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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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Jewish Spirituality from an Unlikely Source
By Edie MuellerThe personal narrative of a woman whose devoutly Catholic mother-in-law inspired her to reconnect with Judaism and raise her daughter as Jewish.
Date: 06-07-2007 -
Choose Wisely: One Family's Approach to the Topic of Interdating
By Mark SokollPersonal narrative and professional view from two Jewish communal service professionals about their efforts to foster strong Jewish identities in their kids, yet their realization that "whom they choose to date is their chioce, not ours."
Date: 08-15-2006 -
Facing Interfaith Issues in December and Beyond
By Deborah Fineblum RaubReprinted general information survey of the outreach programs offered to interfaith families in the Boston area.
Date: 08-08-2006 -
Dispatch from the Institute: Celebrations in Public Spaces
By Paul GolinReprinted professional view from the Jewish Outreach Institute about how to reach out effectively to unaffiliated and interfaith families: through "Public Space Judaism" such as Jewish arts and crafts in a mall.
Date: 08-01-2006 -
Joys of Chavurah (AKA, "The Jewish Party Thing")
By Joanne Catz HartmanA personal narrative from a Jewish woman married to a non-Jewish man sharing the joy her interfaith chavurah brings her family.
Date: 03-15-2007 -
In a Russian Metropolis, Reform Community Turns Chabad
By Adam B. EllickReprinted news article about a progressive Jewish community in Russia which has recently broken ties with the World Union of Progressive Judaism and become affiliated with the Federation of Jewish Communities, a Chabad-Lubavitcher affiliate.
Date: 11-27-2006 -
Keep the Faith; Share the Food
By Ilene SpringerPersonal narrative about the power of ethnic food and culinary traditions to bond interfaith familes, since "The good thing about food is that it usually has little to do with doctrine."
Date: 08-03-2006 -
How One Phone Call Helped Me Convert to Judaism
By Charlotte GordonCharlotte thought she was only sort of Jewish, but her friend Dale thought she belonged at the Shabbat table.
Date: 08-01-2012 -
Pray It Again, Kid: Blessings from a Precocious Child
By Janet Silver GhentPersonal narrative from a secular Jewish grandma who rediscovered Judaism--after her daughter converted to Christianity.
Date: 07-27-2007 -
Shared Values; Shared Holidays
By Rabbi Arthur P. NemitoffProfessional view from a rabbi about the basic tenets of the three major Fall Jewish holidays, Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Sukkot.
Date: 08-03-2006
