PAST ISSUES BY YEAR - 2000

Issue 27: Growing Up In An Interfaith Family, Part 1

Feature Stories

• If I'm Jewish and You're Christian, What are the Kids?
  By Andrea King
• Raised in an Interfaith Family and Now Raising her Child in One
  By Ronnie Caplane

My Personal Story

• Growing Up Jewish in an Interfaith Family
  By Emily Case
• Growing Up in an Interfaith Family
  By Josh Fischel

Reviews

• A Christian Tells How and Why She is Raising Jewish Children
  By Judy Petsonk

Issue 28: Growing Up In An Interfaith Family, Part 2

Feature Stories

• Making Religious Choices For Our Children
  By Arlene Sarah Chernow
• When Her Christian Mother and Her Jewish Step-Father Got Divorced, She Kept Her Judaism
  By Ronnie Caplane

My Personal Story

• Growing Up "Half and Half" but Feeling Whole
  By Stephanie Bruce
• Fortunate Mix
  By Caitlin Caprice Williams
• Family Differences
  By Naomi Greschwind

Reviews

• Opposites Attract: The Physics of Sunset
  By Susan Katz Miller

Issue 29: Talking To Children About Interfaith Life

Feature Stories

• Why Isn't Daddy Jewish? Questions Children of Intermarriage Ask
  By Andrea King

My Personal Story

• Musings About Raising Children of a Different Religion
  By Wendy Case
• Raising My Kids Jewish, When I'm Protestant
  By James Keen, Jr.

Reviews

• An African genesis: The Bible Envisioned in a New Setting
  By Ronnie Friedland

Issue 30: Talking To Your Children About Interfaith Dating

Feature Stories

• How to Talk to Your Kids About Interfaith Dating: For Those Married to Jews or in Interfaith Marriages
  By Ed Case
• Breaking an Interfaith Taboo
  By Yosef I. Abramowitz

My Personal Story

• Interfaith Dating by Children of Interfaith Marriages
  By Charles McMillan
• Talking To Morgan
  By Ronnie Caplane

Reviews

• Passionate Love and Bargains with God
  By Ronnie Friedland

Issue 31: Telling Your Non-Jewish Parents That You're Raising Jewish Children

Feature Stories

• A Very Difficult Thing to Do... Telling Your Parents That You Are Raising Your Children in Your Partner's Faith
  By Paula J. Brody, LICSW, Ed.D.
• Telling Your Family You're Raising your Children Jewish
  By Ronnie Caplane

My Personal Story

• Telling My Christian Parents I'm Raising My Children in the Jewish Faith
  By Cheryl Opper
• You're Raising Them What? Telling Your Parents You Are Raising Jewish Kids
  By James Keen, Jr.

Reviews

• Celebrating Interfaith Weddings without Apologies or Excuses
  By Marlena Thompson

Issue 32: Circumcision and Your Interfaith Baby

Feature Stories

• Through The Eyes of a Mohelet (women who performs circumcisions): An Interfaith Bris, or Circumcision Ceremony
  By Dr. Lillian Schapiro
• Helping Couples Cope with the Bris/Baptism Question
  By Roberta Calderone
• Handling Hesitations over Circumcision: One Couple's Story
  By Rabbi Shaul Levenson

IFF Dialogue and Debate - NEW SECTION

• We Need A Religious Movement That Is Totally Inclusive Of Intermarried Jewish Families
  By Ed Case

My Personal Story

• Our Jewish Family: Two Sons, One Circumcized and One Not, A Scottish, Presbyterian Husband (Who is Circumcized), and Me, the Jewish Mother
  By Laura Lipman

Reviews

• An Interfaith Friendship between Two Mothers
  By Susan Katz Miller

Issue 33: Conversion of Babies and Baby Naming Ceremonies

Feature Stories

• Interfaith Bris: Jewish Complications and Resources 
  By Ronnie Caplane
• Questions about Baby-Naming Ceremonies for Girls and Patrilineal Descent
  By Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson

My Personal Story

• Our Son's Conversion to Judaism
  By Rabbi Susan Silverman
• Intermarried and Pregnant: Thoughts About Our Child's Religious Future
  By Christina Hendelman
• Baby Naming in My Interfaith Family
  By Jim Keen

Reviews

• A Cookbook with Recipes for Jewish, Christian and Secular Holidays: A Handy Resource for Interfaith Families
  By Judith Bolton-Fasman

