18Doors

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| headquarters = Newton Upper Falls, Massachusetts

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18Doors is an American non-profit organization that provides assistance to Jewish interfaith families.{{Cite news|first=Steve|last=Maas |title=Interfaith Families Face and Embrace the December Dilemma |newspaper=The Boston Globe|url= https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/regionals/west/2016/12/23/interfaith-families-face-and-embrace-december-dilemma/PXg0jyl5FK9eazYLIqlicL/story.html }}

The predecessor to 18Doors was an online magazine founded in 1998 with a focus on helping Jewish interfaith families. In 2001, it was renamed InterfaithFamily and expanded its content to news and resources relevant to the interfaith community.{{Cite news|first=Helen |last=Chernikoff |title= Blewish,' 'Jew-ish' and 'Jew-theran': interfaith families group renames itself |newspaper=The Jewish Daily Forward|date=February 13, 2020 |url= https://forward.com/life/439926/interfaith-family-jewbu/ }} In February 2020, it was renamed 18Doors.{{Cite web|title= Our Rebranding Formerly InterfaithFamily, we changed our name to 18Doors in February, 2020. |website=18Doors|url= https://18doors.org/rebranding/ }}{{Cite web|title=InterfaithFamily Becomes 18Doors |website=ejewishphilanthropy.com|date=February 13, 2020 |url= https://ejewishphilanthropy.com/interfaithfamily-becomes-18doors/ }} In addition to its online magazine, 18Doors has expanded to provide training and clergy to assist interfaith families in connecting Jewish life and Judaism.{{Cite web|title= About us |publisher=18 Doors|url=https://18doors.org/about-18doors/ |accessdate=September 7, 2020}}{{Cite news|first=Bob|last=Bahr |title= Rabbi Confronts Interfaith Couples' Fear, Uncertainty |newspaper=Atlanta Jewish Times|date=April 8, 2020 |url= https://atlantajewishtimes.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-confronts-interfaith-couples-fear-uncertainty/}} The organization developed the Rukin Rabbinic Fellowship program to appoint rabbis from the Reform, Conservative, Reconstructionist, and Humanist movements of Judaism to coordinate its interfaith efforts nationwide. As of April 2021, 18Doors had fellows in 22 American cities.{{Cite news|first=David |last=Rullo |authorlink= |title= Rabbi Alex Greenbaum named a Rukin Rabbinic Fellow |newspaper=Pittsburgh Jewish Chronicle|date=April 26, 2021 |url= https://jewishchronicle.timesofisrael.com/rabbi-alex-greenbaum-named-a-rukin-rabbinic-fellow/ |accessdate=}}