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By Sallie Teitelbaum Castleman
Personal narrative from a Jewish woman whose son married a Hindu Indian woman and is raising their son in both religions.
Date: 07-19-2006
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By Samuel G. Freedman
Personal narrative about a man’s mother, who had wanted to intermarry when she was young, but gave in to her mother’s strong opposition and married a Jew.
Date: 08-21-2007
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By Janice G. Fischel
Personal narrative about an intermarried couple who have created and raised a culturally Jewish family.
Date: 08-01-2012
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By Carol S. Targum
Personal narrative from a woman who disapproved of her son dating non-Jews but ultimately accepted his non-Jewish girlfriend and eventual wife.
Date: 06-23-2006
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By Teresa McMahon
Personal narrative about how a couple wooed the in-laws before getting engaged in order to reduce conflict over the wedding. Author notes the importance of interpersonal negotiations to ensure that neither partner feels he/she has compromised too
Date: 07-18-2006
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By S. Courtney Nathan
Professional view from a former outreach worker on the issues faced by parents of children who are about to intermarry.
Date: 06-23-2006
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By Dr. Paula Brody
Professional view from Reform outreach professional about the importance of telling parents about religious decisions for your children.
Date: 06-04-2007
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By Susan Katz Miller
Review of Secret Love by Bart Schneider, a tale of the fatalistic romance between a Jewish man and a black woman.
Date: 01-20-2007
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By Cathy Rein
The personal narrative of a woman who must face her Irish-Catholic parents after choosing to convert to Judiasm.
Date: 06-11-2007
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By Zell Schulman
Personal narrative excerpt from a Jewish woman’s diary about her feelings of betrayal and upset when two of her children intermarried, and the process she went through to accept the intermarriages.
Date: 12-06-2006