Rabbi Jen & Jason Talk About A Ritual for Surrogacy - A Jewish Baby Story @BimBam
Rabbi Jen & Jason Talk About A Ritual for Surrogacy - A Jewish Baby Story  @BimBam
Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
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Jen and Jason welcomed two Jewish children - twins (a boy and a girl) into their family through a surrogate pregnancy. They knew they would do a bris and a baby naming, but wanted something creative and new to mark the event. Finding that private, special kernel made it all the more special.

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This is part of the Jewish Lifecycles series by G-dcast. To watch more than 20 other pieces about rituals - old and new - presented through animation and interviews, head to youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT3E92DW2HbghAmyB-fL-etizvRipmkU6


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Credits
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Director: Liz Nord - liznord.com

Producer: Sarah Lefton

Assistant Producer + Motion Graphics Artist: Jeremy Shuback

Audience Outreach: Lisa Finkelstein

Music: Ben Bromfield - benbromfieldmusic.com

Educational Advisers
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Camille Angel
Rachel Brodie
Mychal Copeland
Mark Hurvitz
Stu Kelman
Chai Levy
Marilyn Wacks
David Zinner

Thanks to
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Barbara Barza
Mayana Bonapart
Danielle Foreman
Rachel Levinson
Russel Neiss
Emily Savage
Oren Stevens
Lesley Wynn

Additional Thank You
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Blaire Brown
Roni Handler
Deborah Kolben
Aaron Mandel
Matt Savage
Ilana Sichel
Lindsey Silken
Leah Yamshon
David Zeeman

Special Thank You
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Matthue Roth

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