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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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Dear Dr. Paula: Dismayed That the Rabbi Referred to "Members of the Tribe"
By Dr. Paula BrodyProfessional view "Dear Dr. Paula" article about the term "members of a tribe" which one Christian mother found offensive when directed from her synagogue rabbi to her bar-mitzvah student.
Date: 06-14-2007 -
Expanding the Face of Jewish Education
By Elana Kahn-OrenA news article about the Jewish Multicultural Project and their attempts to educate the Jewish community about the migration of the Jewish people and about Jews of color today.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
Star/Crossed: Jewish Stories from an Interfaith Life: Jewish Geography
By Andi RosenthalPersonal narrative by a Jew-by-choice wondering what it is that makes her Jewish.
Date: 11-13-2006 -
Dispatch from the Institute: It's a Small World, After All . . . Intercultural Interfaith Marriage
By Amy Perlin PosnerThe story of how the families of a Jewish woman and her Chinese partner found compromise in the planning of their wedding and formed mutual respect for each other’s traditions.
Date: 07-24-2007 -
When The One We Love Doesn't Walk The Same Spiritual Path
By Nina Amir LaceyThough they came from different religions, they shared a spiritual quest. Now he is Jewish, but not interested in spirituality. She needs the lessons that successful interfaith marriage can teach.
Date: 11-10-2008 -
Looking for Answers
By Allison HarperPersonal narrative about a Jewish woman and her love of a non-Jewish man who broke up with her because he said "I can’t tell my family that I love a Jewish woman".
Date: 06-13-2007 -
On the Doorposts of Our House
By Ellen S. GlazerThe personal narrative of a woman who was uncomfortable with her boyfriend’s Christmas tree until she realized that it was a way for him to connect to his childhood and deceased parents.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
The Invisible Parent
By Wendy Weltman PalmerProfessional advice on how to ensure that the parent of a different religion in an interfaith family does not become left out or "invisible" in the spiritual upbringing of his/her children.
Date: 06-15-2007 -
Managing a Mixed Marriage of Red Sox and Yankee Fans
By Shelly SchweizerAn intermarried woman meets a woman from a different kind of mixed marriage: a Red Sox fan married to a Yankees fan.
Date: 01-09-2008 -
Challenges in Outreach to GLBT Interfaith Couples
By Jeffrey SchecknerProfessional view from the Jewish Outreach Institute about the need to make Jewish communities more welcoming to interfaith gay couples.
Date: 01-08-2007
