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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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Breaking Bread--Three Ways
Personal narrative from a Muslim/Christian/Jewish couple discussing the unique way they blend their religious practices during Ramadan and the Jewish High Holidays.
Date: 11-15-2006 -
Avoiding Bicultural Schizophrenia
By Shoshana Hebshi-HoltPersonal narrative by the daughter of a Saudi man and a Jewish woman who was raised as a Jew, describing how she is always made to feel like "a freak", and how she wishes Jews and Muslims had more face-to-face contact.
Date: 01-03-2007 -
Lessons Learned from Israel's Jewish/Muslim/Christian "Peace Village"
By Joseph AndrewsReprinted news article about Neve Shalom/Wahat-al-Salam", a half-Jewish, half-Arab Muslim village in Israel whose villagers are committed to teaching, learning, and living about and with each other.
Date: 01-03-2007 -
Palestinian "Resistance Poetry" Class Causes Academic Uproar at U.C. Berkeley
By Joe EskenaziReprinted news article about a controversial Palestinian "Resistence Poetry" course taught at the University of California at Berkeley, and where school administrators do and should draw the line between "open discussion" and "ind
Date: 11-30-2006 -
Different Religions, Same Guilt
By Susan KatzPersonal narrative from a Jewish woman relating the guilt she and her equally non-observant Muslim husband feel about not paying attention to Ramadan or Yom Kippur.
Date: 09-12-2006 -
Numb
By Shoshana Hebshi-HoltPersonal narrative from the daughter of an Arab Muslim father and an American Jewish mother describing her numbness following the September 11 attacks.
Date: 01-03-2007 -
Interfaith Marriages Bring Variety to Holidays
By Susie L. OhReprinted news article about the growing number of interfaith families and how their children feel that having interfaith parents is normal.
Date: 08-14-2007 -
Picture This: A Children's Book with a Message of Interfaith Healing
By Cheryl F. CoonReview of The Cave of Reconciliation: An Abrahamic/Ibrahim Tale, which tells the story of Abraham from the Jewish and Muslim perspectives.
Date: 01-03-2007 -
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 -
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
