Our Blended Family: A Religious Spectrum

By Ellen S. Glazer

The five of us represent an array of religious perspectives, from antagonistic, to oblivious, to indifferent, to committed-but-not-all-that-interested, to connected.

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What a Blessing: My Re-marriage and Our Interfaith Family

By Barbara A. Miksch

Our two sons quickly revealed how they were going to adapt to being stepbrothers in an interfaith family.

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Handling Religion in Our Blended Family

By Paula Hellman

Finding common ground is key to success in blended families with different religions.

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Dear Wendy: My Intermarried Son Is Getting Divorced
By Wendy Weltman Palmer

A grandmother worries that her grandson, whose parents are divorcing, won't be raised Jewish.

Overlapping Faiths: High Intermarriage Rates, High Divorce Rates--What Happens When They Mix?
By Leisah Namm

After their divorce, the mother who had converted to Judaism reverted to her Catholicism and takes their son to Catholic services. The Jewish dad brings him to Jewish ones.

Appeals Court Backs Jewish Dad's Bid in Custody Battle
By Enid Weiss

After a divorced father with custody of his three children became more religious, the court agreed to have his kids raised Jewish, not both Jewish and Catholic.

Argentine Custody Battle over Religion
By Florencia Arbiser

A divorced couple battles in court over whether their child should be exposed to Judaism, as they had agreed.

His father brings him up Jewish when they are together; his mother brings him up Catholic when she is with him.

Arlyck's latest, Following Sean, is a thoughtful, ambiguous portrait of two families of secular, assimilated and intermarried Jews.