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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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Interfaith Celebrities: People With Pretty Faces
Nate Bloom tells us which of People's 100 Most Beautiful and Time's 100 Most Influential People are Jewish or in interfaith families. Plus, Michael J. Fox is an optimist.
Date: 05-12-2009To Understand Interfaith Marriage, Ask Jewish Women
Keren's McGinity's new book tells the fascinating story of changes over the course of the 20th century in the roles and self-concepts of intermarried American Jewish women, and the effects of those changes on the transmission of Jewish identity to the nex
Date: 05-05-2009Interfaith Celebrities: The Summer's First Blockbuster
Happy news: Liev Schrieber as a buffed-up bad guy in a new movie, Paula Zahn reconciles with her husband and the supportive interfaith marriage of Lynda Carter.
Date: 04-28-2009Interfaith Celebrities: Major League Hebrews 2009
Ten Jewish baseball players from interfaith families, fun in Adventureland and Lindsay Lohan has tsuris.
Date: 04-14-2009Interfaith Celebrities: Jason Segel on the Benefits of Not Fitting In
Funny, charming and sensitive Jason Segel is the child of an interfaith marriage raised as a Jew. Nate Bloom would also like to see Scarlett Johanssen wherever possible.
Date: 03-31-2009A Pint of Guinness, A Cup of Manischevitz: Some Irish/Jewish Connections
Famous people with Jewish and Irish backgrounds, like Matthew Broderick, Brooke Burke and Daniel Radcliffe, some sources on the history and culture of Irish Jews and some famous Irish-Jewish couples.
Date: 03-16-2009Interfaith Celebrities: I Love You, Man
Our celebrity columnist loves the new schlub comedies of Judd Apatow and John Hamburg, and is surprised that Lindsay Lohan seems interested in conversion to Judaism.
Date: 03-16-2009Interfaith Celebrities: Joaquin Jesting?
Is Joaquin Phoenix putting everyone on, or has the trauma of his life finally caught up with him? His co-stars in Two Lovers, Gwynneth Paltrow and Vinessa Shaw, also come from interfaith backgrounds. Also, an update on Israeli beauty Bar Refaeli's
Date: 03-03-2009Biblical Models For Modern Jewish Relationships?
Not a bad introduction to biblical figures for a secular Jewish mom, but does she really need these messages about Jewish relationships with non-Jews?
Date: 03-02-2009Permanent Adolescence: Interfaith Marriage in Two Lovers
I have rarely seen a film get so many subtle Jewish cultural details just right: the pot roast at dinner, the goofy candle-lighting at a bar mitzvah reception, even the smell of mothballs in Leonard's parents' apartment.
Date: 02-27-2009
