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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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Parenting
Supporting Our Partners: Shifting Perceptions of Raising Jewish Kids
When my husband read an early draft of this essay, he asked, ''Why doesn't her partner have to support our daughter? After all, they agreed to raise children as Jews.'' What does it mean to raise a Jewish child?
Date: 05-17-2013Parenting and the Joy for Jewish
An intermarried couple's parenting philosophy, when it comes to religion and finding one's own identity.
Date: 11-07-2012Celebrating Shabbat at an Italian Summer Camp
A mother's view of her daughters experience at a camp in Italy, and how the staff handled diversity, inclusion and arranged to let her kids celebrate Shabbat.
Date: 08-30-2012Lasagna and Hamantashen
An Italian Catholic woman celebrates her success in raising Jewish children in a home that reflects both her and her husband's cultural traditions.
Date: 08-01-2012How to Talk to Your Kids about Jesus
Advice on how Jewish parents, or interfaith parents raising their children Jewish, can answer their children's questions about Jesus.
Date: 08-01-2012Jewish Values Are Everyone's Values
The personal narrative of an intermarried man and his opinions that Jewish values are everyone's values, that all religions have the same values but differences in faith.
Date: 08-01-2012My Childhood Versus My Children's
A man describes the differences between his Protestant upbringing and the Jewish upbringing of his two daughters.
Date: 08-01-2012How to Act Jewish to Raise a Jewish Child--The Intercultural Communications Approach
This is not about my spouse becoming Jewish. It's about unambiguous support from both of us that our child is Jewish, regardless of what we practice individually.
Date: 08-01-2012Kosher Dairy Lunch or What I learned in Preschool
I was sold on this dream of a teacher with a clean, clean, clean preschool and a staff of four who were like leaving your child with your mother and your mother-in-law… but without the baggage, if you know what I mean
Date: 08-01-2012The Life-Cycle of an Interfaith Relationship: Raising Teenagers
A social worker’s advice on what parent’s should expect from children raised in an interfaith family during their teenage years, and how to deal with the religious issues that may arise.
Date: 08-01-2012
