A Michigan Yankee in Israel’s Court
It turns out that she has a strong allegiance to another country — Israel. Since our interfaith relationship...
I’m Catholic and She’s Jewish Yet I’m Optimistic About Our Future
Within a month of my first date with Sarah, she invited me to attend her family’s seder (ritual Passover...
We Have Similar Personalities, Passions and Beliefs, but Different Religions
Jon and I met last spring at a voter registration drive in Harlem. As we worked that day we began to chat, and...
Sikh and Jew: East Meets West
A new marriage trend has emerged in the last few years: some Jews are marrying not only outside of Judaism,...
Why Do Jews Marry Catholics?
A recent landmark study of Americans’ religious behavior confirmed what many observers of interfaith marriage...
Cultural Differences and Value Similarities: How We Deal with It All
First the most obvious differences: he’s black, I’m white; he grew up in the South (Miami, Fla.,),...
Having a Yahrzeit For My Lutheran Dad
I formally converted to Judaism one month after I lost my father and two weeks before getting married.
I hadn’t...
The Wrong Lessons
In the 1987 classic fractured fairy tale, The Princess Bride, as the dwarf genius, Vizzini (Wallace Shawn),...
Please Stop Asking if My Daughter’s Boyfriend Is Jewish
My 22-year-old daughter is seriously involved with a wonderful guy. He’s smart, funny, kind, and they just...
Dating, Identity, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Relationships
Managing a Mixed Marriage of Red Sox and Yankee Fans
A few years ago, my family traveled to Washington for a short vacation. One of my dearest friends, Patty, who...
The Perfect Recipe
My husband and I fell in love in the spring of 2004. We were taking quick cover from an outburst of afternoon...
Shabbat Unbound
Many years ago I was in a book club and read a collection of essays called Righteous Indignation: A Jewish Call...
We Chose Love with a Full Moon Ritual
The moon has recently become new, and therefore our Jewish calendar has just transitioned to the month of Av,...
Key Ingredients for a Lasting Interfaith Marriage
When my husband and I first started dating I was what you might call a serial monogamist—I had a string of...
Our Most Important Difference
I had been living at Moishe Kavod House (a home-based Jewish community for young adults) for about a month...
Dating, Identity, Multiracial, Race, Relationship Challenges, Relationships, Religion
Judaism Without Walls
Jared and his (now) wife Laurie being married by Rabbi Lev Baesh on Laurie’s parents’ farm in Pennsylvania
Why...
Why I Waited for Interfaith Love
It took me 20 years to find the love of my life. If you told me 10 years ago, or even 15 years ago that I’d...
Dating, Growing Up Interfaith, Identity, Love, Relationships, Religion
The End of One LGBT Journey is the Beginning of Another
Throughout my life, I was a person in search of a religion to call my own. Born in the United Kingdom to a...
Why I Chose To Be Jewish
When my family moved to Pittsburgh, my son was 10 weeks old and my husband was entering into a grueling six-year...
I’m Down with Shabbat… After I Look Up What It Is
Like his other mother, my 4-month old son Sam is Jewish. I am not. I was born and raised Catholic. My mother...
Being Jewish (and Buddhist and Christian and Chinese)
A good story is supposed to have a beginning, middle and end, right? Well, this story about being Jewish...
Identity, Jewish Buddhist Relationships, Jewish Chinese Relationships, Jews of Color, Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Stories
The Mikveh Is Better Together
As a young Jew raised in a secular home, I never imagined that being in a committed relationship with someone...
You Got That from Me—and My Mother
Leigh & her mom circa 1976
After belting out an energetic rendition of “The Bare Necessities” recently,...
Passover in Morocco, Iceland and Beyond
Growing up with a dad who was a Navy pilot, my family celebrated Jewish holidays in some pretty far-flung places...
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