Guide To Jewish Interfaith Family Life

Author : Ronnie Friedland,Edmund Case
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Children of interfaith marriage
ISBN : 1580231535

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The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life by Ronnie Friedland,Edmund Case Pdf

Practical ideas, wisdom, and encouragement on strengthening interfaith relationships from the experts--those involved in and with them. "This is a book about my family. And about your family, too. But truly, this is a book about the entire Jewish community and its future.... A generation ago, my family constellation might have been seen as an aberration. Today we are typical. Which is why this book is so timely, and so important. The essays in this book describe the life and challenges of the Jewish family at the start of the twenty-first century. And although there are dilemmas and problems on these pages, there are also helpful strategies and spiritual epiphanies. There is wisdom, humor, and hope." --from the Foreword by Anita Diamant In this first-of-its-kind resource, Jewish and non-Jewish members of interfaith families--grandparents, parents, children, dating and committed couples, Jews-by-Choice, and extended family members--and the rabbis, cantors, family educators, and outreach professionals who work with them, offer you their own first-hand experience. An ideal gift, this book offers essential support for families of any constellation who are exploring Jewish life while respecting the heritage and traditions of those they love.

Author : Kerry M. Olitzky
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-08-25
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781580235006

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Making a Successful Jewish Interfaith Marriage by Kerry M. Olitzky Pdf

Straightforward and nonjudgmental advice for dating couples, partners, husbands and wives, in-laws, counselors and others. Interfaith relationships are commonplace; the challenges that go along with them are not. An interfaith couple will have to confront tough questions, yet it’s often difficult to find answers, especially when traditional sources of help—family, friends, clergy and counselors—are unable or unwilling to understand the problems. From a Jewish perspective, this book guides interfaith couples at any stage of their relationship—from dating and engagement, to the wedding and marriage—and the people who are affected by their relationship in any way, including their families and counselors who work with interfaith couples. While making no judgments or dictating answers, and supporting individual choice, topics covered include: What is an intermarriage? Why do people intermarry? When do you bring up the subject of religion? What is conversion and is it necessary? When do you discuss and decide how children will be raised? ... and much more!

Author : Kerry M. Olitzky,Joan Peterson Littman
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Page : 179 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781580231701

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Making a Successful Jewish Interfaith Marriage by Kerry M. Olitzky,Joan Peterson Littman Pdf

Straightforward and nonjudgmental advice for dating couples, partners, husbands and wives, in-laws, counselors and others. Interfaith relationships are commonplace; the challenges that go along with them are not. An interfaith couple will have to confront tough questions, yet it's often difficult to find answers, especially when traditional sources of help--family, friends, clergy and counselors--are unable or unwilling to understand the problems. > From a Jewish perspective, this book guides interfaith couples at any stage of their relationship--from dating and engagement, to the wedding and marriage--and the people who are affected by their relationship in any way, including their families and counselors who work with interfaith couples. While making no judgments or dictating answers, and supporting individual choice, topics covered include: What is an intermarriage? Why do people intermarry? When do you bring up the subject of religion? What is conversion and is it necessary? When do you discuss and decide how children will be raised? ... and much more!

Author : Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-04-23
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580235969

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Introducing My Faith and My Community by Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky Pdf

You can understand your Jewish friends and loved ones more fully. A hands-on guide to the most important questions. Introducing My Faith and My Communityprovides an introduction to both the basics and complexities of Judaism and Jewish life through the lens of an interfaith relationship. Rather than providing stock answers to questions about Jewish rituals or values, or giving a broad overview of Jewish history and theology, Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky addresses topics that will encourage understanding and stimulate discussion between you and your Jewish partner, relative, or friend. Topics include: Beliefs, Religion, and the Place of God in the Jewish Faith Study, Learning, and Charity as Core Values in Jewish Life Food, Holidays, Humor, and Ethnicity as Part of Jewish Culture The Importance of Synagogue, Israel, and Community to American Jews

Author : Rabbi Steven Reuben
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002-04-25
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781401034047

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A Nonjudgmental Guide to Interfaith Marriage by Rabbi Steven Reuben Pdf

Every day Americans of different faiths fall in love, decide to marry, and are suddenly faced with a bewildering array of pressures, choices and conflicts. Rabbi Steven Carr Reuben offers down-to-earth advice to help couples of all faiths find their own solutions to sensitive issues, from talking about religious differences to deciding how to raise the children. Drawing upon 25 years of counseling experience, he shares the real life stories of couples who have met the challenges of interfaith relationships. This unique, nonjudgmental guide will help you learn how to discuss religion, talk to parents, choose a ceremony that's right for you, celebrate differences, create your own unique religious lifestyle, celebrate life as a "team marriage," learn how to discuss sensitive issues in advance and discover the joy of creating a life filled with mutual fulfillment, understanding and love.

Author : Kerry M. Olitzky
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781580231923

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Introducing My Faith and My Community by Kerry M. Olitzky Pdf

"This guide will introduce you to Judaism in easy-to-understand terms and language. Whether you are married to or dating a Jewish man or woman, or are the parent, sibling, or friend of someone in an interfaith relationship, you will find this book to be a thorough and accessible entry to the Jewish faith and the cultural and social institutions of the Jewish world in America. Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky speaks directly to you, a person who stands on the periphery of Jewish culture and is only now beginning to move into the circle of Jewish faith and life."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Andrea King
Publisher : Behrman House Publishing
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : STANFORD:36105020314311

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If I'm Jewish and You're Christian, what are the Kids? by Andrea King Pdf

Tracks the development of two composite families through the lifecycle process and compares how the manage challenges.

