Passover is the story of a journey, and as the holiday approaches, I’ve been reflecting on my interfaith family’s Jewish journey. When we moved to Dallas ten years ago, shortly before Passover, we were strangers in a strange land. We were also an intermarried couple with a baby, still trying to figure out how to be a Jewish family and where we fit in the Jewish community.
The only person we knew when we arrived was my stepsister’s college roommate who graciously invited us to spend Passover with her family. We were grateful for the invitation, but a little overwhelmed by the Conservadox seder, since we were accustomed to a Reform celebration. Still we were glad to spend the holiday in the company of others and received guidance on how to connect with young family programs and the Jewish community in the city.
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