December Holidays 2006

Our Third Annual December Holidays Survey received coverage in the secular and Jewish media this year. Press mentions of our survey and/or InterfaithFamily.com include:

• Mixed-Faith Couples Try to Strike a Holiday Balance, by Valeria Godines (Orange County Register, Dec. 22, 2006) - California
• Web Sources of the Week (New Jersey Jewish News, Dec. 21, 2006)
• Survey Sheds Light on Interfaith Couples Raising Kids, by Frances Kraft (Canadian Jewish News, Dec. 21, 2006)
• Survey: Interfaith Families Raising Jewish Kids Can Negotiate Christmas, by Sue Fishkoff (JTA, Dec. 18, 2006)*
• Miss Conduct: Whose Holiday Is It, Anyway?, by Robin Abrahams (Boston Sunday Globe Magazine, Dec. 17, 2006)
• Double Celebration Common, by Bill Sherman (Tulsa World, Dec. 16, 2006) - Oklahoma
• Sharing Faiths, Holidays, by Dennis Hoey (Portland Press-Herald, Dec. 16, 2006) - Maine
• In the Mix: (Out of The) Home for Christmas, by Julie Wiener (The Jewish Week, Dec. 15, 2006) - New York
• Web Sites Offer Guidance on Multiple-Holiday Issue, by Helen Chronister (The New Standard, Dec. 14-27, 2006) - Columbus, Ohio
• American Jews: Christmas Versus Hanukkah, by Lisa Katz (About.com, Dec. 13, 2006)
• A Diverse December, by Cassandra Spratling (Detroit Free Press, Dec. 10, 2006)**
• Intermarrieds Still Suffer December Dilemma, brief (JTA, Dec. 7, 2006)***
• Report: No Chrismukkah This Year, by Holly Lebowitz Rossi (Beliefnet, Dec. 4, 2006)
• The Interfaith Family: How to Handle the Holidays, by Karin Conrad (Holiday Happenings, Community Newspaper Company insert, November 2006)

Publisher and President Ed Case also appeared on the following radio/TV programs:

• KCBS-AM San Francisco (Dec. 23, 2006)
• "Busted Halo with Father Dave Dwyer" (Sirius Satellite Radio, Dec. 14, 2006)
• "Your Morning" (CN8, Dec. 13, 2006)

*The JTA story was reprinted in the following publications:

• Jewish News of Greater Phoenix (Dec. 22, 2006)
• j., the Jewish news weekly of Northern California (Dec. 21, 2006)
• Jewish Exponent (Dec. 21, 2006) - Philadelphia
• Baltimore Jewish Times (Dec. 20, 2006)
• jewishinstlouis.org (Dec. 18, 2006)
• Combined Jewish Philanthropies (Dec. 18, 2006) - Boston
• Jewish Federation of Northeastern New York (Dec. 18, 2006)
• Jewish Federation of Nashville (Dec. 18, 2006) - Tennessee

**The Detroit Free Press story was reprinted in the following publications:

• The Free Lance Star (Dec. 23, 2006) - Fredericksburg, Va.
• Republican-American (Dec. 23, 2006) - Waterbury, Conn.
• Contra Costa Times (Dec. 23, 2006) - California
• Belleville News-Democrat (Dec. 18, 2006) - Illinois
• Reading Eagle (Dec. 16, 2006) - Pennsylvania
• Providence Journal (Dec. 16, 2006) - Rhode Island
• Florida Ledger (Dec. 16, 2006) - Lakeland, Fla.
• Chattanooga Times Free Press (Dec. 16, 2006) - Tennessee
• Centre Daily Times (Dec. 16, 2006) - Pennsylvania
• Bradenton Herald (Dec. 16, 2006) - Florida
• Monterey County Herald (Dec. 16, 2006) - California
• Journal-Gazette (Dec. 13, 2006) - Fort Wayne, Ind.

***The JTA brief was reprinted in the following publications:

• Cleveland Jewish News (Dec. 8, 2006)
• Jewish News of Greater Phoenix (Dec. 8, 2006)
• United Jewish Federation of Pittsburgh (Dec. 7, 2006)
• Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County (Dec. 7, 2006)