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By Keren R. McGinity
A personal narrative from a Jewish woman married to a non-Jewish Irish man about the journey to their daughter’s unique baby-naming ceremony--replete with bagpipes.
Date: 06-21-2006
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By Christina Pertus Hendelman
Personal narrative from a non-Jew who’s struggling with the decision to have a bris and reluctant to give up Christmas.
Date: 08-01-2012
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By Ami Eden
A news article about the role non-Jewish members of interfaith families are playing at many of today’s Conservative synagogues.
Date: 06-12-2007
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By Dawn Friedman
Personal narrative from a mother who grew up in interfaith family and converted to Judaism, yet did not have her son circumcised even though she is raising him Jewish, because she did not want to harm his body in case as an adult he chooses a religion
Date: 11-14-2006
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By John Blumers
Review of Inside Intermarriage by Jim Keen, a longtime columnist for InterfaithFamily.com who writes about his experience as a Protestant man raising Jewish children with his Jewish wife.
Date: 09-17-2006
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By S. Courtney Nathan
Professional advice to interdating couples: be sure to have those difficult discussions about family, religion, culture, and expectations for the future before you marry. Article gives some suggestions of important information to share with
Date: 08-01-2012
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By Gail Wertheimer
An e-mail an intermarried woman sent to her father, who was concerned about how her kids could have a strong Jewish identity if their father didn’t convert to Judaism.
Date: 11-09-2006
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By Cheryl F. Coon
Review of Interfaith Families: Personal Stories of Jewish-Christian Intermarriage by Jane Kaplan, which explores the different types of intermarriage and the decisions made within each regarding religion and child-rearing.
Date: 01-17-2007
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By Eric Pliner
The personal narrative of a man whose partner is studying Judaism, but his parents frown upon his brother’s relationship with a Christian girl.
Date: 06-12-2007
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By Anita Diamant
Jewish mourning customs can help people weather grief, whether the person who died is Jewish or not.
Date: 08-01-2012