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The December Dilemma

By Annie Modesitt

Does doing Christmas and Hanukkah water down both traditions? Annie doesn't think so.

By Micah Sachs and Edmund Case

Learn how other interfaith families raising their children Jewish are celebrating the December holidays.

By Kim Mortellite

Why couldn't it just be January already?

By Dawn C. Kepler and Karen Kushner

A pair of outreach professionals respond to Fearing the Holidays.

	Handling the December Holidays: Ten Tips from InterfaithFamily.com By Edmund Case and Ronnie Friedland
Intermarried and struggling with balancing Christmas and Hanukkah? We can help.
	Turning the Dilemma into a Tradition By Jemi Kostiner Mansfield
Will one month with a Christmas tree cancel out 11 months of Jewish parenting?
	O' Christmas Tree, O' Christmas Tree--You're So Much More than--Foliage! By Marlena Thompson
When she got married, she was resolutely opposed to having a tree. Things change.

Intermarriage Tipping Point Long Past, But Institutions Must Now Catch Up By Paul Golin
The debate over welcoming interfaith families is over.

	The Nativity Story: Responses of an Interfaith Couple By Tracy Hahn-Burkett and Paul Burkett
A Jewish woman and her non-Jewish husband see the new movie about the events leading to Jesus' birth.
	Interview with Scott Simon By Ronnie Friedland
The National Public Radio host talks about growing up with two faiths and raising his adopted daughter as a Jew.
A Play that Illumines a Generation By Lisa Traiger
Robert Brustein's tour-de-force asks whether corned beef and Yiddishisms are enough to sustain Jewish identity over the long term.