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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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How to Act Jewish to Raise a Jewish Child--The Intercultural Communications Approach
By Deanna ShossThis is not about my spouse becoming Jewish. It's about unambiguous support from both of us that our child is Jewish, regardless of what we practice individually.
Date: 08-01-2012 -
Do As I Say, Not as I Do
By Debbie BurtonDebbie is studying for conversion, and thinks her 15-year-old Jewish daughter shouldn't date non-Jews.
Date: 04-23-2009 -
Raising a Jewish Child
By Leah OppenzatoMy Catholic wife first suggested raising our children Jewish before we were even married. That conversation was the start of our path.
Date: 02-05-2009 -
Creating a Norwegian-Jewish Family Identity
By Juliet StamperdahlMy search for the real Norwegian Jews is really about my struggle to feel legitimized in my choice to be a religious Jew in an interfaith marriage.
Date: 09-22-2010 -
Jewish Parent + Christian Parent = Jewish Kids
By Amy KleinNews article about interfaith families raising their children Jewish in the Los Angeles area.
Date: 07-24-2007 -
We Want to Get WHAT?
By Chana-Esther DayanSo here we are trying to get pregnant and of course there comes the next question--what about religion?
Date: 05-07-2009 -
Choosing a Religion
By Susanna PerrettNot picking one religious identity for your children gives them responsibility for a hard decision you, as an adult, don't want to make.
Date: 07-26-2010 -
What Goes Around Will Probably Come Around
By Jim KeenA non-Jewish dad raising his children Jewishly wonders what he would do if his children marry non-Jews.
Date: 01-31-2008 -
ISO: The Perfect Hebrew School
By Julie WienerFor most of my youth, the incomprehensible Hebrew beckoned, yet also seemed to symbolize exclusion.
Date: 09-23-2009 -
Heroes, Horrors and Haroset: Three New Children's Books for Passover
By Mimi DuPreeThere's a reason "unremittingly bleak" is not a shelf category in the Barnes and Noble Children's Section.
Date: 03-15-2010
