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I Chose a Non-Jew--and the Non-Jew Chose JudaismBy Lyssa Friedman
A personal narrative of a woman whose partner converted to Judaism while she remained conflicted.
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Books
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A Tale of Jerusalem--from Three Religious Perspectives
By Marlena ThompsonReview of Pilgrims. By Daniel Gavron, a novel that relays a couple’s unexpected travels in Jerusalem.
Date: 01-09-2007 -
Sam Osherson: A "Good-Enough" Jew
By Ronnie FriedlandInterview with Sam Osherson, an intermarried Jewish writer and author of Rekindling the Flame, where he talks about his and others’ spiritual paths back to Judaism.
Date: 02-21-2007 -
Catholics and Jews: A Review of Constantine's Sword
By Eugene L. PoganyReview of Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews, James Carroll’s two-thousand-year history of the Catholic Church.
Date: 01-13-2007 -
A Compass Through a Topsy-Turvy World: New Book Published by JFS Helps Families with Seriously Ill Parents
By Gail Naron ChalewReview of Gail Naron Chalew’s When A Parent Is Seriously Ill, an informative read of how children can cope with the death of a parent.
Date: 08-02-2007 -
Lost and Found: A Review of Searching for My Brothers
By Debra B. DarvickReview of: Searching for My Brothers--Jewish Men in a Gentile World by Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin, a look at reclaiming a sense of Jewish manhood.
Date: 01-17-2007 -
Novelist’s Latest Book Reflects His Own Split, Conflicting Identities
By David LidaInterview with Francisco Goldman about the Jewish themes in his new novel.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
Crossing Time, Cultures and Consciousness: A Review of When She Sleeps
By Marlena Thompsonbook review article about the daughter of a Jewish American soldier and his Vietnamese girlfriend, who comes to the United States to find her father and meets his American family
Date: 01-13-2007 -
147 Ways to Be Jewish
By Jesse TischReview of I Am Jewish, a collection of essays (mostly) by famous people on what being Jewish means, inspired by Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl’s famous last words.
Date: 08-01-2012 -
Could It Happen Here? A Review of Philip Roth's The Plot Against America
By Cheryl F. CoonReview of The Plot Against America, by Philip Roth, a work of fiction about American Jews during the Holocaust era.
Date: 01-13-2007 -
Funny, You Don't Look Tlingit
By Suzanne KovenReview of The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon, about an alternate history where the Jews got a homeland in Alaska.
Date: 08-24-2007
