The Forward Archives: She Loves a Christian—Should She Marry Him?
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In 1930, a 22-year-old Jewish woman penned a note to the Forward to ask for some dating advice. She was falling for a Christian man, but her strict Orthodox parents had threatened to disown her if she married a non-Jew.
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Columnist Polly Lerner responded with her take.
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