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Life The Secret to Making My Mixed Marriage Work
“I know my husband uses the microwave on Shabbat,” a friend told me, after I shared my story of being in a mixed secular-religious marriage, “but he makes sure to do it while I’m out of the house at shul.” While this bifurcated approach may work in the short term, where the less observant partner…
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Life I’m in a Secret Mixed Marriage — Even Our Kids Don’t Know
Editor’s note: The author asked to use a pseudonym because her Orthodox community does not know about her lack of religious observance. When I met my husband, I still believed in God. I wasn’t as committed in the demonstrations of my belief as he was in his, but it existed, surely. I was raised in…
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Life I’m In a Mixed Marriage — and It’s Not What You Think
I have a confession to make: I’m in a mixed marriage. But not the kind you usually think of when you hear the term, which conjures up images of countless Tevyes sitting shiva. These days – and in Israel, in particular – “mixed marriage” refers not so much to two people of different religions, but…
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News Israel’s Mixed Couples Try To Maintain Family ‘Bubble’ During Wartime
Fadhi Galine was born in Gaza. But he has limited interest in the latest conflict, which has seen Israel conducting airstrikes and a ground operation in the coastal enclave, generating numerous civilian casualties. “It doesn’t interest me what happens. My life is home-work, work-home,” said Galine, a 29-year-old chef whose family moved to Israel when…
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