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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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Growing Up in an Interfaith Family
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Seeking Acceptance
By Edward Zachary AbleserThe personal narrative of a man in an interfaith family who had planned to get confirmed in his mother’s Catholic Church and become a Bar Mitzvah in his father’s Jewish faith until both ceremonies called off after his rabbi and priest suggeste
Date: 07-20-2007 -
Untitled for Now
By Hana DaleyThe personal narrative of a young woman who learned, after years of studying Judaism and becoming a Bat Mitzvah, that she was not considered Jewish by her Conservative/Orthodox synagogue because her mother wasn’t Jewish.
Date: 07-23-2007 -
Born Without a Name
By Tiffany CollinsPersonal narrative from a woman whose mother is an Israeli Jew and whose father is an Iranian Muslim.
Date: 08-15-2007 -
My Glass House
By Johanna KarasikThe personal narrative of a young woman who was raised by a Catholic mother and a half-Jewish father and went on a religious journey which led her to Judaism.
Date: 07-20-2007 -
Better Left Undefined
By Jasmin SingerPersonal narrative from the child of a Jewish mother and non-Jewish father (and step-father), about the mixture of Christmas and Hanukkah in her childhood home--and her rejection of religion.
Date: 08-15-2007 -
Honoring My Mother
By Andi RosenthalThe personal narrative of a woman trying to choose a Hebrew name for her conversion, while honoring both her Jewish and non-Jewish family.
Date: 08-08-2007 -
Passing Down Identity
By Achat MishelanuPersonal narrative from the daughter of an Italian Catholic mom and an Israeli dad reflecting on her Jewish identity, and her gaps in Jewish knowledge.
Date: 08-07-2007 -
The Price of Intermarriage?
By Sarah R. HeilbronnerA young Jewish woman considers whether she would marry a non-Jew, creating an interfaith family like the one in which she grew up.
Date: 07-23-2007 -
Study of Interfaith Kids Upends Ideas of Identity
By Jennifer SiegelA news article about a recent study of children of interfaith families which found that they maintain strong cultural ties to the Jewish community, despite low levels of religious identification.
Date: 08-03-2007 -
Choosing Judaism and Wanting to Pass It Down
By Johanna KarasikThe personal narrative of a young woman who was raised in by interfaith parents but chose Judaism and remains unsure if growing up in an interfaith family will affect her decision to marry someone Jewish or raise her children Jewish.
Date: 07-20-2007