Issue 34: Passover/Easter Issue

Feature Stories

• Celebrating Easter and Passover in Interfaith Relationships
  By Carla Haimowitz
• Explaining Passover: For Intermarrieds, Newcomers, and Those Who Want To Know
  By Lois Sussman Shenker

IFF Dialogue and Debate

• Let Us Respect People for Who They Are: A Response to Ed Case
  By Rabbi Carl M. Perkins

My Personal Story

• Eggs and Plagues: Handling Easter and Passover in Our Interfaith Family
  By Jim Keen
• A Seder Far, Far Away: Passover in Bahrain
  By Susan Eisner Eley
• Holy Promised Spirit Land
  By Bonni Goldberg

Reviews

• A Landmark in "Priest and Rabbi" Humor: A Review of Keeping the Faith
  By Andrew Bender

Issue 35: Bar/Bat Mitzvah

Feature Stories

• Creating a Comfortable Bar or Bat Mitzvah for Intermarried Families: Some Thoughts
  By Barbara Penzner
• Interfaith Families and Bar/Bat Mitzvah: Questions and Opportunities
  By Arthur Nemitoff
• How To Be A Good Guest or Host at a Catered Party
  By Ronnie Caplane

IFF Dialogue and Debate

• Lets Be Respectful By Being Totally Inclusive: A Response to Rabbi Carl Perkins
  By Ed Case

My Personal Story

• Of Bar and Bat Mitzvahs and Non-Jewish Parents
  By Daniel Siegel
• Bar and Bat Mitzvah No-shows, Crashers, Non-RSVPs Play Havoc with Best-Laid Plans
  By Ronnie Caplane

Reviews

• Lost and Found: A Review of "Searching for My Brothers-Jewish Men in a Gentile World" by Rabbi Jeffrey Salkin
  By Debra B. Darvick

Issue 36: Interfaith Weddings

IFF Dialogue and Debate

• Tomorrow's Men and Women and the Question of Intermarriage Officiation
  By Rabbi Jerome K. Davidson

My Personal Story

• Meeting the Parents of Your Jewish Daughter's Catholic Fiance
  By Tom Muchel
• Our "Jewish-ish" Wedding
  By Jim Keen
• Whose Life Is It Anyway? Officiating At An Intermarriage
  By Rabbi Paul (Shaul) H. Levenson

Thoughts on Keeping the Faith: A Film About An Interfaith Romance

• Interview with Stuart Blumberg, Author and Co-Producer of Keeping the Faith
  By Ronnie Friedland
• A Jewish Outreach Professional Responds to Keeping the Faith
  By Dr. Paula Brody
• Love Can Trump Tradition: Interfaith Relationships in Keeping the Faith
  By Ed Case
• Thoughts on Intimacy: A Response to Keeping the Faith
  By Rabbi Susan Harris

Issue 37: More on Interfaith Weddings

IFF Dialogue and Debate

• Why I Believe That Officiating at Interfaith Marriages Will Not Lead to the Continuity of the Jewish People
  By George Markley

My Personal Story

• How I Honored My (Sort of) Christian Parents at My Jewish Wedding
  By Alice C. Waugh
• Interfaith Weddings: Honoring Both Sets of Parents
  By Ben Dubrovsky
• Once Was Not Enough: Why We Had Three Weddings
  By Bonni Goldberg

Issue 38: Longterm Interfaith Marriages

IFF Dialogue and Debate

• Thoughts on Secular Conversion: An Important Alternative to Religious Conversion
  By Yossi Beilin

My Personal Story

• Is There a Place for Me in Judaism
  By Wendy Case
• We Called It a Marriage Renewal
  By Paula Yablosky
• Approaching Our 27th Anniversary...
  By Janice Fischel

Reviews

• Adolescent Confusion About Religion, Sexual Orientation and Love: A Review of Set Me Free (Emporte-Moi)
  By Ronnie Friedland

Issue 39: Working Things Out In Interfaith Marriages

Features

• "But Josh Isn't Religious. Why Should We Raise Our Children As Jews?"
  By Roberta Calderone
• Issues Interfaith Families Confront, Plus Six Tips For Couples Considering Intermarriage
  By Debbie Witehill
• Power and Passion In Interfaith Relationships
  By Carla Haimowitz

My Personal Story

• Why Non-Jewish Spouses Sometimes Think That Jews are Weird
  By Ed Case

Reviews

• Interview with Istvan Szabo, director and co-writer of "Sunshine", a multigenerational tale about Jewish family in Hungary
  By Ivor Davis

