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By Claire Bessette
Reprinted news article about the growing need for cemeteries where both members of an interfaith marriage can be buried together, and the complications involved in doing this.
Date: 08-11-2006
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By Kathy Miller
Personal narrative from a Protestant woman who attends a Reform synagogue with her Jewish husband talking about how she grieved following her mother’s death from cancer.
Date: 04-05-2007
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By Marilyn Silverstein
Reprint professional advice article interviewing religious and lay eaders about how they negotiate death and burial rites and rituals for interfaith families, including Orthodox, Conservative, and Reform opinions. Al
Date: 11-14-2006
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By Paulette Mann
Personal narrative by a grandmother describing the sweet and sensitive responses of all of her grandchildren, those raised Jewish and those raised Christian, to the death of their grandfather and her mourning.
Date: 11-27-2006
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By Ron Li-Paz
Personal narrative from a cantor about how he emphasized the psychological aspects of the Jewish funeral service as he helped an interfaith family cope with the loss of their n
Date: 11-14-2006
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By Rabbi Michael Zimmerman
Professional view that illustrates the importance of discussing death and dying rituals in interfaith families so that congregations and survivors are prepared to bury and commemorate loved ones. The author also commends Jewish congregations
Date: 07-10-2006
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By David Horowitz
Personal narrative in which an intermarried man recalls his first wake and how it differed from the Jewish customs he was accustomed to.
Date: 07-18-2006
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By Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
Professional view article in which rabbi explains whether a prayer should be said when lighting yahrzeit (memorial) candles for a loved one.
Date: 07-18-2006
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By Steven Michalove
Personal narrative about an intermarried man’s feelings as he attends his father’s funeral and how he finds comfort in Jewish ritual at these key transitional times
Date: 07-18-2006
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By Dr. June Andrews Horowitz
Professional advice and personal narrative from an interfaith family counselor and outreach worker. She describes her first encounter with Jewish death rituals, and then gives tips on how to be an "ambassador" to non-Jewish family members
Date: 07-10-2006