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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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Dear Rabbi: Jewish Woman Married to Muslim Man, Raising His Christian Children
By Rabbi Bradley Shavit ArtsonA rabbi gives advice to a Jewish woman raising her Muslim husband’s children as Jews until her father-in-law, upset at the arrangement, causes her husband to become abusive and unwilling to allow the children to practive Judaism.
Date: 06-14-2007 -
The Best of InterfaithFamily.com: Our Picks
By InterfaithFamilyCompilation of InterfaithFamily.com's staff's selections for their favorite articles from 1998-2006.
Date: 07-17-2007 -
Christmas, Hanukkah and the Interfaith Family
By InterfaithFamilySuggestions for how to celebrate Hanukkah (Chanukah) and Christmas in interfaith families, including volunteering, doing both and celebrating one at home and one at relatives'.
Date: 12-07-2008 -
Caught Between Two Faiths
By Stewart AinReprinted news article about a boy whose feuding divorced parents are sending him to both Catholic and Jewish religious schools.
Date: 07-26-2007 -
Handling Religion in Our Blended Family
By Paula Lee HellmanPersonal narrative about a blended, interfaith family where there are more questions and explanations than conflicts.
Date: 07-26-2007 -
Overlapping Faiths: High Intermarriage Rates, High Divorce Rates--What Happens When They Mix?
By Leisah WoldoffReprinted news article about divorce of Jewish man and a woman who had converted to Judaism when she married but when divorced reverted to her Catholicism. They have one child, and the mother wants child to be able to choose his own religion while fath
Date: 07-26-2007 -
When My Jewish Father Became Involved with a Born-Again Christian
By Tracy BoriskinPersonal narrative by a young woman whose Jewish parents divorced following a financial crisis, and whose father has recently re-married a formerly evangelical Christian woman who cares less about material possessions than his first wife did.
Date: 07-26-2007 -
Interdating and Kids: When You Do What You Do--and Not What You Say
By Ilene SpringerPersonal narrative from a divorced woman who always told her children to marry Jews, but who is now dating a non-Jew herself.
Date: 07-26-2007 -
Our Blended Family
By Ellen S. GlazerPersonal narrative about a blended interfaith family where everyone has different levels of religious feeling, from absolutely none to a high level.
Date: 07-26-2007 -
What a Blessing: My Re-Marriage and Our Interfaith Family
By Barbara A. MikschPersonal narrative about the successful creation of a blended, interfaith family out of two divorced parents, each with a grown son.
Date: 07-26-2007
