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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.
Go To LGBTQ RelationshipsWhat’s the point of conversion, wonders Jewish Week columnist Julie Wiener, if the convert doesn’t really buy into Judaism?
Date: 05-18-2007Personal narrative from a woman who reflects on her son’s question about what happens to the family’s celebration of Christmas when grandpa dies.
Date: 12-18-2006Personal narrative by a Jew-by-choice wondering what it is that makes her Jewish.
Date: 11-13-2006Audio interview with Tom Friedland about hosting a family seder that includes his two intermarried children and their spouses.
Date: 03-19-2007Personal narrative by an intermarried Jewish woman who leads a Passover seder for her family each year, but also gives her autistic daughter an Easter basket.
Date: 11-16-2006Professional advice Dear Wendy article in which she responds to a question of a mother-in-law to be, wondering if she should invite the non-Jewish future in-laws to a Passover seder.
Date: 08-04-2006Reprinted review of Creating Lively Passover Seders by David Arnow, a dense book of theatrics, discussion questions, and texts for study at Passover seders.
Date: 08-01-2012Article about how a Catholic woman’s decision to convert to Judaism opened up her father, born Jewish, to talking about his Jewish past for the first time.
Date: 06-11-2007A review of Only Human, a Spanish comedy about an interfaith relationship between a Jewish woman and a Palestinian man.
Date: 10-17-2006Review of a book about an intermarried woman doubting during the December holidays whether she did the right thing to intermarry, especially when her child becomes sick and she wonders if she is being punished for intermarrying.
Date: 08-08-2006