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Communication in Interfaith Relationships

By Sue Eisenfeld

Seeking out a middle ground between outspoken and assertive, and quiet and non-confrontational.

By Alex Goldfein

He's learned a lot from his relationships with a Hindu Indian woman, a Korean woman and a minister's daughter.

By Julia Gutman

She and her spouse sometimes speak different languages--even though they're both using English.

	A Look Inside the Communication Gap By Jane Blumenthal Martin
Intermarriage expert Joel Crohn, Ph.D., shares tips on how to navigate interfaith relationships.
	Who Needs Conflict? By Jason Feifer
He and his girlfriend of seven years never fight. Is that weird?
	When Love is a Casualty of War By Joshua Gross
A Jewish man and his Lebanese girlfriend thought their relationship was stronger than politics. Were they right?
	Love at First Sight Interview by Ronnie Friedland
A Jewish woman and her Catholic husband discuss how their religious differences are a "strength" and have given them greater faith in their own traditions.

Temple Professor Works to Create Center on Afro-Jewish History By Rachel Silverman
A professor with mixed parentage pioneers the study of black Jewry.

	"In the Mix": The Intermarried Inbox By Julie Wiener
In the year since she started her column on intermarriage, Julie Wiener has received a lot of criticism. She wouldn't have it any other way.

Interfaith Celebrities: The Long Line of Interfaith Indianas By Nate Bloom
Shia LaBeouf joins fellow child of interfaith parents, Harrison Ford, in the new Indiana Jones. Plus, LBJ's and FDR's Jewish descendents.
*A Bridge Too Far? The Namesake* and the Intermarriage Question** By Suzanne Koven
The Namesake deals with identity and interfaith affairs in an Indian-American family, but the Gangulis are little different from the Goldbergs.
The Jew Who Loved a Nazi By Alizah Salario
In Black Book, a spy for the Dutch resistance falls for a German officer. Does their improbable relationship have anything to say to modern interfaith couples?

	A Weak Attempt at Biblical Feminism By Jasmin Singer
A new novel is told, in part, from the viewpoint of Ruth, history's most famous convert.