Heather Moran has long been an observant Jew, so she understood why her Catholic husband would be excluded from the parental blessing during their son’s bar mitzvah. The ancient ritual welcomes youth completing the service to “our people Israel.” Although Sean Moran didn’t qualify, he is so active at Temple Micah in Northwest Washington that he was on a recent rabbi-picking committee.
“I get it,” said Heather Moran, 41, of Kensington. “This is complicated for rabbis.”
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