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I've attended High Holiday services for the past 4 years with Judaism Your Way (JYW). The organization welcomes all people and is very inclusive. Rabbi Field and the staff go out of their way to make you feel like you have finally found a Jewish home. For example, at the beginning of services Rabbi Field talks specifically to those who might not be familiar with the service, or are visiting for the first time. The siddur has Hebrew, transliteration and English and is very accessible. JYW has incorporated new ideas into the service that keep it fresh. The latest service used a dialog between the Rabbi and another person that made you feel like you were a participant at the very beginning of Jewish history. I grew up in an interfaith family in a large Midwestern city during a time when interfaith marriages were uncommon. I knew of only one other family like ours. We felt discrimination from both Jews and non-Jews. When I began participating in Jewish life here in Denver, I was not totally surprised to see that Jewish prejudice regarding interfaith families was still alive, and even supported by some of the rabbis I met. How profoundly sad. Rabbi Field's worldview is accepting, without prejudice, and comes from the heart. Interfaith couples or children of interfaith couples will feel particularly welcomed without feeling pressured or thought less of in any way.

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