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By Hillel Halkin
Reprinted opinon piece about two bible stories that provide alternative views of assimilation and accepting converts: the tolerant, welcoming attitude of the story of Ruth, and the xenophobic, defensive attitude of the story of Ezra.
Date: 07-27-2006
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By Dina Kraft
Reprinted 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
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By Abigail Radoszkowicz
Reprinted news article about the increasing popularity of liberal (Reform and Conservative) Jewish conversions and synagogues among Russian Jews in Israel.
Date: 07-27-2006
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By Matthew Lyons
The child of an interfaith marriage found a connection to Jewish history in Israel--not a reason to marry a Jew.
Date: 07-01-2008
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By Gil Mann
Reprinted opinion piece defining Zionism and briefly explaining Zionist history.
Date: 07-27-2006
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By Noga Tarnopolsky
Reprinted news article about the many stumbling blocks Israeli law lays before those hoping to convert to Judaism, and how this is especially a problem for the large populations of Russian and Ethiopian, as well as interfaith and liberal
Date: 07-26-2006
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By Melissa Rudin Russell
News story about trips to Israel exclusively for interfaith couples.
Date: 01-17-2008
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By Jim Ball
Personal narrative by a Jew-by-choice about the expectations and realities of his first trip to Israel.
Date: 07-26-2006
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By Dina Kraft
Reprinted news and general information article about the frustrations of liberal and secular Israelis at Israel’s stringent marriage laws. There are no civil unions in Israel, and only Orthodox ceremonies constitute legal marriages,
Date: 11-27-2006
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By Dan Izenberg
Reprinted news article about controversy over a new Israeli law that grants automatic citizenship to children of interfaith Israeli-Palestinian parents.
Date: 07-27-2006