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If the Book of Ruth, text customarily studied on Shavuot, were written with today's interfaith couples in mind...
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Supporting rabbis and cantors looking to engage interfaith couples and families in their communities and help them make a stronger connection with Judaism.
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Go To BlogsPersonal Narrative in which a Jewish mother whose son is being married to a Catholic woman in a church by a cantor and priest is first horrified by the huge cross in the church, yet when she returns on the wedding day, the cros
Date: 07-05-2006Personal narrative from an intermarried man describing how Thanksgiving is both the easiest and most difficult holiday for his family: it’s the one where he and his wife feel equally comfortable and knowledgable, but it is also the
Date: 08-01-2006Perosnal narrative from an intermarried Protestant man describing how he and his wife had worked out many big interfaith issues before getting married, yet also describing some of the many issues they’ve realized they had initially overloo
Date: 06-25-2007Personal narrative of an intermarried Jewish woman describing her thoughts and emotions about Israel.
Date: 07-27-2006Personal narrative about a Jewish woman’s frustration with her boyfriend’s family’s ignorance about all things Jewish, but her appreciation of their willingness to learn.
Date: 11-09-2006The Jewish custom of praying for people who are ill or injured is very old. In recent years, rabbis and other Jewish thinkers have worked to revive old traditions and restore Jewish ideas about health and healing to the mainstream of Jewish life.
Date: 09-02-2009A non-Jewish mother discusses the complicated lifestyle of her interfaith family through a humorous alphabet tale.
Date: 07-24-2007Personal narrative about an intermarried man’s feelings as he attends his father’s funeral and how he finds comfort in Jewish ritual at these key transitional times
Date: 07-18-2006Reprinted news article about the Dallas Jewish community in particular, and the different ways couples face the December dilemma.
Date: 08-08-2006Reprinted news article about four Jewish children, ages 5-18, whose parents died tragically, and the (Christian) parents who adopted them were committed to continuing their Jewish education, so they enrolled them in Jewish day
Date: 11-06-2006
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