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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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Interracial and Intercultural Relationships
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Diversity of Color Shines Through Black and White Photo Exhibit
By Shoshana Hebshi-HoltA news article about the interracial, multi-cultural Jewish families that participated in Camp Tawonga’s Mosaic Multiracial Family Weekend.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
Pizza, Noodles and Latkes
By Hedi MolnarPersonal narrative from a Jewish woman who is raising her Chinese daughters Jewish with her Italian-Catholic husband.
Date: 11-20-2006 -
Nation Divided: Coping With Racism in the Jewish Community
By Aliza HausmanLike many Jews of color, the author sometimes has to represent all people of color in Jewish social situations.
Date: 09-11-2008 -
Proud "Jewpanese" Americans
By Paul GolinThe personal narrative of a man who works for the Jewish Outreach Institute and plans to use his experience with the organization to raise children with a knowledge of their mother’s Japanese heritage and their father’s Jewish-American roots.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
Why the Jewish Community Needs to Change Its Approach to Intermarriage
By Charlotte Honigman-SmithOpinion piece and personal narrative from a young woman presenting herself as an example of how Jewishly involved children and spouses in interfaith families and intermarriages not only can be, but already are.
Date: 07-31-2006 -
Cheese Blintzes: An Adoptee Discovers Her Jewish Roots
By Dina Beach LynchPersonal narrative by an adopted woman whose Catholic parents ignored her birth mother’s wish that she be raised Jewish, nevertheless, the woman always "felt" Jewish growing up, and continues on a journey to become a learned
Date: 11-06-2006 -
In India, Every Day Is Mother's Day
By Susan KatzThe personal narrative of a Jewish American woman on her marriage to a Muslim man from India and her ethnically diverse extended family.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
Does OK Really Mean OK?
By Julia GutmanPersonal narrative from an ethnically Jewish Buddhist about the linguistic difficulties she has in disagreements with her Tibetan Buddhist husband.
Date: 08-01-2012 -
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 -
What's a Wedding without Elephants?
By Zack KushnerPersonal narrative from a Jewish man who married an atheist who grew up on an ashram, explaining the planning and anxieties behind their Jewish ceremony and Indian-themed reception.
Date: 11-14-2006