Issue 40: Interfaith Travel

IFF News - NEW SECTION

• Intermarriage Poses Challenges Even at the End of Life
  By Marilyn Silverstein

My Personal Story

• The Only Jew in Mammarrosa
  By Jeri Zeder
• Visiting Israel - A Land I Feel A Strong Bond With, But Where I Am Not Considered A Jew
  By Adam Case
• My Irish Vacation
  By Ed Case

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• Profile of Alicia Silverstone -- Daughter of Scottish Mom and Jewish Dad
  By Ivor Davis

Issue 41: Complexities of Extended Family Relationships In Interfaith Families

My Personal Story

• Thoughts on Grandparenting a Christian Grandchild
  By Paula Lee Hellman
• How I Prepared My Kids for Their First Mass and Their Aunt's Catholic Wedding
  By Jeri Zeder

Dear Rabbi

• Jewish Woman Married to Muslim Man, Raising his Christian Children
  By Rabbi Brad Artson

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• Sifting Through the Evidence: A Review of "Is the Bible True: How Modern Debates and Discoveries Affirm the Essence of the Scriptures", by Jeffrey L. Sheler
  Reviewed by Jonathan Groner

Issue 42: Interfaith Mourning Issues

My Personal Story

• Mourning My Presbyterian Mother as a Jew-by-Choice
  By Paula Yablonsky
• Reflections of a Jewish Woman ont he Death of Her Catholic Mother
  By Dr. June Andrews Horowitz
• How I Helped My Wife Mourn For Her Mother
  By David Horowitz

Professional View

• Jewish Burial and Mourning Practice For Non-Jewish Relatives
  By Rabbi Paul J. Citrin

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• Interfaith Parent Who Raised Children With No Religious Identity Writes Book Expressing Regret: Review of "The Soup Has Many Eyes: From Shtetl to Chicago -- A Memoir of One Family's Journey Through History", by Joann Rose Leonard
  Reviewed by Rebecca E. Kotkin

Issue 43: Mourning in Interfaith Families, Part 2

My Personal Story

• Finding Comfort in Jewish Ritual After the Loss of My Catholic Father
  By Joycee Schwartz
• Supporting My Partner Through the Death of Her Parent
  By Barry Schwartz

Professional View

• Bereavement and the Interfaith Family
  By Rabbi Elias J. Lieberman

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• Review of "Show Me Your Way: The Complete Guide to Exploring Interfaith Spiritual Direction" by Howard A. Addison
  Reviewed by Susan Katz Miller

Reprint of Interest to Interfaith Families

• Shuls Face Hard Questions About Non-Jews
  By Ami Eden

Issue 44: Mourning in Interfaith Families, Part 3

My Personal Story

• My First Shiva: Understanding What to Expect Helps
  By Dr. June Andrews Horowitz
• Reliving the Experience of My First Wake
  By David Horowitz
• How My Father's Death Helped Me Find My Way Back to the Temple
  By Cheryl Opper

Professional View

• "A Jewish person in my extended family has just died. Since I am not of that faith, what do I do? ...Help!"
  By Rabbi Earl A. Grollman, D.H.L., D.D.

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• Review of "Half Jew: A Daughter's Search for Her Family's Buried Past", by Susan Jacoby
  Reviewed by Judith Bolton-Fasman

Issue 45: Interfaith Families and the Jewish High Holidays

My Personal Story

• How Jews Can Help Their Christian Partners During the High Holidays: A Protestant Perspective
  By Jim Keen
• One Grand Lesson Of Rosh Hashanah: To Be Our Best
  By Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin

Professional View

• Understanding the High Holy Days: A Primer for Non-Jewish Partners
  By Rabbi Jonathan Kraus

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• Finding the Justice: Talking to Alan Dershowitz about his new book, "The Genesis of Justice: Ten Storeis of Biblical Injustice that Led to the Ten Commandments and Modern Law"
  By Rebecca E. Kotkin

Issue 46: Interfaith Families and the Jewish High Holidays

My Personal Story / Professional View

• Sin and Atonement: A Christian Perspective
  By Rev. Philip C. Jacobs
• The High Holy Days Through Interfaith Eyes: A Time the "Strangers in Your Camp" are Included
  By Edmund C. Case

Dialogue and Debate

• Lets Encourage the Jewish Journeys of Interfaith Families
  By Edmund C. Case

News

• Sen. Lieberman: Intermarriage is Kosher
  By Binyamin L. Jolkovsky

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• From Passion to Despair: An Ill-Fated Interfaith RomanceA Review of the Film, "Solomon and Gaenor"
  By Ronnie Friedland

