FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14 - 10AM
Sacred Grandparenting Brunch:
How to Proactively Engage and Build Resilience
It only takes one Jewish parent to raise Jewish children, and grandparents are bridges of transmission.

Join Dr. McGinity for brunch and learn practical ways to share Jewish values across distance and time, with insights from the National Jewish Grandparents Study, the Jewish Grandparents Network, PJ Library, and resilience research.

SHABBAT MORNING, NOVEMBER 15
9:30AM  Shabbat Services - Dr. McGinity will deliver the D’var Torah
12PM Lunch and Learn with Dr. McGinity

Lunch and Learn
Interfaith Matters: A 21st Century Perspective on Jewish Intermarriage, Gender Roles, and Change Over Time
This talk addresses common assumptions about intermarriage and shows how narratives formed over time.

Using a contemporary gender historian’s lens, Dr. McGinity debunks myths and offers a path that includes interfaith couples and families. Sources include her books, Brandeis Cohen Center research, Pew’s Jewish Americans in 2020, and Beyond the Count from the Jews of Color Initiative.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15 - 7PM
Dessert & Drinks with Dr. McGinity
Curb Your Enthusiasm:
Intermarriage from All That Jazz to Nobody Wants This
How has pop culture portrayed interfaith romance, and how have those portrayals changed over time. This engaging talk blends original analysis with humor to explore what helps and what harms.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16 - 10AM
December Delights: Celebrating Historical Insights and Interfaith Inclusion
Move beyond the old December Dilemma. Explore ways synagogues and Jewish organizations can support interfaith families with meaningful, mutually respectful celebrations, and invite all who love Jews to engage fully in Jewish life and learning.