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Interfaith Families and Jewish Day Schools

By Deborah Fineblum Raub

These families and schools are at the forefront of a trend: interfaith families choosing Jewish day schools for their children.

By Michael Brent

The school is more welcoming of the rituals of our interfaith family than our temple.

	Serving the Jewish Interfaith Family in the Jewish Community Day School Setting By Marc Kramer
Jewish community day schools challenge themselves to be welcoming to all families with at least one Jewish parent.
	Choosing a Day School Education By Laura Bramly
In six years of day school experience, I expressed concern over only two things.
	Is My Prom Date Kosher? By Gabrielle Birkner
At one Schechter school's social events, upper-school students would not be permitted to bring non-Jewish dates.

A Different Approach to Interfaith Marriage By Rabbi Stephen Fuchs
I train and empower Jewish judges and justices of the peace who are members of our congregation to officiate in the sanctuary at the weddings of couples that I counsel.
Congregation Beth Israel Responds To Growing Incidence Of Jews Marrying Non-Jews By Frances Grandy Taylor
As Fuchs sat with the other guests in the sanctuary, a justice of the peace whom he had trained did the honors.
Students in the Czech Republic Learn about Holocaust by Making Films By Dinah A. Spritzer
To educate Czech non-Jews about the Holocaust, students made two films about their "Vanished Neighbors."

	For Producer of Hit Show "The O.C.," Jewish Background Is Fertile Ground By Richard Asinof
Don't expect many Jewish community leaders to come running to Schwartz, whose interfaith family on the show invent "Chrismukkah."
	Judaism: One Religion with Many Flavors By Cheryl F. Coon
A book for interfaith families that distinguishes between the beliefs of the Reform, Conservative and Orthodox branches of Judaism.