Relationships
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.
Go To LGBTQ Relationships
Article Archive
Movies, Theater, TV and Music
-
Interfaith Celebrities: There Will Be (Jewish) Blood at the Oscars
By Nate BloomNate Bloom's column on interfaith celebrities covers Jewish, half-Jewish and intermarried 2008 Oscar nominees, including the Coen brothers and Daniel Day-Lewis.
Date: 02-19-2008 -
Honoring Aging: A Review of Timbrels and Torahs: Celebrating Women's Wisdom
By Ronnie FriedlandReview of Timbres & Torahs; Celebrating Women’s Wisdom, a documentary that showcases the new ritual of honoring the elder status of Jewish women.
Date: 02-15-2007 -
A French Resistance Heroine Saves Her Jewish Husband: A Review of Lucie Aubrac
By Ronnie FriedlandReview of Claude Berri’s film, Lucie Aubrac, about a non-Jewish heroine in Nazi Germany.
Date: 02-15-2007 -
Eytan Fox Pops Tel Aviv's Bubble
By Michael FoxProfessional advice from rabbi who explains how his policies toward non-Jewish families regarding Bar or Bat Mitzvah and other matters have changed as he has gotten to know non-Jews who are committed to the Jewish identity of their children.
Date: 10-16-2007 -
Heights Director Taps into Jewish Neuroses
By Michael FoxInterview with Chris Terrio, director of Heights, a film about an interfaith couple.
Date: 10-25-2006 -
The Unbroken Chain
By David WeintraubPersonal narrative from an intermarried man whose Jewish identity came through his bubbie’s (grandmother’s) Yiddish songs and culture, and when she died, he and his non-Jewish wife founded the Dora Teteilboim Center for Yiddish Culture.
Date: 11-21-2006 -
God Is Great, I'm Not: A Review
By Ronnie FriedlandReview of God is Great; I’m Not, about an interfaith relationship that grows rocky when the Catholic girlfriend’s interest in Judaism grows in contrast to her Jewish boyfriend’s identity conflict and personal shame.
Date: 01-22-2007 -
Solo Loeb Seeks a Duet--on Camera
By Naomi PfeffermanProfile on Lisa Loeb whose tv reality show displays the Jewish woman/celebrity looking for a husband.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
A Conversation with Julie Taymor about Her Film Frida
By Naomi PfeffermanA conversation with Julie Taymor, the director of the film Frida.
Date: 05-03-2007 -
The Identity Dance: Actress Michelle St. John Used Personal Experiences as a Jewish Indian for Her Latest Role
By Melissa MinkinArticle about Sherman Alexie’s film about a gay Indian poet who falls in love with a Jewish woman, The Business of Fancydancing. The film features actress/singer Michelle St. John who is of Jewish and Christian Indian descent.
Date: 02-21-2007
