The Blessing of Interfaith Families: How to Make It Work and Thrive

A rabbi and a minister walk into a bar—no joke! Rabbi Debbie Reichmann and Reverend Samantha Gonzalez-Block, co-clergy of the Interfaith Families Project (IFFP.org), share stories from their work with interfaith couples who are building bridges across faith traditions. Their philosophy? There’s no single “right” way to live an interfaith life—only many paths toward love, joy, and understanding.

Bring your questions about Jewish and Christian faith traditions, your stories, and your open heart for a lively, honest, and hopeful conversation about what makes interfaith relationships not just work, but thrive.

Interfaith Families Project of Greater Washington (IFFP) is an independent community of interfaith people in Rockville, Maryland. Committed to sharing, learning about, and celebrating our Jewish and Christian traditions, IFFP has grown into a vibrant, active community of approximately 300 adults and children, one of the largest interfaith programs in the country. The core value of IFFP is respect – for each other, for Judaism, and for Christianity. The IFFP community includes those who continue to practice a faith, and those who do not. As a community, they celebrate, explore, question, and enjoy both religious traditions equally. IFFP members neither reject their religious backgrounds nor seek a new religion that is a mixture of Christian and Jewish belief. Instead, they believe it is possible – and desirable – to honor our distinct religious traditions and to share those traditions with spouses, partners and children.