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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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My First Shiva: Understanding What to Expect Helps
By Dr. June Andrews HorowitzProfessional advice and personal narrative from an interfaith family counselor and outreach worker. She describes her first encounter with Jewish death rituals, and then gives tips on how to be an "ambassador" to non-Jewish family members
Date: 07-10-2006 -
Jewish Community Day Schools Welcome Interfaith Families
By Dean GoldfeinA personal narrative about how the one Jewish community day school welcomes and handles interfaith families.
Date: 07-24-2007 -
Interfaith Divorce, a Life Passage That It Is Possible to Do Well
By Rabbi Julie GreenbergProfessional view on the importance of avoiding power struggles (that sometimes manifest as religion struggles) in interfaith divorces.
Date: 07-26-2007 -
You're Raising Them What? Telling Your Parents You Are Raising Jewish Kids
By Jim KeenPersonal narrative by a Protestant man describing how he and his Jewish wife prepared to tell his parents that they planned to raise Jewish kids, but they still really wanted his parents’ help in raising them.
Date: 12-03-2006 -
This Judeo-Christian Thing
By Edie MuellerThe personal narrative of a Jewish woman who wanted to be a nun when she was young, but ended up connecting to her Jewish faith after she married a Catholic man who rejected his Catholic upbringing.
Date: 06-12-2007 -
Albert Einstein and Lasagna: Our Daughter's Jewish-Italian Bat Mitzvah
By Deborah FreemanPersonal narrative about the preparations for an interfaith family’s secular Bat Mitzvah, in which her step-brother and father’s Catholicism played a meaningful role.
Date: 07-18-2006 -
Praying in Our Interfaith Family
By Jim KeenPersonal narrative from a non-Jewish man about the similarities between prayers at his church and his wife’s synagogue.
Date: 02-01-2007 -
Stumbling into an Interfaith Identity in Spain
By Rebecca CohenPersonal narrative by the daughter of interfaith parents describing how her interfaith identity affected her appreciation of Catholic events during her stay in Granada, Spain.
Date: 12-19-2006 -
Serving the Jewish Interfaith Family in the Jewish Community Day School Setting
By Dr. Marc N. KramerThe executive director of a network of Jewish day schools discusses how interfaith families are comfortable and welcomed in Jewish Community day schools.
Date: 06-12-2007 -
Teaching about Other Religions at Sukkat Shalom
By Rabbi Samuel N. GordonProfessional view excerpt of a program that leads a discussion (for family education) about biblical texts through comparing and contrasting Jewish and Christian interpretations of texts.
Date: 11-30-2006
