About InterFaithways

  • We are committed to welcoming interfaith couples and their families into the greater Jewish community, with the belief that positive interaction presents a growth opportunity for the Jewish community.
  • We advocate and provide support for institutional and attitudinal change in the Jewish community.
  • We initiate innovative and creative programs to provide opportunities for open dialogue among interfaith families and Jewish professionals.

By providing training and consultation to rabbis, educators and other Jewish professionals, we open the door to community transformation.

We are the only organization in the greater Philadelphia area dedicated to welcoming interfaith families to the Jewish community. Originally founded in 1999 as a program of Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Philadelphia, InterFaithways became an independent organization in September 2007. Throughout the past ten years, InterFaithways has been at the forefront of outreach efforts to welcome interfaith families, creating innovative programming and developing resources as well as partnering with national outreach institutions to bring those resources into this community.

We Support Interfaith Families:

InterFaithways offers a full spectrum of programs and supportive services to address the unique issues and possibilities of interfaith living. We are committed to welcoming itnerfaith couples and their families into the greater Jewish community, with the belief that positive interaction presents a growth opportunity for the Jewish community.

We Partner with Jewish Institutions:

InterFaithways advocates and provides support for institutional and attitudinal change in the Jewish community. Innovative and creative programs provide opportunities for open dialogue among interfaith families and Jewish professionals. By providing training and consultation to rabbis, educators and other Jewish professionals, we open the door to community transformation.

Board of Directors

  • Leonard Wasserman, Chair
  • William Schwartz, Vice President
  • Rabbi Mayer Selekman, Vice President
  • Martin Brait, Treasurer
  • Michael Schwartz, Secretary
  • Joycellen "Jey" Auritt
  • Leonard B. Finkelstein, Ed.D.
  • Randi Casey
  • Diane Freedman
  • Bobbi Wasserman-Koplin
  • Dorothy Wasserman
  • Alan Weinstein