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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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Spirituality
It's About Feeling
The personal narrative of a woman in an interfaith marriage who has raised her children as Jewish, despite a traditionally non-Jewish last name.
Date: 06-07-2007Interfaith and Interfaithless Marriages
A rabbi’s advice on how to create a sense of faith and ritual in interfaith families with or without choosing only one religion.
Date: 06-07-2007In Study, Youth See Holocaust and Jewish Culture as Keys to Identities
A news article about survey of how young Jews understand what it means to be Jewish.
Date: 06-07-2007How Marrying A Protestant Minister Made Me A Better Jew
The personal narrative of a woman who became a cantor after deciding to learn more about Judaism when she began dating a man studying to be a minister.
Date: 06-07-2007How Jewish Are We?
A news article that looks into varying levels of "Jewishness" in today’s Jewish population, as well as the decrease in the community’s size.
Date: 06-07-2007Home Treif Home
The personal narrative of a woman who has recently converted to Judaism and is struggling to create a Jewish environment in her new home.
Date: 06-07-2007Hebrew Is One Door I Can’t Seem to Unlock
The personal narrative of a Jewish mother trying to learn Hebrew so she can help her daughter learn.
Date: 06-07-2007Hadassah
The personal narrative of a woman of an interfaith family who was raised Catholic but decided to convert to Judaism, like her grandmother had, after being feeling connected at a Bar Mitzvah and years of study of her heritage.
Date: 06-07-2007Gender History as a Key to Understanding Intermarriage
Article by a researcher who found that for many intermarried Jewish women, their Jewish identity becomes more important to them because of their intermarriage.
Date: 06-07-2007From Distance to Closeness: An Interfaith Family's Journey
The personal narrative of a Jewish woman in an interfaith marriage and her decision to get her family involved in the Jewish community after her second child was born.
Date: 06-07-2007
