Article Archive

Outreach Programs

• Rabbi Ronne Friedman's Interview of Esta

  An interview of Esta Epstein of InterfaithFamily.com on her role as a philanthropist who works in supporting the arts, promoting educational outreach, and encouraging Jewish communities to accept interfaith families.

  Date: 06-19-2007

• A Long-Awaited Population Survey to Unveil New Portrait of U.S Jewry

  By Joe Berkofsky

  Reprinted news article previewing the results of the 2000 National Jewish Population Survey and reviewing the results of other Jewish population surveys and predictions.

  Date: 07-12-2006

• Israelis Re-examine Russian Aliyah

  By Jessica Steinberg

  Reprinted news story about Russian Aliya/Immigration to Israel, and what this means for Israeli demographics, given that many Russian Jews are from interfaith families or have no proof that their mother is Jewish, and therefore are not, halachical

  Date: 07-27-2006

• A Reform Rabbi and His Lawyer Wife Attract Hundreds of Unaffiliated Jews to Their Alternative Events

  By Debra Nussbaum Cohen

  A news article about Rabbi Andi Bachman and his wife Rachel Altstein who created Brooklyn Jews, an alternative Jewish organization that is based on the needs and structure set up by interested participants, rather than following the structure and routi

  Date: 06-07-2007

• Intermarriage, The Contest

  By Julie Wiener

  Article on Interfaithfamily.com’s essay contest that seeks to promote the ways that interfaith families are having meaningful Jewish experiences.

  Date: 07-17-2007

• Ruminations from a Jewish Journey

  By Sarah Bassin

  Personal narrative from a woman who realized in Israel that some of her negative thoughts about Israel were mere "knee-jerk liberalism," and who returned with a determination to help others wrestle with their Judaism, as she does.

  Date: 11-27-2006

• Three Letters to the Editor of the Forward

  By Edmund Case

  Reprinted news article combining three letters--from the founder of InterfaithFamily.com, a professor, and the directors of Jewish Outreach Initiative saying that outreach to the intermarried does make a differenc

  Date: 07-31-2006

• Rabbi Ronne Friedman's Interview of Edmund Case

  By Ronnie Friedland

  Edmund Case of InterfaithFamily.com discusses intermarriage, the children of interfaith families and the response of the Jewish community.

  Date: 06-19-2007

• Lessons from Three Interfaith Families

  By Sarah Litvin

  Interviews with three interfaith couples who experienced outreach programs, and suggestions on ways to create a successful outreach relationship.

  Date: 07-26-2007

• Dolphin Skins in the Desert and the Making of a Miraculous Bar Mitzvah

  By Beth Gilbert

  Reprinted profile of Mason Washauer, the son of divorced interfaith parents, who decided he wanted a Jewish education, and so travels seventy miles twice a week to a synagogue in Missouri.

  Date: 08-14-2007