This year your sponsorship is more important to us then ever. The need in our community for the unique educational programs and social opportunities offered by Stepping Stones continues to grow. According to a recent study released in the fall of 2006 the intermarriage rate in the age category of 19-39 year olds is 72%. Stepping Stones has proven that given support and education intermarried homes can insure that the future of Judaism continues by promoting our valued traditions and rituals of study, prayer, and tzedakah.

This year's tournament is being generously underwritten by The Golf Club at Bear Dance and Steve & Elizabeth Kris. All proceeds will go to the program, directly impacting Stepping Stones' ability to continue our mission to welcome, support and educate interfaith couples and families.

Please contact brittan@steppingstonesfamily.com to sign up as a sponsor TODAY!

Tom & Linda Schutter, with their two children Kyle & Skylar, enrolled in the Boulder Stepping Stones Program in the Fall of 2005. Linda writes, “I am Jewish and my husband is Atheist and we agreed that our children would be Jewish. I wanted some form of education for them and us. I didn't have a formal Jewish upbringing and wanted to learn more of the traditions and significance of Jewish history and symbols and stories. We chose Stepping Stones because of the interfaith component.” Linda would recommend Stepping Stones to other interfaith families because, “it is a terrific way to ease into a Jewish family life. To explore different avenues of bringing Judaism into their lives whether it's joining a synagogue or simply practicing traditions in the home.”

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While interfaith parents studied the meaning of Passover from an adult perspective with Deb Dusansky Kornfeld and Phyllis Adler, their children took a journey back in time to Egypt. The children learned from “Moses” about the Jewish struggle from slavery to freedom. They pretended to be slaves and built a pyramid and made Charoset as a symbol of the mortar. They went with “Moses” to ask “Pharoah” to let us out of Egypt and when Pharoah refused to let the Jews leave, they made frog hats to become one of the 10 plagues. After Pharoah let them go, they made matzah and Moses “parted” the Sea of Reeds for them to cross. All of the families came to together for an interactive Seder. We learned, ate and sang songs. It was a wonderful evening of celebration. Submitted by Carol Morris