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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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Interfaith Utopia
By Alizah SalarioPersonal narrative from the daughter of a Jewish father and Greek Orthodox mother who was raised "both."
Date: 07-30-2007 -
Growing Up Jewish in an Interfaith Family
By Emily CaseThe personal narrative of a woman raised as a Jew by interfaith parents, but as a child she feared that Jews may not accept her because she celebrated Christmas.
Date: 08-03-2007 -
Starting Out in the South with Two Religions, Then Choosing One
By Jenny SchwartzbergPersonal narrative of a woman who attending both church and synagogue as a child before choosing Judaism, which seemed for fitting and natural to her.
Date: 08-10-2007 -
One Teen's Exploration
By Ilene SpringerThe story of a Jewish man whose Christian mother has been his greatest support in forming his Jewish identity.
Date: 08-10-2007 -
How I Programmed My Life
By Sarah R. HeilbronnerPersonal narrative from a college student whose father is Jewish and mother is Christian on creating a Jewish religious life for herself.
Date: 08-09-2007 -
An Intermarriage and a Struggling Teen
By Gil MannA child of divorced interfaith parents writes a letter to Gil Mann, author of a Jewish E-mail column, questioning his faith in God and Gil Mann gives helpful advice in his letter of response.
Date: 08-14-2007 -
Unwrapped Gifts
By Samantha FaccioloA young woman’s personal narrative on how she feels that she was bless to have interfaith parents and what she has learned from her Jewish upbringing and her father’s Catholic beliefs.
Date: 08-14-2007 -
My Choice
By Tara RemickThe personal narrative of a woman of interfaith parents who began searching for God after the her father became terminally ill during her teenage years.
Date: 08-14-2007 -
Justice, Justice Begins at Home
By Andi RosenthalThe personal narrative of a politically active woman of interfaith families who attributes her activism to the values both parents taught her and links those values to Judaism.
Date: 08-09-2007 -
Chillin' with My Faux Jew 'Fro
By Keenan SteinerPersonal narrative from the child of a Christian mother and Jewish father who didn’t identify as Jewish--until classmates at a Catholic university started identifying him as such.
Date: 07-05-2007
