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March 18, 2008
Dear Friend,
With the release of several important new studies of religion and Jewish life, interfaith marriage has been big news in the past two weeks. Read about our take on them here or check out our list of recent articles.
News and Opinion
How Jewish are Interfaith Families? Sue Fishkoff reports on important new studies that find that interfaith families raising their children as Jews look very much like liberal in-married families.
Sue Fishkoff's article Reform Rabbis Renew Debate on Officiation features InterfaithFamily.com's new website section for clergy, where rabbis and cantors will find help addressing the issue of officiation.
In Stop Trying to Keep Out Non-Jews Dr. Gary Tobin argues that Judaism should be competing on the North American convert market.
Jim Keen finds that among interfaith families at his Reform congregation in Ann Arbor, The Confusion Argument doesn't hold water--children raised Jewish know they are Jews.
Jayne Cohen was stimulated to Visions of Hanukah Zeppole by The Jewish-Sicilian Cookbook and gives a mixed review with sample recipes.
Purim
Purim, a joyous Jewish holiday of parties, costumes and silliness, starts the evening of March 20. In Mardi Purim, poet Rodger Kamenetz reflects on the similarities between Purim and Mardi Gras, and how New Orleans Jews have found a Jewish way to join in their city's revels for a Catholic holiday.
Arts and Entertainment
Celebrity columnist Nate Bloom gives us The Story Behind Eliot Spitzer's Intermarriage and some headline news about television journalists who have converted to Judaism, or away from it.
Congratulations to Abbe Cohen Dvornik of Somerville, Mass., on winning the drawing for the $250 American Express giftcard after filling out the 2008 Passover-Easter Survey.
Hope you've enjoyed my first e-newsletter! I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Ruth Abrams, Online Editor
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