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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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Telling Your Parents
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Pollsters Take off the Gloves in Feud over Intermarriage: Critic Charges 'Bias' in AJCommittee Study
By Ami EdenReprinted news article about the debate between Ed Case and Sylvia Barack Fishman over anti-intermarriage bias in the American Jewish Committee’s study of Jewish demographics.
Date: 07-14-2006 -
My Granddaughter's Baptism
By Angela MeyerPersonal narrative from a Jewish grandma recounting the pain of watching her grandaughter be baptized.
Date: 12-06-2006 -
Choosing a Birth Ceremony and Telling My Parents
By Ruth GoldbergerProfessional view from a Reform outreach director--and convert to Judaism--discussing her parents’ anxieties over their grandchildren’s circumcision.
Date: 06-01-2007 -
Working Out Our Wedding Ceremony Led to Working Out Our Marriage
By Mindy McMahonPersonal narrative article about how a Jewish-Catholic couple, despite opposition from both families, married in a ceremony which worked for everyone.
Date: 08-11-2006 -
Not Your Typical Jewish Mother: A Review of Thunder in Guyana
By Ronnie FriedlandReview of Thunder in Guyana, a documentary about the life of Janet Roberts Jagan, a white Jewish woman married to a Guyanese man, and who was elected president of Guyana.
Date: 02-16-2007 -
Fearing the Holidays
By Kim MortellitePersonal narrative from a non-Jewish woman engaged to a Jewish man who plans on raising their children Jewish struggling with how to balance Hanukkah and Christmas.
Date: 12-14-2006 -
On Learning That My Jewish Son Would Raise His Daughter Catholic
By Angela MeyerPersonal narrative from a Jewish woman recalling her thoughts and feelings when her son informed her that his children would not be raised as Jews.
Date: 12-06-2006 -
The Clash of Religion: A Sister's Point of View
By Marylin GreenePersonal narrative by a Jewish woman who knew nothing about her intermarried brother’s plans for his children’s religious upbringing until she recieved an invitation to a baptism, and she and her mother feel angry and upset.
Date: 11-09-2006 -
Hadassah
By Andi RosenthalThe personal narrative of a woman of an interfaith family who was raised Catholic but decided to convert to Judaism, like her grandmother had, after being feeling connected at a Bar Mitzvah and years of study of her heritage.
Date: 06-07-2007 -
When the Families Meet
By Monica Sandoval-SaphersteinPersonal narrative from a Chilean-American from Queens who dated--and married--a Jewish man from suburban New Jersey.
Date: 01-26-2007
