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July 13, 2006

The Right Choice

Rob Eshman July 13, 2006

When you want to avoid a confrontation over Israel sometimes it\’s best to act like an Israeli. So I shrugged and made that annoying little clicking sound with my tongue and teeth. She waited for a longer answer, but I hadn\’t had my coffee. In a world where people get their news 24 hours a day, there is the expectation that other people actually want to talk about it 24 hours a day. I don\’t. Especially with someone whose mind is already made up.\n

Keeping Your Head If Your Child Intermarries

Jewish Journal July 13, 2006

When you first learn that your child is — or might be — marrying someone who\’s not Jewish, you may not feel like celebrating. This can be a difficult and stressful occasion instead of the joyous one you had hoped for. To help you, here are a series of tips from people whose children have intermarried, as well as from outreach professionals and counselors.\n

A Mother’s Pride

Susan Freudenheim July 13, 2006

My daughter Rachel is a Jewish American girl from China. She is not the only Asian girl in her school — there are three, all adopted (two from China, one from Vietnam) — and she says she feels no different from anyone else. But among the mix of mostly Ashkenazi and Sephardic Jews that make up our community, she adds a special spice. And in her own discreet style, I believe she has helped teach her friends to be colorblind in ways that could last a lifetime.

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