Strangers to the Tribe: Portraits of Interfaith Marriage
By Gabrielle Glaser.
Description
Joshua Steinberg wears his Jewish identity proudly. His Catholic wife, Maura Fitzsimmons, is strongly attached to her Irish roots. For years, Josh's parents referred to Maura only as "the Catholic." How do Maura and Josh cope? Rebecca Grodin is the only child of two Holocaust survivors, haunted by the events that shaped her parents' lives. Her husband, Rick O'Neill, a Methodist of Irish-Italian descent, grew up in what he calls a "casually anti-Semitic" family. When he converts to Judaism, his relatives become even more alienated from him and his wife. In ...
ISBN(s)
0395727766, 9780395727768
