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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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Learning, Living, Community: Interfaith Families Connect to Jewish Day Schools
By Deborah Fineblum RaubA news article about interfaith families choosing to send their kids to Jewish day schools.
Date: 07-24-2007 -
Raising Children with Jewish Values
By Lois ShenkerAn advice article about what Jewish values Jews want to teach their children and how they should pass on these values.
Date: 07-24-2007 -
Our Interfaith Dialogue Evolves, But Never Ends
By Sheila McIntoshThe personal narrative of an Irish Catholic woman who raised her children Jewish with her Jewish husband, but struggled to feel comfortable with the decision until her young daughter began to confidently display her Jewish identity.
Date: 07-24-2007 -
A Christian Tells How and Why She is Raising Jewish Children
By Judy PetsonkReview of a book that compares and contrasts children raised under two religions with children raised with strong Jewish identity.
Date: 07-19-2007 -
The Life-Cycle of an Interfaith Relationship: Raising Teenagers
By S. Courtney NathanA social worker’s advice on what parent’s should expect from children raised in an interfaith family during their teenage years, and how to deal with the religious issues that may arise.
Date: 08-01-2012 -
How to Talk to Your Kids about Jesus
By Debra B. DarvickAdvice on how Jewish parents, or interfaith parents raising their children Jewish, can answer their children's questions about Jesus.
Date: 08-01-2012 -
So You Want to Be a Jewish Mother, but You're Not Jewish?
By Rabbi Barbara PenznerAn article providing information and advice to non-Jewish mothers who want to create a Jewish home for their family.
Date: 07-24-2007 -
Room for Everyone: One Jewish Day School in North Carolina Has Found Strength in Its High Rate of Interfaith Families
By Margaret BanksA news article about interfaith families choosing to send their kids to Jewish day schools in Greensboro, NC.
Date: 07-24-2007 -
Yours, Mine and Ours: Explaining My Christian Beliefs to My Jewish Husband and Children
By Teresa McMahonThe personal narrative of a Christian woman on what she has learned from her Jewish husband and how she explains God and Jesus to her young Jewish daughters.
Date: 07-24-2007 -
Interfaith Curveballs: Issues I Hadn't Anticipated
By Jim KeenPerosnal narrative from an intermarried Protestant man describing how he and his wife had worked out many big interfaith issues before getting married, yet also describing some of the many issues they’ve realized they had initially overloo
Date: 06-25-2007