Dear Dr. Paula - NEW

• Dear Dr. Paula
  By Dr. Paula Brody

Issue 47: Creative Approaches to Jewish Holiday/Sukkot Celebrations by Spouses Raised Outside of Judaism

My Personal Story

• How I Used My Christmas Tree Decorations to Light Up My Sukkah
  By Paula C. Yablonsky
• Sukkot: A Chance to Change Your Routines and Have Some Fun
  By Jim Keen

Professional View

• Thanksgiving: A Harvest Festival with Roots in Sukkot
  By Rabbi Elias Lieberman

Dialogue and Debate

• Let's Be Clear on What Outreach Means: A Response to Ed Case
  By Elliot Abrams

News

• A Question For Lieberman
  By Ze'ev Chafets

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• Timbrels and Torahs: Celebrating Woman's Wisdom
• Homoring Aging: A Review of "Timbrels and Torahs: Celebrating Women's Wisdom"
  By Ronnie Friedland
• The Interfaith Couple in "Meet the Parents"
  By Ronnie Friedland

Issue 48: Interfaith Families and Synagogues

My Personal Story

• Is Judaism Necessarily Insular?
  By Rachel Barenblat
• The Synagogue As Village: Will It Welcome Interfaith Villagers?
  By Rose Levinson

Professional View

• Interfaith Families and Synagogues
  By Rabbi Sam Gordon

Dialogue and Debate

• Including Interfaith Families
  By Rabbi Rachel Cowan

News

• US Jews Accept Intermarriage In Growing Numbers, Survey Finds
  By Julie Wiener
• American Jewry Is (a) Fading or (b) Reviving. It's All in How You Read the Signs
  By Robert Leiter

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• "Once and Again", a Wonderfully Written and Acted ABC-TV Series
  By Ronnie Friedland

Dear Dr. Paula

• Dear Dr. Paula
  By Paula Brody

Issue 49: Interfaith Families and Synagogues, Part 2

My Personal Story

• Intermarriage Has Our Blessing
  By Myrna Baron
• Can A Religious Community Profess Multiple Truths?
  By Larry Fenster
• Taking the First Step: An Interfaith Couple Attends an Introduction to Judaism Class
  By Julie Slotnik

Professional View

• Walking the Tightrope: Dilemmas a Rabbi Feels in Dealing with Interfaith Families
  By Rabbi Jonathan E. Kraus

Dialogue and Debate

• Let's Make the Language of Jewish Prayer Inclusive
  By Ed Case

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• Novelist and Poet Marge Piercy
  By Rahel Musleah

Issue 50: Christmas and Hanukkah

My Personal Story

• The Disappearing Christmas Tree: One Interfaith Step-Family's Complex  Holiday Solution
  By Paula Lee Hellman
• O' Christmas Tree, O' Christmas Tree - You're So Much More Than - Foliage!
  By Marlena Thompson

Professional View

• Getting Through The December Holidays
  By Wendy Palmer

Dialogue and Debate

• Proactive Conversion as Outreach
  By Gary Tobin

News

• Facing Facts On Intermarriage
  Editorial, The New York Jewish Week

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• Bible Books for Children
  By Rahel Musleah

Dear Dr. Paula

• Dear Dr. Paula
  By Dr. Paula Brody

Issue 51: Christmas and Hanukkah, Part 2

My Personal Story

• Negotiating Christmas
  By Rena Mello
• Thoughts on Christmas (By a Young Adult with Interfaith Parents)
  By Jennifer Kittay
• "Will Santa Bring Me Presents, Even If I'm Jewish"
  By Jim Keen
• Confessions of a Chrismaholic
  By Julie Gardner
• Taking the First Step: An Interfaith Couple Attends an Introduction to Judaism Class
  By Julie Slotnik

Professional View

• Holiday Guidelines for Interfaith Parents
  By June Andrews Horowitz

Dialogue and Debate

• A Patrilineal Jew Mourns A Great Rabbi
  By Susan Katz Miller

News

• Many Interfaith Families Face Evergreen Dilemma
  By Julie Wiener

Reviews, Interviews, Profiles

• Religious Mysteries Provide Puzzles, Perplexities - and Ultimate "Revelation"
  By Marlena Thompson
• Two Holiday Books For Interfaith Children
  by InterfaithFamily.com