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18Doors
Interfaith Inclusive Language: A Glossary and Discussion Guide
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About
18Doors (formerly InterfaithFamily) supports interfaith couples and families exploring Jewish life. Its inclusive-language guide is written for Jewish organizations and communicators, and is the commons’ only source focused specifically on interfaith families.
On the commons’ source spectrum this is a progressive equity guide in the classic sense: guidance written by a community-serving organization about how to talk about its own community. It is also unusual in form — rather than a headword glossary, it is a discussion guide built around DO/DON’T guidance (use interfaith, intercultural, multi-heritage; never shiksa, goy, half-Jew, or conversion-status labels) with the reasoning spelled out, and it closes on a self-identification principle: when unsure, ask people how they want to identify.
In the commons it is the source for the interfaith entry in the Faith & Religious Identity chapter, and it contributes to the Jewish-identity terms.
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The guide is published openly on 18Doors’ site (linked above) and was live as of the last check. Host posture is private-mirror-link-out: the commons keeps a private preservation copy for citation verification and links readers to 18Doors’ authoritative version. Quotes are held within fair-use limits.
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- Interfaith Use with care
“If it is necessary to refer to a couple or family’s religious identity, use descriptive terms like Interfaith, Intercultural, Multi-heritage, Multi-faith. Many interfaith families consider themselves to be simply Jewish families! If you’re unsure …”
— Dos and Don'ts section
- Interfaith Use with care
“There is a wide range of families captured by the term “interfaith”. Unfortunately, the term itself is not precise and sometimes not quite accurate – however, it is the best one we have in our vocabulary at this point …”
— "What do we mean by 'Interfaith'?" section
- Jew Use with care
“Do not use language that classifies Jews from interfaith families as different, like patrilineal Jew or half-Jew …”
— Dos and Don'ts section