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Web Magazine Issue 190 - Responding to Negative Comments about Intermarriage

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Web Magazine

Responding to Negative Comments about Intermarriage

Issue 190: August 29, 2006

FEATURED ARTICLES

Interfaith Ignorance is All in the Family

By Gary Goldhammer

His sister won't accept the fact that his wife isn't Jewish.

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Tips for Responding to Insensitive Comments about Interfaith Families

By Sarah Litvin

Some of the country's best outreach experts share their wisdom.

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A Newfound Love and a Lost Friendship

By Heather Lazar

When a young woman fell in a love with a non-Jew, her Orthodox friend turned hostile.

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ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

More Articles on Responding to Negative Comments about Intermarriage

Opening Yourself to Danger
By Zack Kushner

No one said it to his face, but he knew what other Jews thought about his interfaith relationship.

Overcoming Our Religious Differences
By Madhavi Kushner

Her parents nagged her about her interfaith relationship, and now she knows why.

From Our Article Archives

An Email Conversation between Father and Daughter
By Gail Wertheimer

How do you respond when a parent says your marriage to a non-Jewish spouse will set a "horrific example" for your children?

Focus on Inside Intermarriage

When We First Discover Our Religious and Cultural Differences
By Jim Keen

In the first chapter of his new book, Inside Intermarriage, Jim Keen writes about meeting his future wife.

Can It Be Done? New Book Shows How Intermarriage Can Work
By John M. Blumers

Inside Intermarriage shows that a non-Jew can successfully raise Jewish children.

Q&A with Jim Keen, Author of Inside Intermarriage
Interviewed by Ronnie Friedland

Editor Ronnie Friedland talks with Jim Keen about his new book and how it can help interfaith families.

News and Opinion

"In the Mix": Looking Beyond the Roadmap
By Julie Wiener

"To read the Conservative movement's new 'roadmap' on intermarriage,'" says Wiener, "you would think that a mob of crusading gentile spouses was standing at the entrance of Conservative synagogues, poised to overrun the bima and plant a cross on the Ark."

Cabinet at the front of the synagogue where the Torah is kept. The raised platform in front of the sanctuary which holds the ark in which the Torah is kept.
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