Author : Jane Kaplan
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781596271524

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Interfaith Families by Jane Kaplan Pdf

As the number of Jewish-Christian marriages in America continue to rise, couples find themselves searching for ways to reconcile love and religion. Even when each partner has no particular religious life, they are confronted with related conflicts. Should children be raised in one faith and not the other? Who decides which holidays to celebrate and how? How can couples deal with extended family members who may not understand or accept their interfaith marriage? Readers will find and array of reactions and approaches as the couples profiled in this book describe how they tacked these topics. Each personal narrative offers fresh insight into interfaith families by giving examples of the successes and failures, struggles and triumphs of everyday situations and major life decisions.

Author : Sanford Seltzer
Publisher : New York : Union of American Hebrew Congregations
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X001076033

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Jews and Non-Jews, Falling in Love by Sanford Seltzer Pdf

Author : Anita Diamant
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781580232517

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The New Jewish Baby Book by Anita Diamant Pdf

The practical, inspiring guide for all Jewish people expecting a baby. Expanded, updated, and revised. A complete resource to the traditions and rituals for welcoming a new child to the world and into the Jewish community, and for commemorating this joyous event in family life--whatever your family constellation. Provides ceremonies you can copy for handouts so that guests are an even greater part of the experience. Special section for interfaith families helps make the celebrations inclusive, comfortable, and joyous for all. Ceremonies for girls, as well as for boys. "Drawn from the wealth of mythic, historic, religious, culinary, and literary traditions that surround the arrival of a new Jewish baby, and informed by contemporary insight and practice, The New Jewish Baby Book describes the many ways that new parents can celebrate the arrival of a child, the newest member of your extended families, and a unique and precious chapter in the on-going saga of the Jewish people." --from the Introduction

Author : Lee F. Gruzen,Eric Weber
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2001-07-23
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1557044147

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Raising Your Jewish/Christian Child by Lee F. Gruzen,Eric Weber Pdf

In this completely revised, second edition of the “thoughtful and pioneering guide” (Library Journal), Lee Gruzen tackles the problems and challenges of blending both Jewish and Christian faiths into the lives of children of interfaith marriages. Based on hundreds of interviews, as well as the author’s extensive research and personal experience, this acclaimed book discusses many issues important to interfaith families: talking with children about God, planning ceremonies, celebrating holidays, establishing healthy relationships with grandparents, developing a sense of self and belonging, and more. Written with honesty and warmth, it offers a wealth of insight into the complicated feelings and loyalties that parents, children, grandparents, and clergy bring to the subject of raising Jewish/Christian children.

Author : Susan Katz Miller
Publisher : Beacon Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-22
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9780807013205

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Being Both by Susan Katz Miller Pdf

A book on the growing number of interfaith families raising children in two religions Susan Katz Miller grew up with a Jewish father and Christian mother, and was raised Jewish. Now in an interfaith marriage herself, she is a leader in the growing movement of families electing to raise children in both religions, rather than in one religion or the other (or without religion). Miller draws on original surveys and interviews with parents, students, teachers, and clergy, as well as on her own journey, in chronicling this grassroots movement. Being Both is a book for couples and families considering this pathway, and for the clergy and extended family who want to support them. Miller offers inspiration and reassurance for parents exploring the unique benefits and challenges of dual-faith education, and she rebuts many of the common myths about raising children with two faiths. Being Both heralds a new America of inevitable racial, ethnic, and religious intermarriage, and asks couples who choose both religions to celebrate this decision.

Author : Penina Villenchik Adelman,Ali Feldman,Shulamit Reinharz
Publisher : Jewish Lights Publishing
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 9781580232159

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The Jgirl's Guide by Penina Villenchik Adelman,Ali Feldman,Shulamit Reinharz Pdf

The JGirls Guide is an inspirational, interactive book designed to help pre-teen Jewish girls address the spiritual, educational, and psychological issues surrounding coming of age in today's society. Topics include: - Ideals of beauty- Friendship- Sexuality- Dealing with parents- Attitudes toward eating- Coping with stress and indentity

Author : Jane Kaplan
Publisher : Church Publishing, Inc.
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2005-06
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 159627011X

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Interfaith Families by Jane Kaplan Pdf

As the number of Jewish-Christian marriages in America continue to rise, couples find themselves searching for ways to reconcile love and religion. Even when each partner has no particular religious life, they are confronted with related conflicts. Should children be raised in one faith and not the other? Who decides which holidays to celebrate and how? How can couples deal with extended family members who may not understand or accept their interfaith marriage? Readers will find and array of reactions and approaches as the couples profiled in this book describe how they tacked these topics. Each personal narrative offers fresh insight into interfaith families by giving examples of the successes and failures, struggles and triumphs of everyday situations and major life decisions.

Author : Eliyahu Kitov
Publisher : Feldheim Publishers
Page : 568 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1583307117

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The Jew and His Home by Eliyahu Kitov Pdf

A new edition, revised and greatly expanded, of Eliyahu Kitov's acclaimed and beloved classic on Jewish family life. The vital wisdom and life-giving strength of traditional Jewish teaching is reflected in the wealth of topics: Jewish marriage, harmony in the home, the meaning of modesty, raising children, kashrus, and much more. Every Jewish home and family will be strengthened and inspired by this book.