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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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Jewish-Muslim Relationships
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Love Despite Opposition: An Italian Jew and Pakistani Muslim
By David & NadiaPersonal narrative by an interfaith Italian Jewish-Pakastani Muslim couple who are determined to "make it work" despite the opposition of both families.
Date: 01-02-2007 -
Not Interfaith, Our Faith
By Susan GoldsteinPersonal narrative about the relationship between a Jewish woman and a Muslim man.
Date: 01-02-2007 -
Oasis: An Arab-Jewish Romance in the Negev Desert
By Loolwa KhazzoomPersonal narrative by an Jewish woman whose family is descended from Jews from Iraq describing the delights and dilemmas of dating a Bedouin Muslim man in Israel.
Date: 01-02-2007 -
Never Again? An Interview with Susan Schwartz Senstad, Author of Music for the Third Ear
By Rebecca E. KotkinInterview with Susan Schwartz Senstad, author of the book Music for the Third Ear, with special attention to Senstad’s own Jewish identity and her real-life inspiration for the war-torn characters in her book.
Date: 02-21-2007 -
Dear Rabbi: Jewish Woman Married to Muslim Man, Raising His Christian Children
By Rabbi Bradley Shavit ArtsonA rabbi gives advice to a Jewish woman raising her Muslim husband’s children as Jews until her father-in-law, upset at the arrangement, causes her husband to become abusive and unwilling to allow the children to practive Judaism.
Date: 06-14-2007 -
Dispatch from the Institute: So You Think You've Got Problems?
By Hannah GreensteinReview of Forbidden Marriages in the Holy Land, by Michael Khleifi. a film about relationships between people of various religions in the Middle East, and how they, their friends, and families respond and cope.
Date: 01-02-2007 -
Common Values Shared between a Jew and a Muslim
By Esther MeyersPersonal narrative from a Jewish woman married to a Muslim man sharing how they negotiate their faiths, and how they teach their child to be a good person.
Date: 01-03-2007 -
A Star of David in a Land of the Crescent
By Miriam EmonsPersonal narrative by a Jewish woman whose family was living in the MIddle East, where she fell in love with a Muslim man, but realized that the pressure of being surrounded by his family and culture, with its differing societal expectations, would be
Date: 01-03-2007 -
"A Good Muslim Wife"
By Deborah SemelPersonal narrative from a Jewish woman in Turkey dating a Muslim man, and the difficulties they encounter when she tries to prepare the break-fast meal for him during Ramadan.
Date: 09-05-2006 -
Subtle Parenting Choices in Our American-Palestinian, Jewish-Muslim Family
By Nora Lester MuradPersonal narrative from an intermarried American Jewish woman describing her feelings of being torn between raising a family in America or Palestine/Israel.
Date: 01-03-2007
