Sukkat Shalom was formed from a small group of intermarried couples who met for mutual support and learning and who began to include their young children in that process of learning and doing. Since that time, Sukkat Shalom has developed into a spiritual home for intermarried families, Jews by birth, Jews by choice, and individuals and families searching for a meaningful way to experience the wonders of Jewish life.

We believe that a Jew who falls in love with a person who was not born Jewish is not trying to escape his/her Jewish background or reject it. We believe that it is possible to live a meaningful Jewish life, create a Jewish home, and raise a Jewish family in a household in which one partner was not born as a Jew. Indeed, all Jewish homes are homes of diversity.

We accept this fact and, in many ways, celebrate it.

In our worship services, the non Jewish partner is fully included in the ritual of the congregation. Our goal is to be inclusive rather than creating boundaries limiting the participation of our congregants. We try to create a congregational family of welcome and acceptance in everything we do.

During the year there are various opportunities for discussion, support, and learning. Rather than a specific “outreach” program, all of the programming of Sukkat Shalom is designed to nurture the quest for meaningful spiritual growth within the context of Jewish tradition.