Harold S. Berman lives with his wife and children in Efrat, Israel. He and his wife co-authored “Doublelife” One Family, Two Faiths
and a Journey of Hope” about their “intermarriage gone Jewish” and are at work on “Women Over the Line,” chronicling the lives of
women converts living over the Green Line.
Harold Berman
By Harold Berman
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Community When Converts Are Commodities
If my Facebook feed is any guide, converts to Judaism are commodities, not human beings. In countless posts, and in real life too, born Jews of all stripes opine about — depending on their ideological outlook — whether particular converts have met proper conversion standards, or whether there should be any standards at all. Not…
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The Schmooze From Intermarried Couple to Observant Jewish Family
Earlier this week, Gayle Redlingshafer Berman wrote about mourning the loss of a non-Jewish parent. Today we hear from Gayle’s co-author, her husband Harold Berman, the former Executive Director of the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts. Gayle and Harold are the co-authors of “Doublelife: One Family, Two Faiths and a Journey of Hope.” Their blog…
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Opinion Why a Rabbi Should Not Marry Outside the Faith
When Jews choose to become Jewish leaders, their actions leave the realm of private decisions rendered for their personal benefit and become public decisions that carry deep symbolic and practical significance for us all. Of course, not everyone agrees. Rabbi Ellen Lippmann recently described in these pages her experience as an intermarried rabbi, arguing that…
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