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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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Synagogues and the Jewish Community
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The Truth About Matrilineal Descent
By J.R. WilheimScholarly article that argues there’s no rational basis for matrilineal descent, even in the Torah.
Date: 03-22-2007 -
Young Interfaith Couples Find Welcome in the Jewish Community Through InterfaithFamily.com, A Recent Survey Reports
By InterfaithFamilyArticle about the results of Interfaithfamily.com’s 2000 survey on web use, including information about who uses Interfaithfamily.com, what they use it for, and what they would like to see offered in the future.
Date: 02-23-2007 -
Where Judaism and Rockefellerism Join: Meet the Rockefeller-Growalds
By Rachel PomeranceA news article that tells the story of Eileen Rockefeller Growald and her expansion to Judaism.
Date: 06-12-2007 -
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Synagogue
By Menachem WeckerThis quick guide will give you the basics you need for deciphering the architecture and decorative art in Jewish congregations.
Date: 09-29-2008 -
Shuls Face Hard Questions about Non-Jews
By Ami EdenA news article about the role non-Jewish members of interfaith families are playing at many of today’s Conservative synagogues.
Date: 06-12-2007 -
Tribal vs. Covenantal Jewish Identity
By Rabbi Sidney SchwarzProfessional advice that "the Jewish community would do well to soften its boundaries" since so many Jews attribute their social and political justice work to their Jewish roots and traditions. Most surveys, like the National Jewish Popula
Date: 11-27-2006 -
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 -
In Between
By Eric PlinerThe personal narrative of a man whose partner is studying Judaism, but his parents frown upon his brother’s relationship with a Christian girl.
Date: 06-12-2007 -
Cork's Jewish Community--Small in Size, Grand in Spirit
By Marlena ThompsonPersonal narrative travelogue of a Jewish American woman visiting Jewish Cork, Ireland.
Date: 12-11-2006 -
Mixed Marriages
By Ellen S. GlazerArticle about how Ed Case, publisher of Interfaithfamily.com, came to work for the online magazine, as well as Interfaithfamily.com’s mission and approach--making Jewish choices in an interfaith family.
Date: 05-22-2007
