Dispatches from DivorceLand: How to Cope with Religious Difference
The Forward took a look this week at an unusual custody case in Kansas that is pitting a Reform Jewish father against his Orthodox ex-wife and their teenage son.
In the wake of a divorce, how do parents handle their religious differences with their ex-spouses and with children who may be more religiously observant? As these two advice columns – in Salon and Slate – make clear, it’s an issue in the broader American community. Both are taking up the same letter by a father who is struggling to figure out how to relate to his 13-year-old daughter, who is an evangelical Christian.
A message from our editor-in-chief Jodi Rudoren
We're building on 127 years of independent journalism to help you develop deeper connections to what it means to be Jewish today.
With so much at stake for the Jewish people right now — war, rising antisemitism, a high-stakes U.S. presidential election — American Jews depend on the Forward's perspective, integrity and courage.
— Jodi Rudoren, Editor-in-Chief
