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From the New York Times and WBUR Boston, this is Modern Love.

Stories of Love, Laws, and Redemption.

I'm your host, Megna Chakrabardi.

Mother's Day is over for this year.

Some people really look forward to those chocolates and flowers.

And others? Well, David Beach wrote an essay about his feelings.

The title? Just don't call me mom.

Gideon Glick, who most recently appeared in the Broadway play significant other,

reads a Stavid's essay.

To celebrate our daughter coming into our lives,

my husband and I decided to host a party,

where Sadie would be blessed by a Catholic priest and be given a Hebrew name by a rabbi.

We had the priest from my side of the family.

Now, we needed a rabbi.

Russell was barely even culturally Jewish and had just started his own consulting business,

meaning he had no extra time for anything.

So, finding a rabbi fell to me.

Many eye-contacted refused to officiate with a Catholic priest.

Others asked about the mother. Is she Jewish?

They wanted to make it clear that Sadie would not be considered Jewish unless the mother was,

even if we gave her a Hebrew name.

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