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Web Magazine Issue 169 - Relationships with Extended Families

Web Magazine

Relationships with Extended Families

Issue 169: October 18, 2005

FEATURED ARTICLES

 

Hey, They Were Reading Your Book in Church Today!

By Suzanne Koven

People may call themselves Jews or Christians or Muslims… but there are really only good people and bad people.

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How Religious Differences Came Between Us

By Elyn Perzley

Rod's family wanted the girls raised Catholic and to eat anything. 

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

More Relationships with Extended Families Articles

The German Son-in-Law
By Joan Millman

I told myself Wolfgang wasn't even alive during World War II….

Dear Wendy: Daughter's Bat Mitzvah
By Wendy Weltman Palmer

Our decision to raise our children Jewish has been particularly painful to my mother and father.

News and Opinion

The Invisible Jews: 1 in 5 American Jews Not Ashkenazi
By Joe Eskenazi

Perhaps 20 percent of the nation's Jews are Sephardi, Mizrachi, racial minorities or of mixed race.

No Longer "Until Death Do Us Part"
By Bram Eisenthal

The new cemetery is meant for Jews wishing to be buried next to their non-Jewish spouses.

Arts and Entertainment

Baxter Marries Intellect and Comedy on Screen
By Michael Fox

Showalter's mother, who is Jewish, was disowned by her family for marrying an Episcopalian.

 A Conversation with Rob Schneider
By Naomi Pfefferman

As to why he plays losers, the actor, who is half Jewish and part Filipino, said he relates to the underdog.

Ben Feldman's Jewish Background Aids Acting Career
By Eric Fingerhut

The son of a Jewish father and non-Jewish mother, Feldman was raised Jewish.

Holidays

A Boyfriend's Tzimmes Spurs a Lifetime Love of Jewish Food
By Linda Morel

Four tantalizing Tzimmes recipes for Sukkot.

Having Jewish family origins in Spain, Portugal or North Africa.l A fall harvest holiday where wooden booths are built to commemorate the Israelite wandering in the desert and to recall our fragility and dependence on God.
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