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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
Growing Up "Half and Half" but Feeling Whole
The personal narrative of a woman who attending CCD and Hebrew School as a young child, before deciding that she wanted to be Jewish.
Date: 07-19-2007How My Italian-American Catholic Mother Strengthened My Jewish Identity: Lessons in Intermarriage
The personal narrative of a man whose Italian Catholic mother strengthened his Jewish identity by stressing its importance.
Date: 07-19-2007Dual Legacies: Growing up Jewish in an Interfaith Family
The personal narrative of a young woman who was raised in her mother’s faith, Judaism, while her brother was raised in her father’s faith, Catholicism.
Date: 07-19-2007Does Half Count?
The personal narrative of a man who was raised with immense knowledge of the Holocaust, where much of his father’s family had perished, and faced much anti-Semitism, despite the fact that he was not truly a Jew.
Date: 07-19-2007What Leads Children of Intermarriage to Identify as Jews?
News story on the factors that lead adult children of intermarriage to identify as Jews.
Date: 07-09-2007"In the Mix": From "Half-Jewish" to Rabbi
News article about children from interfaith homes who are now studying to be rabbis.
Date: 07-05-2007Chillin' with My Faux Jew 'Fro
Personal narrative from the child of a Christian mother and Jewish father who didn’t identify as Jewish--until classmates at a Catholic university started identifying him as such.
Date: 07-05-2007Raised in an Interfaith Family and Now Raising Her Child in One
The story of a woman raised in an interfaith family who identified herself as Jewish, and is now raising her child in an interfaith family.
Date: 06-06-2007
