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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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When the Families Meet
By Monica Sandoval-SaphersteinPersonal narrative from a Chilean-American from Queens who dated--and married--a Jewish man from suburban New Jersey.
Date: 01-26-2007 -
Seeds
By Reika DuttaPersonal narrative from an Indian woman whose sister is married to a Jewish man about the subtle ways racism and anti-Semitism can seep into families’ attitudes toward their in-laws.
Date: 01-02-2007 -
An Alternative to the Traditional Hagaddah for Your Interfaith Seder
By Marlena ThompsonReview of Nan Meyer’s The Inter-Faith Family Seder Book, which the reviewer describes as scoring "very high marks on accessibility, but falls a bit short when it comes to maintaining a sense of tradition."
Date: 08-10-2006 -
Trying to Keep the Tradition Alive
By Marlene BeachPersonal narrative describing a grandmother’s disappointment that she cannot share her childhood Passover memories with her Christian grandchildren, but her appreciation that she can share with them why being Jewish is
Date: 01-15-2007 -
Here for the Holidays
By Charlotte Honigman-SmithPersonal narrative about a woman from an interfaith family discussing how Thanksgiving in her interfaith diverse house is often a stressful time, and how it’s been changing as everyone has aged--which reminds her of the various needs the grayin
Date: 11-16-2006 -
Four Generations Living Together: An Interfaith Mosaic
By Margery ClappPersonal narrative by a Jewish woman whose mother lives with her, and whose daughter, her Christian husband, and their children have lived with her too, making it hard for the older generations to ignore or not have input into their religious
Date: 11-13-2006 -
Mourning Rachel
By Paula Lee HellmanPersonal narrative about a step-interfaith family and how they respectfully honored each other’s feelings when planning a funeral, yet how the Jewish mourner feels most comforted b
Date: 07-18-2006 -
"Don't Worry, Mom"
By Judith Fishman BardPersonal narrative by the mother of an intermarried son expressing her love and thanks to him and his wife for their religious decision to raise their two daughters as Jews.
Date: 12-05-2006 -
Dispatch from the Institute: Divorce and the Interfaith Couple
By Gail QuetsProfesssional advice and list of dos and don’ts of how to comfort and think about a newly divorced intermarried partner and why that divorce happened.
Date: 12-10-2006 -
A Path to God
By Edie MuellerA personal narrative of a woman whose trip to Israel inspired a love for Judaism and prayer, and she grew to understand that people of different religions must worship in their own ways.
Date: 06-07-2007
