow up The Hobbit and Warcraft first. Any readers big D&D fans?
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Create a public API.
A public API would make lots of new features possible - people could implement sync with several software suites, create mobile clients (iPhone would be greate, Java ME even better), create new tasks in quicksilver or commandline. I would personally choose RESTfull web services, but it is definittely not the only way to go.
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Anonymous commented
SimpleGTD on the iPad sucks! You cannot even edit items... I want to access my tasks from everywhere, both online and offline, and have them synced between PC and iPad... Can't you create an app for that? People would pay for it, I know it!
sharkegg commented
I'll implement an android client if you get this out!
Geoffrey commented
I think has a client is better.
Marco commented
good idea
matt commented
I LOVE Simple GTD (I even manage my supervisors tasks there), but I'm personally having to defect to Google Tasks only because I can get it on my iPhone and share tasks with my wife. As a paying customer, I would REALLY love this. I also am using GeeTasks that always syncs my iPhone to Google's servers. Thanks, and you're awesome for creating this to begin with. Peace out!
theschles commented
I'm ready to start coding a Palm Pre webOS app whenever this is offered.
martiendejong2008 commented
Please do this. I can't wait till I can use it :)
kowey commented
Having something like this would mean that you could let your users do some of the work for you in implementing cool features for SimpleGTD :-)
Me, I want a way to hook the mail client mutt up with my lists.


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Timothy B. Dodd is from Mink Shoals, WV. His writing has appeared in Yemassee, Main Street Rag, The William & Mary Review, and elsewhere. He is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Texas - El Paso.
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Sessa Kratz is an MFA candidate in poetry at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.
James Owens
Two books of James Owens's poems have been published: An Hour is the Doorway (Black Lawrence Press) and Frost Lights a Thin Flame (Mayapple Press). His poems, reviews, translations, and photographs have appeared widely in literary journals, including recent or upcoming publications in The Cortland Review, Poetry Ireland, The Cresset, and Town Creek Poetry. He lives in central Indiana and northern Ontario.
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Rick Rohdenburg lives in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife and a racing of greyhounds. He works as a systems analyst.


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BBB warns car shoppers about online dealer scam
The Better Business Bureau of Minnesota and North Dakota (BBB) is warning car shoppers to beware of websites offering too-good-to-be-true deals on repossessed cars. The BBB has heard from people across the country who thought they were buying from a reputable dealer online but were actually sending money to scammers posing as legitimate, already-established community dealerships.
"Because scammers essentially steal the identity and good name of real auto dealers, car shoppers will think that they're buying a car from a reputable business," said Dana Badgerow, president and CEO of the BBB of Minnesota and North Dakota. "The truth is, they're being sold a bill of goods by coordinated, agile scammers who are in all likelihood operating from overseas."
Recently, a Memphis auto dealer, America Auto Sales (www.memphisautoworld.com), received more than 1,000 calls from consumers across the country who had shopped for a new car on www.americautosales.com thinking that it was the website of the Memphis dealership. The phony website used the name, address and contact information of the real dealer.
The fraudulent website claimed to sell repossessed cars at prices well below market. Buyers were instructed to wire a deposit -- as much as $5,000 -- to an individual rather than the company, which, according to the phony website, "helps us avoid taxes legally." The balance was to be paid upon delivery at the consumer's address within five days.
After paying the deposit, victims called the real dealership to arrange delivery of their car. Some customers even showed up at the lot to pick up the cars they had "bought" on the bogus site.
Similar websites have posed as many different dealers in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico and Texas. The websites are often taken down after a few days only to crop up shortly thereafter under a different URL address and under the auspices of another legitimate dealer.
The BBB recommends that car shoppers look for the following red flags when shopping for a car online:
Prices that are too good to be true.
The dealer only communicates through chat or e-mail--never by phone.
The dealer only accepts payment by money wire transfer.
If you have been the victim of a fraudulent auto dealer online, notify your BBB at www.bbb.org and the Internet Crime Center at www.ic3.gov to file a complaint.
The mission of the Better Business Bureau is to promote, through self-regulation, the highest standards of business ethics and conduct; and to instill public confidence in responsible businesses through programs of education and action that inform, protect and assist the general public. Our hours of operation are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Contact the BBB at www.bbb.org or 651-699-1111, toll-free at 1-800-646-6222.


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First, try getting cards with 500 score
A mid 500 score is not considered good, especially for credit card approvals. It will be difficult to get one card as it is. However, it is difficult to say if these many cards will help. Hypothetically, if one gets 10 cards (lets assume the best dream come true), pays them well, doesn't max out on cards, then the score should rise. However, definitely not in 6 months. The reason is, opening 10 cards also means adding 10 hard enquiries to your file (and 10 is a pretty high number). These enquries will affect your score for 1 year. Any positive effect will only be seen after that, provided you do all things right.
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It was time for round two of auditions at a rehearsal space in a Huntington Beach office complex, and Jolyn Turner gave her granddaughter a decree: "Make it a little rough on them."
Emily Turner, seated at the director's table, proceeded to grill the participants as they came up and announced themselves. She asked the first boy if he would settle for a part other than the lead and if he could put up with long dance rehearsals on Saturdays. Would the second boy be willing to dye his hair? Would school or gymnastics pose a scheduling problem?
The five children present answered her questions gamely, but a part in a production wasn't at stake. Instead, the weeklong class, sponsored by the Huntington Beach Playhouse, aimed to teach aspiring actors the tricks of trying out for a show, from posture to vocal projection to selecting the right song and knowing which part to sing.
The class, which started Monday, will conclude Friday with a mock audition. Jolyn Turner, the president of the playhouse, came up with the idea for the class after watching a group of girls try out for "Fiddler on the Roof" last year.
"What happened is they didn't have a song," she said. "The director was very sweet. He said, 'Do you know "Happy Birthday"?'"
On Monday, then, the Turners and the students — three boys, two girls — began learning the audition process from the ground up. At the start of the two-hour class, Jolyn gathered the students around and started them with a question.
"What if 25 people come in and there are only five parts?" she asked.
"They're going to choose the five best," 12-year-old Dallas Johnson of Orange replied.
In a narrow room with chairs, stools, water bottles, a pile of beach balls and other sundry items lying about, the elder Turner gave the students a piece of sheet music to bring to the accompanist — her — and had them tell her what part of it they would sing and how fast. No singing or playing took place Monday, though; the performance part would come later in the week.
Instead, the children faced Emily, who sat in the director's chair, announced their names and took questions. Along the way, the teachers gave advice on body language: Relax the hands, make eye contact, don't rock the feet back and forth.
Not all the children in attendance were new to auditioning. Dallas, Olivia Foye and Cole Hazard had done it last year, at least, for "Aesop's Musical Foibles" in the playhouse's summer youth program. For that production, everyone who auditioned got a part, since the play had multiple speaking roles.
This year, though, Jolyn conceived of the audition class to prepare young actors for tougher audiences. Caroline Hayden, 10, said she auditioned this year for "Gypsy" at the Gem Theater in Garden Grove but didn't get the part.
"There was a whole bunch of girls and people who knew how to audition," the resident of Orange and San Juan Capistrano said. "They had been through auditions, and I hadn't."
Cole, 11, of Huntington Beach, said auditioning was a matter of overcoming nerves.
"It's really embarrassing — speaking in front of people and trying to resemble the part," he said.


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