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By Valerie Cooper
Sitting shiva as a non-Jew gave her a deeper glimpse of the beautiful traditions--and strong sense of community--that Judaism embodies.
Date: 03-27-2008
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By Marlena Thompson
Review of The Jewish Book of Why, by Alfred J. Kolatch, a compendium of questions and answers regarding Jewish customs, culture, and spirituality.
Date: 01-20-2007
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By Abby Spotts
Personal narrative from a Jewish woman from a Conservative home who never expected to marry a Catholic but did.
Date: 05-30-2007
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By Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
Professional advice column in which a rabbi advises a woman having trouble getting along with her mother-in-law that it is an important relationship and one she needs to work on.
Date: 11-20-2006
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By Julie Wiener
Personal narrative and op-ed about the fear some Jewish communal professionals have about telling their co-workers that they’re intermarried.
Date: 06-01-2007
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By Nina Amir Lacey
A mother worries whether her non-Jewish family and friends will feel comfortable at her son's bar mitzvah.
Date: 02-21-2008
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By Amanda Martignetti
A non-Jewish woman in a Catholic-Jewish marriage discusses her relationship with her Jewish in-laws.
Date: 03-05-2009
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By Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky
Op-ed arguing that intermarriage can be a form of Jewish outreach to non-Jews.
Date: 06-01-2007
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By Amanda Pazornik
Celebrate one? Both? They don't typically ask their rabbis, but they do have to decide what to do about these major spring holidays.
Date: 03-24-2010
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By Jemi Kostiner Mansfield
Personal narrative from a woman who rejected her Jewish upbringing as a teenager, eventually intermarried and now sends her children to day school.
Date: 08-30-2007