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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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Growing Up in an Interfaith Family
"My Dad Converted" and Other Questions
How do we talk to teens about religion? About their religious identity? About their parent's conversion?
Date: 01-17-2013Half and Half
After being told she was a "half Jew" at Hebrew school, she's had much of her life to sort through Jewish identity. Spoiler alert: she's a "whole Jew"!
Date: 08-01-2012Hipster Hassids: A Semi-Shiksa Lusts for Her Ultimate Fetish--A Cute Jew-Boy
The 20-something child of a non-Jewish mom and a Jewish dad tells of her experience dating a hip Orthodox Jewish man.
Date: 08-01-2012The Making of a Jew
Her adoptive father, a lapsed Catholic, participated in raising her as a Jew and converted to Judaism when she was in her twenties.
Date: 08-01-2012Affirming My Jewish Identity in America
Her senior project on The Changing Face of Judaism put this young daughter of interfaith marriage through a lot of changes herself.
Date: 08-01-2012Mixed Blessings: A Religious Journey That Has Led Nowhere
Personal narrative by the child of interfaith parents who was raised with both religions, and now professes neither.
Date: 08-01-2012Not Really Jewish?
Rachel Sarah was raised in a Jewish family with a non-Jewish mother, but when she was 16, a Hassidic rabbi told her she wasn’t Jewish. After shunning the Jewish community for many years, she is now raising her child Jewish… but worri
Date: 08-01-2012The Play-It-Down Jew: Should I Tell People I'm 25% Jewish?
Personal narrative from the child of interfaith marriage who is often reluctant to reveal her Jewishness.
Date: 08-01-2012What Would Superman Do?
Personal narrative from a child of interfaith parents who was raised without any faith but found God in art, literature and Superman.
Date: 08-01-2012Half-Jewish: Starting a Wholesome Conversation
Why do adult children of interfaith families use the term "half-Jewish" about themselves?
Date: 07-19-2010
