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By Rabbi Arthur Nemitoff

Divorce is hard enough without factoring in religion. How can faith be a help, not a hindrance, to an amicable break-up?

By Laurie Nodie

She brought Christmas to her new husband's Jewish family, and his first wife isn't happy.

By Felice Indindoli Bochman

The divorced daughter of an interfaith couple struggles with what to tell her daughters about religion.

	Interfaith Utopia By Alizah Salario
Whe she decided to have a Bat Mitzvah, her mother told her, "You know, you're Greek Orthodox too."
	Pray It Again, Kid: Blessings from a Precocious Child By Janet Silver Ghent
What does a bubbe say about her faith to her evangelical grandchildren?
	After Divorce: Will the Children Still Be Raised Jewish? By Ellen Schur Brown
What happens when agreements over children break down during the break-up?
	Jewish Life After the Split Interview by Ronnie Friedland
Four years ago, Elizabeth Baer's son wondered whether his dad would show up for his Bar Mitzvah. Find out how it turned out.

"In the Mix": Should Rabbis Say "I Do" to Interfaith Weddings? By Julie Wiener
Rabbinic officiation at intermarriages is the new flashpoint in the liberal Jewish community.
Humanistic Disciples Mourn Their Founder Killed in a Car Accident By Ben Harris
Sherwin Wine, the rabbi who made it OK for Jews not to believe in God, died last week.

Interfaith Celebrities: Becks and "Sex" By Nate Bloom
David Beckham, whose maternal grandfather was Jewish, makes his stateside soccer debut. Plus, the latest on the "Sex and the City" movie and its ladies' interfaith connections.
	Just an Ordinary Jew? By Suzanne Koven
In a new film, a chain-smoking divorcé rants over the relationship between his German identity and his Jewish self.

Making a Godly Mess By Ron Lux
Yearnings, Irwin Kula's best-selling book on spirituality, needs more editing and less "Oprah."
Anti-Semitism Undertow By Tracy Hahn-Burkett
Masquerading as a beach read, Anita Shreve's Body Surfing sifts the sands of class-based anti-Semitism.
147 Ways to Be Jewish By Jesse Tisch
In a tribute to Danny Pearl, celebrities from Tom Friedman to Kerri Strug discuss what Judaism means to them.