Book Review: The Last Chinese Chef
Do not read this book before dinner, or you are likely to be disappointed with your meal.Similarly, do not read...
Jew Class and Korean Pancakes
1105
My father is upset that I am teaching my boyfriend to be Jewish. We have even signed up for what...
Tribal vs. Covenantal Jewish Identity
As I reflect on the millennial span of Jewish history, it seems clear to me that the tension between the efforts...
Integrating My Identities in Israel
369
My mother is an Italian Catholic from the immigrant enclave of lower Manhattan. My father, a Jew of...
Star/Crossed: Jewish Stories from an Interfaith Life: Havdalah
“Star/Crossed: Jewish Stories from an Interfaith Life” is Andi Rosenthal’s monthly column about...
Talking about Baby Jesus
284
One stylish young mother, a Jewish woman in an interfaith marriage, signed up for my Jewish parenting...
I Embraced Being Jewish, Despite the Odds
702
Growing up in an interfaith family was overwhelmingly positive, though my sister and I joke that we’re...
A Grandparent’s Legacy
What is our role in the interfaith family unit? We are not just the grandparents; we are the Jewish grandparents....
How My Italian-American Catholic Mother Strengthened My Jewish Identity: Lessons in Intermarriage
369
Interfaith marriage has always been a salient topic for my family. My mother, an Italian Catholic,...
My Grandfather’s Holocaust Stories
“I knew one little girl who tried to hide herself after her parents were killed,” my grandfather told me, “She...
Being “Both”: Claiming Dual Identity as a Biracial Jew
519
Originally published June 6, 2006. Republished February 27, 2013.
I am a ballet dancer turned psychotherapist....
An Affiliated Catholic Talks about Stereotypes
This kind of connection often makes me a shlicha (Hebrew, someone sent to teach or represent) between communities....
Coming Out to My Co-Workers
762
When Manny and I told our families we were getting married they were not surprised. We had taken seven...
Holiday au Lait
Irony intrudes on life, speaking more eloquently than I ever could. As I began editing a rough draft of this...
Bat Mitzvah… Then What?
It was like climbing a mountain in high heels, those weeks leading up to the bat mitzvah service. After a year...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Identity, Jewish Catholic Relationships, Multiracial, Parenting, Parenting Stories
Jefferson Airplane Guitarist Searches for His Jewish Soul
157
March 9, 2006
Reprinted from the New Jersey Jewish Standard with permission of the author.
Jorma Kaukonen...
Choosing to Convert, Yet Hesitant
I will never forget the conversation I had with a rabbi soon after I made the decision to convert to Judaism....
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