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 Books
  • Azoulay, Katya Gibel. (1997). Black, Jewish and Interracial: It's Not the Color of Your Skin, but the Race of your Kin, and Other Myths of Identity. Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
  • Cowan, Paul and Rachel. ((1987). Mixed Blessings: Overcoming the Stumbling Blocks in an Interfaith Marriage. Penguin Books; New York, NY.
  • Crohn, Joel, Ph.D. (1995). Mixed Matches: How to Create Successful Interracial, Interethnic and Interfaith Relationships. Ballantine Books; New York, NY.
  • Friedland, Ronnie; Case, Edmund. (2001). The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An Interfaith Family.com handbook. Jewish Lights Publishing: Woodstock, VT.
  • Glaser, Gabrielle. (1997). Strangers to the Tribe: Portraits of Interfaith Marriage. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company.
  • Goodman-Malamuth, Leslie; Margolis, Robin. (1992). Between two worlds: Choices for Grown Children of Jewish-Christian Parents. Pocket Books.
  • Hawxhurst, Joan C. (1998). The Interfaith family Guidebook: Practical Advice for Jewish and Christian Partners. Dovetail Publishing: Kalamazoo, MI.
  • Jacobs, Sidney J.; Betty J. (1985). Cues about Jews for people who aren't. Culver City, CA: Jacobs Ladder.
  • King, Andrea. (1993). If I'm Jewish and you are Christian, what are the kids? New York: UAHC Press.
  • Klein, Daniel M.; Vuijst, Freke. (2000). The half-Jewish book: A celebration. Villard Books: New York, NY.
  • Levin, Sunie. (1992). Mingled Roots: A Guide for Jewish Grandparents of Interfaith Grandchildren. B'nai Brith Women: Washington, DC.
  • Mayer, Egon. (1987). Love and Tradition: Marriage between Jews and Christians. Schocken Books: New York, NY. with Rela Mintz Gefen. The Ripple Effect: Interfaith Families Speak Out. Published by B'nai B'rith Center for Jewish Identity and the Jewish Outreach Institute.
  • McClain, Ellen Jaffe. (1999). Embracing the Stranger: Intermarriage and the Future of the American Jewish Community. Basic Books:
  • Petsonk, Judy; Remsen, Jim. (1988). The Intermarriage Handbook: A Guide for Jews and Christians. Quill/William Morrow: New York, NY.
  • Reuben, Steven Carr (1994). Making interfaith marriage work. Rocklin, CA: Pima Publishing.
  • (1987). But how will you raise the children? (Out of print)
  • Schneider, Susan Weidman. (1989). Intermarriage: The challenge of living with differences between Christians and Jews. The Free Press/Macmillan; New York, NY.
  • Walker, Rebecca (2001). Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self. Riverhead Books: New York, NY.
  • Weiss, Vicki and Block, Jennifer (2000). What to do when you're dating a Jew. Three Rivers Press: New York, NY.
 Videos
  • "When Love Meets Tradition"
    UAHC (30 min)
    Follows a group of interfaith couples in a Times and Seasons workshop (discussion group) as they explore the questions around their two religions. Honest and at times painful.

  • "Interlove Story"
    Anne Flatte (9 min) $40
    A gentle and loving look at the filmmaker's parents as she struggles with her own interfaith love.

  • "Shifting Traditions"
    Brett Schwartz (22 min) $40
    A documentary interviewing three couples at three different stages of their interfaith relationships. The film maker also interviews two rabbis with different perspectives on interfaith marriage.

  • "Double Roots"
    Madeleine Adkins (1 hour) (in production)
    Documentary by a woman who grew up in an interfaith home. She interviews other adults from interfaith marriages on a variety of subjects from identity, personal spiritual, family and community.



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