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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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Our Most Challenging Interfaith Topic: What Religion Would Our Children Have?
By Jim KeenPersonal narrative article about the process a couple went through after getting engaged, for two years before they married, trying to decide in what religion to raise their children.
Date: 07-18-2006 -
From My Perspective: How Joining a Parents of Interfaith Children Group Helped Me
By Bobbie FriedmanPersonal narrative about how a support group helped a parent deal with her mixed feelings about her daughter’s engagement. The group helped her feel she was not alone and strengthened her communication with her daughter. Date: 11-14-2006
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From Fundamentalist Christianity to Judaism
By Tasha GreerA personal narrative of a woman who chooses to convert and raise her daughter Jewish.
Date: 11-14-2006 -
The December Delight
By Jim KeenPersonal narrative from the Protestant half of an intermarried couple describing how his family has negotiated the December Dilemma: they have made it a delight by spending both Christmas and Hanukkah with family and friends.
Date: 08-09-2006 -
Flexibility Is Key
By Nancy LauferPersonal narrative by a non-Jewish woman whose parents were at first relieved when she married a nice Jewish boy, but later felt hurt that their grandchildren were not being taught their family traditions.
Date: 05-31-2007 -
Late Marriage: A Review
By Ronnie FriedlandReview of Late Marriage, a film by Dover Kosashvili, which explores relationships between men and women, parents and children, and Georgian and Algerian Jews in Israel.
Date: 02-13-2007 -
I Have to Admit, I'm Glad We Had Girls
By Jim KeenPersonal narrative from an intermarried Presbyterian man who introduced his extended family to Judaism through his girls’ baby-naming ceremonies.
Date: 07-26-2006 -
A Trumpet in the Wadi
By Ronnie FriedlandReview of the Israeli film A Trumpet in the Wadi about a romance between a Christian-Arab woman and a Jewish man.
Date: 01-22-2007 -
Dear Wendy: Confused about Role of Religion in My Life and My Future Children's
By Wendy Weltman PalmerProfessional advice article in which a man contemplating intermarriage asks Dr. Wendy advice about his sudden interest in passing Judaism on to his future children.
Date: 06-13-2007 -
'Tis the Season to Be Ironic
By Jim KeenPersonal narrative from a Protestant man raising Jewish children on how the family "helps" his parents celebrate Christmas at his parents’ house every year.
Date: 11-30-2006
