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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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A Prayerbook to Welcome Everyone
By Jo Ellen Green KaiserShe got involved in the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender synagogue because she loves liturgy--and found a community committed to including her interfaith, straight family.
Date: 11-20-2009 -
Birthright Israel Next Monologues: Ruby Marez
By Ruby MarezIn honor of Israel Independence Day, a young woman of mixed Jewish and Puerto Rican heritage tells about reclaiming both identities.
Date: 04-29-2009 -
Double Happiness: Parenting a Jewish Teen
By Hedi MolnarThe mom of an American Jew of Chinese ethnicity thinks about how her daughter will navigate her teen years.
Date: 01-15-2009 -
The Sundance Yid
By Amy KleinA news article about the Jewish film offerings at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival, including Planet of the Arabs, The Wall and Protocols of Zion, and West Bank Story.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
The Do's and Don'ts of Talking to Converts
By Aliza HausmanThe Talmud forbids us from oppressing converts by treating them as anything other than a regular member of the tribe.
Date: 04-17-2009 -
Adopted and Part of an Interfaith Family
By Rebecca YackleyI don't look Jewish, but I am. My mom is, too, and my dad is Catholic. My interfaith family life is
Date: 02-19-2010 -
Intermarriage Is Also a Choice
By Akira OhisoWhat looks like a more tolerant position toward interfaith marriage doesn't take the feelings of children of those marriages into account.
Date: 11-02-2009 -
The Rosh Hashanah Seder: Who Knew?
By Rabbi Barbara AielloA guide to a short Rosh Hashanah seder, based on a Sephardic tradition.
Date: 08-01-2012 -
How to Act Jewish to Raise a Jewish Child--The Intercultural Communications Approach
By Deanna ShossThis is not about my spouse becoming Jewish. It's about unambiguous support from both of us that our child is Jewish, regardless of what we practice individually.
Date: 08-01-2012 -
The Dream Of A Beautiful Bat Mitzvah
By Francesca Biller-SafranThe daughter of an interfaith marriage mulls giving her daughters the jewish rites of passage that their Jewish dad had, but she herself didn't.
Date: 07-17-2008
