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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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Hanukkah and Christmas
Fear Not!
Professional advice from two outreach professionals on Fearing the Holidays, an article about a non-Jewish woman grappling with the December
Date: 12-14-2006Fearing the Holidays
Personal narrative from a non-Jewish woman engaged to a Jewish man who plans on raising their children Jewish struggling with how to balance Hanukkah and Christmas.
Date: 12-14-2006O' Christmas Tree, O' Christmas Tree--You're So Much More Than--Foliage!
Personal narrative about an intermarried woman who refused to have a Christmas tree in her home until her husband had a stroke and she realized how much he had missed having one.
Date: 12-04-2006A Magen David on Our Christmas Tree
Feature on an intermarried family in Britain that celebrates Christmas.
Date: 11-30-2006'Tis the Season to Be Ironic
Personal narrative from a Protestant man raising Jewish children on how the family "helps" his parents celebrate Christmas at his parents’ house every year.
Date: 11-30-2006Holiday au Lait
Personal narrative from a Methodist woman married to a Jewish man on how they celebrate Hanukkah but still have a Christmas tree--and aren’t worried about their kids getting confused.
Date: 11-30-2006Handling the December Holidays: Ten Tips from InterfaithFamily.com
Professional advice tips for interfaith families on how to handle the conflict between Christmas and Hanukkah, compiled from suggestions by contributors to InterfaithFamily.com.
Date: 11-29-2006Journeying in and out of Christmas
Personal narrative by a woman who always wanted to celebrate Christmas as a child, and as a mother decided to celebrate Christmas with her otherwise (interfaith) Jewish family, only to find it was a lot of work and it felt wro
Date: 11-15-2006Negotiating Christmas
Personal narrative about an interfaith couple who argued over whether or not to have a Christmas tree until the man decided he loved the woman too much to break up over that issue. His flexibility, plus an interfaith couples discussion group the c
Date: 11-15-2006The Last Christmas Tree
Article about an older interfaith couple with grown children who married and the wife converted to Judaism and discovered a way to deal with giving up Christmas, by dividing her beloved Christmas tree ornaments and plastic treeamong her ch
Date: 11-15-2006
