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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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Divorced, Remarried, and Discovered Judaism
By Paula Lee HellmanPersonal narrative about a divorced, formerly intermarried woman who realizes that religion does matter, and hopes that her grown children will find a way to the Jewish education and spiritual feelings she never gave them as children.
Date: 07-26-2007 -
A New Generation of Filmmakers in France Focuses on Jewish Issues
By Andrew DiamondA review of three new French films about the Holocaust or Nazi-occupied France: The War in Paris, Cafe au Lait, Once We Grow Up.
Date: 06-15-2007 -
Preventing Interfaith Problems
By Rabbi Julie GreenbergProfessional view from a rabbi counseling communication before interfaith conflicts arise.
Date: 06-23-2006 -
Dear Rabbi: Jewish Words
By Rabbi Bradley Shavit ArtsonProfessional advice from a rabbi to a man whose father-in-law asked him not to use so many "Jewish words" since they make his (non-Jewish) future sister-in-law uncomfortable.
Date: 11-13-2006 -
Network Strives to Embrace Jews of All Races, Ethnicities
By Mica RosenbergA news article about multicultural families in the Jewish community and the organizations that are reaching out to such families.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
Kosher Gospel Rocks the House at Seder Celebrating Jewish Diversity
By Chanan TigayA news article about the ethnic, racial and cultural diversity of the Jewish faith, focusing on African-American Jews who used to travels miles in order to prayer together in a black Jewish community, rather than in a local white European shul.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
How I Prepared My Kids for Their First Mass and Their Aunt's Catholic Wedding
By Jeri ZederPersonal narrative about how a Jewish mom prepared her children--and herself--to participate in the Catholic wedding of her sister-in-law.
Date: 11-09-2006 -
The "PG" --Preacher's Girlfriend
By Magin McKennaPersonal narrative from a Jewish woman who dated--and married--a Baptist preacher.
Date: 06-21-2007 -
Finding the "Right" Suburb
By Emily CappoPersonal narrative about an intermarried Jewish woman whose family was moving out of New York City to a suburb, describing how the religious composition of the town became an unexpected factor in her famiily’s search for where to live.
Date: 06-15-2007 -
"You Have Shamed Us"
By Marina BudhosPersonal narrative from a woman whose Jewish mother was disowned by her grandfather when she married an Indian man from the Caribbean.
Date: 06-01-2007
