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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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Grappling with Louis Kahn: A Review of My Architect
By Ronnie FriedlandReview of the documentary My Architect, directed by Nathaniel Kahn about his late father, the architect Louis Kahn.
Date: 02-15-2007 -
Interfaith Holiday Partners in Haifa: Among Haifa's Arabs and Jews, Winter Holidays Occasion for Unity
By Dina KraftReprinted news article about the Festival of Festivals, an interfiath, intercultural festival that Arabs, Jews, and Christians collaborate to organize in Haifa, Israel each winter.
Date: 07-27-2006 -
Comics Daughter Rain Pryor Takes Fried Chicken & Latkes to JCCs
By Dan PineProfile of Rain Pryor, the daughter of Richard Pryor and his Jewish wife, and her new musical theater show, "Fried Chicken and Latkes."
Date: 02-18-2007 -
Now Intermarriage Is Funny?
By Gil MannReprinted columnist’s concerned opinion piece about why Intermarriage is being depicted as humorous in American popular culture, and what is to be done about the dwindling Jewish population.
Date: 07-31-2006 -
The Nativity Story: Responses of an Interfaith Couple
By Tracy Hahn-BurkettReview of The Nativity Story, which relates the events leading up to Jesus’ birth, by an interfaith couple.
Date: 12-04-2006 -
An Interview with Adam Herz, Screenwriter (American Pie Series)
By Naomi PfeffermanProfile of Adam Herz, screenwriter of the American Pie film series.
Date: 02-18-2007 -
Thoughts on Intimacy: A Response to Keeping the Faith
By Rabbi Susan HarrisReview of the interfaith relationship between a rabbi and his non-Jewish lover in Ed Norton’s Keeping the Faith.
Date: 02-16-2007 -
Tangled Roots: A Review
By Ronnie FriedlandReview of Tangled Roots, a documentary about a child of interfaith marriage’s exploration into her Jewish and German roots.
Date: 02-15-2007 -
A Moment with... Ruth Prawler Jhabvala
By Nonna GorilovskayaInterview with Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, the Jewish screenwriter of Howards End and A Room with a View, who fled the Nazis and is married to an Indian Parsi architect.
Date: 10-26-2006 -
Filmmaking and Identity
By Sam BallA review about New Jewish Filmmaking Project that helps teenage Jews explore their religious identity.
Date: 06-07-2007
