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Web Magazine Issue 170 - Interfaith Families and Social Action

Web Magazine

How Social Action Can Unite Interfaith Families

Issue 170: November 1, 2005

FEATURED ARTICLES

 

Why Social Justice Activities Attract Students from Interfaith Families

By Brianne Kruger Nadeau

Social justice activities are the least intimidating way one can become involved in Judaism.

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Making the World a Better Place Unites Interfaith Couples and Communities

By Rabbi Lev Baesh

...a part of religious living that puts up few questions about participation in one's partner's traditions.

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The Winds of Change through the Window of Interfaith Marriages

By David Weintraub

Interfaith couples are uniquely qualified to be leaders here.

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

Columnist

"Star/Crossed: Jewish Stories from an Interfaith Life"--Justice, Justice Begins at Home
By Andi Rosenthal

Each in their own way, my parents taught me what it means to seek justice.

News and Opinion

Identity, Ideals, and Institutions: How Jewish Organizations Can Find Hope in the Jewish Future
By Sarah Bassin

We should be asking, "Is it good?" not just "Is it good for the Jews?"

Jacob's Ladder Is the First Relief for Many Katrina Victims
By Larry Brook

In a former shirt factory in Utica, Miss., Jewish volunteers are doing some heavy lifting.

Program Teaches Rabbinical Students How to Use Social Justice in Their Jobs
By Sue Fishkoff

They combined nine weeks of fieldwork with Chicago community and labor organizations with group study of Jewish texts on social justice.

Arts and Entertainment

Filmmaking and Identity
By Sam Ball

"I'm Jewish on my mother's side and Latino on my father's… But I never participated in the Jewish community before."

War, Nazism Divide Resilient "Sisters"
By Michael Fox

Lotte, who's about to be engaged to a Jewish fellow, is appalled that Anna can tolerate Nazism.

Novelist's Latest Book Reflects His Own Split, Conflicting Identities
By David Lida 

The novelist is the son of a secular, Jewish-American father and a Guatemalan immigrant mother.

Spiritual leader and teacher. Typically, but not always, leads a congregation.
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