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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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Profile of Alicia Silverstone--Daughter of Scottish Mom and Jewish Dad
By Ivor DavisProfile of Jewish actress Alicia Silverstone, the daughter of a Jewish father and Jew-by-choice mother, and who starred in Clueless and her newest film, Love’s Labor’s Lost.
Date: 02-21-2007 -
How Gold Medalist Sarah Hughes Skated under the "Jewish Radar"
By Ami EdenProfile on Sarah Hughes, an Olympic figure skater who was not reported as a Jew until well after the Olympic games. The author also explores how the media determines who is Jewish and who is not.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
Rabbi With A Pedigree: Reconstructionist Rabbinic Student Is a Direct Descendant of FDR
By Gabrielle BirknerReprinted news article about FDR’s great-grandson, a child of interfaith parents, who is in Reconstructionist rabbinical school.
Date: 07-27-2006 -
Enough is Enough
By Micah SachsEdmund Case and Micah Sachs respond to Eric Yoffie’s call for conversion and Sylvia Barack Fishman’s flawed study on converts.
Date: 04-05-2007 -
Do the Jews "Need" Geraldo?
By Joe BerkofskyProfile of Geraldo Rivera, a child of intermarriage, who claims he is rediscovering his Jewish roots by marrying a Jewish woman who will be his fifth wife.
Date: 02-18-2007 -
Nancy Pelosi's Interfaith Family
By Jennifer JacobsonProfile of Speaker of the House Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who grew up among Jews and whose daughter married a Jew.
Date: 11-15-2006 -
Courage and Innovation: And at 80, Rabbi Harold Schulweis Plans to Keep Going
By Julie Gruenbaum FaxReprinted profile of Rabbi Harold Schulweis, a religious innovator in "ethical behavior in modern Jewish life" who was the pulpit rabbi at Valley Beth Shalom for 35 years, including Q & A and quotations about him.
Date: 11-27-2006 -
Manilow Bares His Jewish Soul
By Marvin GlassmanProfile of Barry Manilow, who came from an interfaith family and is currently composing a musical play about the pre-Holocaust German performers, the Comedian Harmonists, called "Harmony."
Date: 02-20-2007 -
Will Sarkozy's Jewish Roots Impact France's Policies?
By Raanan EliazProfile of Nicolas Sarkozy, with emphasis on the prominent Jewish roots from his father’s side.
Date: 05-18-2007 -
Lessons Learned from Israel's Jewish/Muslim/Christian "Peace Village"
By Joseph AndrewsReprinted news article about Neve Shalom/Wahat-al-Salam", a half-Jewish, half-Arab Muslim village in Israel whose villagers are committed to teaching, learning, and living about and with each other.
Date: 01-03-2007
