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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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Jewish Food Cheat Sheet
By InterfaithFamilyAn alphabetic listing of Jewish dishes and food-related terms to help people new to Jewish families to figure out what's on the table.
Date: 08-07-2009 -
Tribal vs. Covenantal Jewish Identity
By Rabbi Sidney SchwarzProfessional advice that "the Jewish community would do well to soften its boundaries" since so many Jews attribute their social and political justice work to their Jewish roots and traditions. Most surveys, like the National Jewish Popula
Date: 11-27-2006 -
Thoughts on Being a Bubbie
By Mae Rockland TupaPersonal narrative by a bubbie (Jewish grandmother), all of whose grandchildren are being raised as Jews, despite changes in a family complexion due to divorce and intermarriage.
Date: 11-27-2006 -
Brother Born Again: A Review
By Ronnie FriedlandA review of Brother Born Again, a film that explores how a child brought up in a secular Jewish environment turns to Christianity after the traumatic death of his father.
Date: 01-22-2007 -
Why We Call Them Intercultural Weddings: A Secular Humanistic Jewish Approach
By Rabbi Miriam JerrisProfessional advice explaining the position of Secular Humanistic Jews, who accept intermarriage as the joining of people from two different backgrounds yet similar values.
Date: 12-05-2006 -
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 -
Rashevski’s Tango Explores What Makes Someone Jewish
By Cheryl F. CoonReview of film about interfaith relationships in one family and how the Holocaust affected them.
Date: 06-18-2007 -
Thoughts on Secular Conversion: An Important Alternative to Religious Conversion
By Dr. Yossi BeilinOp-ed from a prominent Israeli leader on why those who wish to be identified as Jews should be granted the right to join the Jewish people on the basis of their own self-definition--not on the definition of the Orthodox religious establishment.
Date: 06-11-2007 -
Cultural Judaism Opens the Door for Alienated Jews
By Myrna BaronOp-ed from the executive director of the Center for Cultural Judaism explaining how cultural Judaism is not a "lazy man’s’ approach to Judaism--it’s based in scholarship and reason.
Date: 06-07-2007 -
When Judaism Isn't Kosher
By David WeintraubPersonal narrative from a proud secular Jew raised in Yiddish schools, extolling the values and strength of secular Judaism--especially in an interfaith marriage.
Date: 06-11-2007
