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There's an Easter Egg on Your Seder Plate Surviving Your Child's Interfaith Marriage

Steven Carr Reuben

Book Code: C9339

ISBN: 0-275-99339-6

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-99339-9

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220 pages

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 11/30/2007

List Price: $44.95 (UK Sterling Price: £25.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

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Reviews:

This is a terrific book dealing with the problem of interfaith marriage....Although the author is a rabbi, his advice and insights apply to all religions. His main message is tolerance and keeping the family ties with a child, even when he or she weds outside your religion. Reuben is a very wise man with sage advice or those facing this kind of crisis. The chapters deal with such things as interfaith dating, interfaith marriage, how to relate to your grandchildren, prejudice against strangers, how to stay in loving touch after your child leaves your religion, how to deal with your grandchildren being raised in another religion, how to handle your child's divorce, and many other important topics....This book will be very important for those facing the kinds of problems mentioned above. Reuben's advice is spot on. He has great insight into the feelings and problems that interfaith issues bring up and wisdom in how to deal with them.
—MultiCultural Review Fall 2008

Endorsement From Lisa Rojany Buccieri,
Publisher and Book Packager: As I read this funny, wise, smart book, I realized that there were a dozen couples I knew who could have used a book like this for themselves and their interfaith families. Refusing to embrace politically correct rhetoric or dance around the issues, Rabbi Reuben manages to enter the dialogue on intercultural unions with reason, calm, and lots of practical advice. This is one book that belongs on the shelves of everyone involved in an interfaith or even same-gender marriage.
Endorsement From Ellen F. Davis,
Professor of Bible and Practical Theology Duke Divinity School: Reading this book is like sitting and talking with someone who is wise, experienced, and kind. Although Rabbi Reuben does not simplify a situation that is inevitably complex and often fraught with tension, he offers a perspective, and also practical advice, that may help parents and their children to grow in love, mutual respect, and even in faith.
Endorsement From Ronnie Friedland, Web Magazine Editor, InterfaithFamily.com: A wise, humane and very helpful book for every parent (Jewish or not) whose child is intermarrying. Reuben takes you through the announcement of the engagement, the wedding planning, dealing with in-laws and with your child. He anticipates the pain, loss, guilt and confusion parents might feel and offers wisdom about what perspective to take on it and on how to keep the main focus where it should be: on preserving a loving relationship with your adult child. As a parent whose child recently intermarried, I know how helpful this book can be.

Description: In the last two decades, interfaith marriage has emerged as one of the primary cultural realities of North American religious life. While the numbers of interfaith marriages continue their pattern of steady growth, so does the demand for practical, supportive, non-judgmental advice to help ease the emotional pain and bewilderment so often experienced by the parents of interfaith couples. The parents are often the least prepared to cope with the wide range of spiritual, emotional, and family issues interfaith marriages inevitably provoke, yet few books address the concerns, fears, and anxieties of parents of children entering such marriages. Most parents want their children to be happy, to find loving, supportive, nurturing, sensitive and caring marital partners. But they also very often have an unspoken and unacknowledged need to see their own values and beliefs perpetuated into the next generation and beyond. Thus, confronting the stark reality of interfaith marriage raises deep-seated feelings of guilt, failure, loss and pain for the millions of parents whose children are making those marital choices every day. This book is a practical guide for parents whose children intermarry. It draws upon Rabbi Reuben's personal experiences officiating at over a thousand interfaith weddings. The author imparts the lessons he has learned for helping parents create loving, supportive, and successful relationships with their own children, their new son- or daughter-in-law, and their new interfaith in-laws, without compromising the integrity of their own dearly-held beliefs and faith. In addition, he incorporates anecdotal experiences of parents who have shared their own formulas for successfully coping with the day-to-day issues of maintaining the best relationship with their children. And he includes stories from same-sex unions as well. Written for people of various faiths across the religious spectrum, this book is a valuable source of information, guidance, and support. It speaks directly to parents, with concrete practical suggestions about how to maintain the best possible relationship with their children--and be a positive influence upon their grandchildren.

LC Card Number: 2007030220

LCC Class: HQ1031

Dewey Class: 306

PDF Catalogs:
Praeger Religion Catalog 2008.pdf	Praeger Public Library Spring 2008.pdf


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