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Supporting rabbis and cantors looking to engage interfaith couples and families in their communities and help them make a stronger connection with Judaism.
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Date: 06-18-2007An informative article on the traditional Jewish wedding, providing explanations for many ancient customs.
Date: 06-15-2007Personal narrative by a Jewish woman whose husband converted, and who is raising Jewish kids, yet who has never discussed the religious upbringing of her children with her in-laws, and knows that they are uncomfortable with hearing their grandchildren
Date: 11-13-2006Personal narrative about a gay woman’s interfaith hetero- and homo-sexual relationships, and her journey back to Judaism.
Date: 07-26-2007Reprinted personal narrative about a woman who converted to Judaism to marry her husband, and after their divorce found that it had actually become her own.
Date: 07-26-2007A Jewish woman explains how she and her Catholic husband overcome their differences through religious compromise, love and skepticism.
Date: 06-15-2007Personal narrative from an intermarried Protestant man about how important it is that he and his wife include their extended families in family events.
Date: 11-13-2006Professional advice Dear Wendy article in which grandmother asks advice about what she can do when her intermarried son divorces and she is worried about the religious future of her granddaughter.
Date: 07-26-2007The personal narrative of a Chinese-American woman about her marriage to a Jewish man and how their successful marriage has lasted forty years.
Date: 06-18-2007An informative article discussing how it is necessary for the Jewish community to welcome Jews of color and interfaith families, since such people make up a significant portion of the Jewish population.
Date: 06-15-2007
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