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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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One Interfaith Mother's View
By Susan Katz MillerA personal narrative of a mother who has decided to instill her children with Jewish education, despite the fact that they have only a Jewish grandfather and raising them Christian and often seen as the logical choice.
Date: 06-12-2007 -
Sikh and Jew: East Meets West
By Daniel KochThe personal narrative of a Jewish man from the Midwestern United States and his wife from an Overseas Indian community in the Far East on how they have made their interfaith marriage last 25 years.
Date: 08-01-2012 -
Where Lamaze Meets L'Chaim: Childbirth Education Classes Are Slowly Catching on As Way for Couples to Connect with Judaism
By Debra Nussbaum CohenA news article discussing Jewish birth ceremonies and the programs that are allowing many Jewish and interfaith families to learn about and prepare for such ceremonies.
Date: 06-11-2007 -
Lovers of Israel: A Review of A Place in the Tent: Intermarriage and Conservative Judaism
By Rabbi Carl PerkinsBook review of A Place in the Tent: Intermarriage an Conservative Judaism by a rabbi and a Jewish outreach worker, gives an outline of the book’s structure and complimentary overview of its content.
Date: 11-27-2006 -
U.S. Jews Accept Intermarriage in Growing Numbers, Survey Finds
By Julie WienerReprinted news article telling of the increasingly welcoming, or at least accepting, attitudes and behaviors of liberal American Jews and Jewish leaders toward intermarriage, and interfaith families.
Date: 07-17-2006 -
Open Orthodox Conversion to Intermarried Couples, Urges Group
By Larry LuxnerA news article about how the Orthodox Jewish community is becoming more open toward members of interfaith families considering conversion.
Date: 06-11-2007 -
Survey Shows Conservative Judaism's Numbers Dropping
By Nacha CattanReprinted news article about possible causes and meanings of the Conservative movement’s dropping numbers and increasing level of observance.
Date: 07-25-2006 -
Our Oy Goy Boy
By Mark YoungA non-Jewish man’s personal narrative on his involvement in his local synagogue with the encouragement of his Jewish wife and son.
Date: 06-12-2007 -
Beyond Interfaith Marriage
By Rabbi Harold M. SchulweisReprinted rabbi’s sermon about the need for both outreach to the intermarried and in-reach to make Jews more interested and invested in their Judaism.
Date: 07-21-2006 -
Same House, Different Faiths
By Cathy Lynn GrossmanAn informative news article discussing the results of the 2001 American Religious Identification Survey and interfaith families in America.
Date: 06-15-2007
