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 RelationshipsPersonal narrative about intermarried couple and their struggles--first about religion, and then about having a Jewish wedding and finding a rabbi to marry them.
Date: 06-20-2006Professional view of a rabbi’s philosophy about intermarriage and how he responds when a couple asks him to intermarry them.
Date: 08-17-2006Reprinted professional view excerpted from a workshop on the need to have more grey areas between always officiating at interfaith marriages, and never officiating.
Date: 09-12-2006A news article about the marriage of White House staffer Ari Fleischer and bride Rebecca Davis, who had an interfaith wedding ceremony that displayed more Jewish elements than Catholic ones.
Date: 07-05-2007Professional View of rabbi who believes it is important to have Judaism in a couple’s life at their time of marriage, and that a rabbi’s officiating at their wedding is the best way to link them to Judaism.
Date: 08-25-2006Award-winning article on the issue of rabbinic officiation in interfaith marriage in Baltimore's Jewish community.
Date: 05-20-2008News article on June 2006 conference of Reform rabbis, describing the diversity of opinion about officiating at intermarriages; one says "Those of us who do mixed marriages feel we’re strengthening Judaism. Those of us who don
Date: 07-28-2006News article about the debate over officiation, including InterfaithFamily.com’s hiring of Rabbi Lev Baesh as head of the Rabbinic Circle.
Date: 07-27-2007Professional view from a rabbi counseling communication before interfaith conflicts arise.
Date: 06-23-2006Professional view from a rabbi who thinks that performing interfaith marriages helps keep the couple within the Jewish community.
Date: 08-17-2006