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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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Coming Out to My Co-Workers
By Rachel RockenmacherPersonal narrative from a Jewish woman who had no problem telling her parents about her marriage to a Catholic man--but had a hard time telling her co-workers in the Jewish professional world.
Date: 06-01-2007 -
Outreach Yes... but Not at the Expense of Standards
By Rabbi Gerald C. SkolnikProfessional view from a rabbi defending his and his synagogue’s policy to welcome non-Jewish partners in interfaith marriages, but prohibit them from participating in ritual practices.
Date: 06-12-2007 -
Effort to Embrace Believers, from Burma to Uganda, Gains Steam
By Gary RosenblattReprinted editorial suggesting that, with Jewish population declines in the US and Israel, "lost Jews"--observant "Mosaic" communities in far-out places are "a large, untapped demographic and spiritual resevoir for
Date: 11-27-2006 -
Multiracial Celebration Draws 200 in San Francisco: Party Paints Judaism in Many Colors
By Alexandra J. WallA story about how the director of the Institute for Jewish & Community Research reached out for Jews of various races and ethnicities after he and his wife adopted a black child.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
Keep the Faith; Share the Food
By Ilene SpringerPersonal narrative about the power of ethnic food and culinary traditions to bond interfaith familes, since "The good thing about food is that it usually has little to do with doctrine."
Date: 08-03-2006 -
Spending the High Holidays with the Interfaith Community
By Julie Slotnik SturmPersonal narrative and general information about The Interfaith Community, a grass-roots, community-led Jewish community (with services and a school) in New York City.
Date: 08-03-2006 -
A Conversation with Filmmaker Heidi Emberling
By Ronnie FriedlandProfile of Heidi Emberling, who directed a documentary called Tangled Roots about her own Jewish identity struggle.
Date: 05-03-2007 -
Novelist’s Latest Book Reflects His Own Split, Conflicting Identities
By David LidaInterview with Francisco Goldman about the Jewish themes in his new novel.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
Crossing Time, Cultures and Consciousness: A Review of When She Sleeps
By Marlena Thompsonbook review article about the daughter of a Jewish American soldier and his Vietnamese girlfriend, who comes to the United States to find her father and meets his American family
Date: 01-13-2007 -
The Autograph Man: A Novel about Growing Up with a Jewish Mother and a Chinese Father
By Susan Katz MillerReview of Zadie Smith’s The Autograph Man: A Novel about Growing Up with a Jewish Mother and a Chinese Father, about a child of interfaith marriage that struggles with a multiracial and multicultural identity.
Date: 12-21-2006
