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Go To BlogsPersonal narrative by an intermarried Christian woman who initially agreed to raising her daughter as a Jew, but realized that she wanted parts of Christian tradition in her house.
Date: 08-08-2006Personal narrative by a grandmother who celebrates Christmas with her son’s in-laws and sends her daughter-in-law a Christmas present along with Hanukkah cookies for the other grandchildren.
Date: 08-08-2006Reprinted news article about interfaith families celebrating the December holidays and how unusual it is for the first night of Hanukkah to fall on Christmas eve.
Date: 08-08-2006Review of a book about an intermarried woman doubting during the December holidays whether she did the right thing to intermarry, especially when her child becomes sick and she wonders if she is being punished for intermarrying.
Date: 08-08-2006Professional advice on issues interfaith couples may experience surrounding the December holidays, and guidelines for addressing those issues constructively.
Date: 08-08-2006Professional advice saying that it won’t confuse children to celebrate Christmas with their non-Jewish family members IF they celebrate other Jewish holidays and so have a solid Jewish identity.
Date: 08-08-2006Personal narrative from a Jewish grandma describing how Hanukkah celebrations have changed since she was a ilttle girl.
Date: 08-08-2006Reprinted professional advice article from the Jewish Outreach Institute encouraging interfaith families to separate their celebrations of Christmas and Hanukkah, and for those raising Jewish children, to really teach their kids the meanings of the hol
Date: 08-08-2006Reprinted pesronal narrative from a Jewish mother describing what Hanukkah has to do with gift-giving historically and in her family.
Date: 08-08-2006Professional advice from an outreach professional advising couples to discuss and understand the underlying feelings (of loss, exclusion, etc) that make the December holidays into a dilemma.
Date: 08-08-2006
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