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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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Rabbinic Officiation at Intermarriages
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Whose Wedding Is It Anyway?
By Rabbi Bruce KaddenProfessional view by a rabbi and advice for couples in handling their parents’ desire to control the wedding planning.
Date: 07-31-2006 -
Why I Am a Unitarian
By Sara HoltzPersonal narrative from a Jewish-Protestant intermarried couple who wanted to raise their children with some religion, and found the only reasonable compromise in the Unitarian church, because of what the Jewish partner sees as the "rigidity&quo
Date: 11-27-2006 -
Under the Rainbow: God Meets Intermarriage
By Rabbi Arthur WaskowProfessional view by Rabbi Arthur Waskow, who explains his approach to interfaith marriage--create "an entirely new wedding ceremony for marriages between a Jew and a member of another spiritual community"--and describes and explains the ce
Date: 08-14-2007 -
Co-Officiating at Interfaith Weddings
By Rabbi Jacques CukierkornProfessional view about how and why a rabbi co-officiates at interfaith weddings, what he does not want to emphasize in these weddings, and what he does want to accomplish.
Date: 08-21-2006 -
On Rabbinic Officiation at Interfaith Weddings
By Jacqueline S. GuttmanReprinted personal narrative speech given by a lay-woman at the Central Conference of American Rabbis in 1996, telling the story of her son and daughter-in-law, and their trouble finding a rabbi to officiate at their wedding.
Date: 07-28-2006 -
Interfaith Couples Assess "Comfort Level" in Community
By Mardee GruenA news article where couples in interfaith marriages discussing getting a rabbi to officiate their wedding ceremony and placing their kids in religious school.
Date: 06-12-2007 -
Israelis Find Ways to Marry outside the Rabbinate
By Michele ChabinReprinted news article about how more Israelis are not having their weddings performed by an Orthodox rabbi but are going to secular or Reform or Conservative rabbis, or to outside of Israel, to be married. This is especially true of those the Orthodox do
Date: 07-27-2006 -
Rabbis Improve Outreach to Interfaith Families, Survey Finds
By Eric J. GreenbergReprinted news article about Conservative and Reform rabbis’ willingness to recognize non-Jewish spouses of interfaith couples in synagogue and Jewish lifecycle events.
Date: 11-21-2006 -
Why Do You Do This?: A Rabbi's Experience with Interfaith Marriage
By Neil KominskyProfessional view of a rabbi’s philosophy about intermarriage and how he responds when a couple asks him to intermarry them.
Date: 08-17-2006 -
Tomorrow's Men and Women and the Question of Intermarriage Officiation
By Rabbi Jerome K. DavidsonReprinted professional view excerpted from a workshop on the need to have more grey areas between always officiating at interfaith marriages, and never officiating.
Date: 09-12-2006
