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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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Conversion
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Choosing Judaism, Missing Christmas
By Laura BramlyPersonal narrative by a Jew-by-choice who discovers a way to apply her love of Advent calendars and other aspects of her British Christian heritage to Hanukkah and to share this with her Jewish daughter.
Date: 08-08-2006 -
Dear Rabbi: Jewish Woman Married to Muslim Man, Raising His Christian Children
By Rabbi Bradley Shavit ArtsonA rabbi gives advice to a Jewish woman raising her Muslim husband’s children as Jews until her father-in-law, upset at the arrangement, causes her husband to become abusive and unwilling to allow the children to practive Judaism.
Date: 06-14-2007 -
Mixed Marriages
By Ellen S. GlazerArticle about how Ed Case, publisher of Interfaithfamily.com, came to work for the online magazine, as well as Interfaithfamily.com’s mission and approach--making Jewish choices in an interfaith family.
Date: 05-22-2007 -
The Best of InterfaithFamily.com: Our Picks
By InterfaithFamilyCompilation of InterfaithFamily.com's staff's selections for their favorite articles from 1998-2006.
Date: 07-17-2007 -
My Holidays!
By Gina HaglerPersonal narrative about a Jew-by-choice who, after 10 years, feels Jewish enough to modify her family's holiday celebrations to incorporate recipes and music that feel right for her.
Date: 08-03-2006 -
Sojourners Among Us: Non-Jews in Jewish Life
By Rabbi David RegenspanThe stories of a man and a woman who live Jewish lives but have not converted to the Judaism, along with other information about non-Jews in the synagogue.
Date: 06-12-2007 -
A Marriage of Inconvenience: For Many in Israel, Marriage and Family Are Not Legally Recognized
By Joseph AlgazyReprinted news article about the efforts of Mishpaha Hadasha (New Family), a group of lawyers trying to expand marriage rights. Now only 58% of Israelis are eligable to have their marriage and family legally recognized in Israel (it has
Date: 07-05-2007 -
A Jewish Wedding Under $2,500
By Rachel RourkeTheir first wedding was a civil marriage, but they recommitted to one another in midlife under a huppah.
Date: 08-01-2012 -
How I Honored My (Sort of) Christian Parents at My Jewish Wedding
By Alice WaughPersonal narrative about how a couple planned their Jewish wedding carefully, so as to include the non-Jewish, atheist parents.
Date: 07-05-2006 -
Ger Toshav - Sources for Contemporary Application: A Proposal for Intermarried and other Allies in our Midst
By Rabbi Geela Rayzel RaphaelProfessional view supporting the resurrection of the concept of ger toshav--an in-between title that non-Jews who are active and committed Jewishly, yet who do not want to convert, could study and achieve.
Date: 07-28-2006
