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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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In Between
By Eric PlinerPersonal narrative by a gay, Jewish man in an interfaith relationship describing how he has learned to see and feel comfortable wtih the grey area between Jew and non-Jew.
Date: 06-06-2007 -
500 Years after the Inquisition, Spaniards Find Way back to Judaism
By Jerome SocolovskyA news story about Spaniards who are discovering that their ancestors were among the Chuetas, people of Jewish origin who were accused of being Hidden Jews after the expulsion of Jews from Spain in 1492, and now plan to return to their he
Date: 06-15-2007 -
Summer Camps Go for Diversity
By Chanan TigayA news article about Jewish summer camps reaching out to diverse Jewish populations: kids with gay parents, kids with interfaith parents, kids in multi-cultural and multi-racial families.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
Honor Thy Father and Thy Mother: Reflections on Being Part of An Interfaith Family
By Rabbi Reena Waseman JuddPersonal narrative about a rabbi who married a Jew-by-choice, and is extremely close with her husband’s family although the couple is raising their children Jewish and don’t participate in his extended family’s Christian holiday celebrat
Date: 11-07-2006 -
Passage to India
By Carol KortPersonal narrative from a Jewish woman whose brother left to live on an ashram in India 32 years ago and now longer practices Judaism or identifies as Jewish.
Date: 11-07-2006 -
Half Jewish, Half Italian and Half American
By Suzanne KovenThe personal narrative of a Jewish New Yorker about her marriage to her Catholic-Italian husband and their Jewish wedding ceremony.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
It's All About the Food
By Sue FederPersonal narrative about a Jewish-Catholic interfaith couple who like different foods, but don’t let it get between them.
Date: 08-01-2012 -
STILL JEWISH! What It Means Now to Be a Jewish Woman in an Interfaith Marriage
By Jeri ZederA personal narrative about how the women’s movement has changed the role of women in interfaith marriages.
Date: 06-15-2007 -
The Perfect Recipe
By Heather SubbaHow a Jewish woman and her Nepali husband have come closer through their discovery of each others' cuisines.
Date: 01-03-2008 -
A Star of David in a Land of the Crescent
By Miriam EmonsPersonal narrative by a Jewish woman whose family was living in the MIddle East, where she fell in love with a Muslim man, but realized that the pressure of being surrounded by his family and culture, with its differing societal expectations, would be
Date: 01-03-2007
