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Go To BlogsArticle about interfaith couple raising Jewish daughters whose non-Jewish relatives resent their keeping kosher and not raising the kids as Catholics.
Date: 08-01-2012Personal narrative about how a couple planned their Jewish wedding carefully, so as to include the non-Jewish, atheist parents.
Date: 07-05-2006Personal narrative describing the religious journey of a child of intermarried parents, who now only celebrates Passover (not Easter) in the spring.
Date: 08-10-2006A personal narrative from a non-Jewish mom discussing her child’s bar mitzvah: how they created an informational booklet, how she felt about the ceremony, and her father’s enthusiastic response to the event.
Date: 06-23-2006Suggestions 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: 12-07-2008Profile of an interfaith family that had been non-religious until they attended a Bar Mitzvah of a family friend, sparking the daughter’s interest in having one herself. Gradually,
Date: 07-18-2006Personal narrative about a couple who sent out small quite squares with their wedding invitations, and thus created a patchwork chuppah which physically and symbolically captured the creativity and love of family and friends in their new
Date: 08-10-2006Reprinted news article about Jewish adoption agencies and the tendency of birth mothers not to choose Jewish adopted parents for their children since they want their kids to have Christmas.
Date: 11-05-2006Review of a book that helps people plan their child’s bar or bat mitzvah, and that specifically addresses the needs and questions of interfaith families.
Date: 08-11-2006Personal narrative about a rabbi who married a Jew-by-choice, and is extremely close with her husband’s family although the couple is raising their children Jewish and don’t participate in his extended family’s Christian holiday celebrat
Date: 11-07-2006
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