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by Holly Lebowitz Rossi
Wendy, 32, and Joe, 37, had been dating nearly a year before their divergent faiths first gave them pause.“So, what are they like?” Wendy, who was raised Christian, but now describes herself as “spiritual, verging on pagan,” asked Joe, who is Jewish, over dinner one night. For weeks, the two had been planning to have dinner at the home of another couple that coming Friday—close family friends of Joe’s—whom Wendy was excited to finally meet.
“Um,” Joe hesitated. It was rare that he was at a loss for words, but now he looked distinctly uncomfortable.
“There’s kind of been a change of plans.”
“Oh, did something come up for them?” asked Wendy.
“Well,” stammered Joe, “I told them about you. You know, that you weren’t Jewish. And…well, they said it’s Shabbat, the Sabbath, and they can’t really have anyone who’s not Jewish at the table,” he trailed off.
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1 Stop Settling for So-So Sex! // Feb 20, 2008 at 1:58 pm
[…] are critical indicators of compatibility: he doesn’t want kids and you do. Or his deeply held religious convictions don’t mesh with your […]
2 Chuck // Dec 19, 2007 at 2:34 am
My religion is love, I love my mother, partner, sister, and my match! If we have everything except love, then we are only mummy, like a slogan of My Biker Date: “All we need is love!”
3 Marilyn // Dec 16, 2007 at 3:12 pm
Trying to live to the ideals of two religions is frustrating. For 5 years I’ve been pagan and for 3, I’ve tried to conceal my beliefs in a church and just appreciate what I can — the music, architecture, etc. — but it was incredibly rough on me and I had a hard time believing in my religion.
Children, in my opinion, until age 13 don’t have the capacity for abstract thought needed to make decisions in religion and ethics on their own, but they also are individuals with personalities and a personal set of life experiences. They should be let to explore religion at their own will but not held to anything.
4 maggie hertz // Nov 18, 2007 at 7:43 am
I been married three times to jewish man and divorced I think religion has nothing to do with love and respect.
5 maggie hertz // Nov 18, 2007 at 7:43 am
I been married three times to jewish man and divorced I think religion has nothing to do with love and respect.
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