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VOLUME 15, #4 - Summer 2007
"How Great is God? Interfaith Marriage as a Model for the World"
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VOLUME 1

Vol. 1 #5
Grandparents of Interfaith Children
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Forum: When Your Grandchild Celebrates a Different Faith
Profile: Edith S. Engel, Reconciling Jewish and Catholic Grandchildren
Numbers: Intermarriage from the Perspective of B'nai B'rith Women
Program: Interfaith Group in California's Bay Area
Review: Mingled Roots: A Guide for Jewish Grandparents of Interfaith Grandchildren
Uniting Two Families
Review: Resources for Easter and Passover.
How can we be involved in our grandchildrens' lives?

VOLUME 2

Vol. 2 #1
Religious Education: How to Decide
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Forum: Religious Identity of Interfaith Children?
Program: Minneapolis Interfaith Support Group
Profile: Libby Gutterman, Raising Jewish Children
Bringing Up Bubba
Helpful Books
Review: One God
Studying Children of Intermarriage

Vol. 2 #5
Intermarried Clergy: Special Harmony
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Forum: Interfaith Clergy Marriages
Profile: Emily Blank & Ralph Gonichelis
Letters and Questions
Other Religious Options
Program: Interfaith Clergy
Resources: Fiction

Vol. 2 #6
Adult Children Share their Stories
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Forum: Grown Interfaith Children
Opinion: Interfaith Generations
Research: College-Age Children of Intermarriage
Profile: Noah Saunders
Program: More on an Interfaith Sunday School
Reader Survey

VOLUME 3

Vol. 3 #3
Seeking Therapy: When You Need Help
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Forum: When Therapy Helps
For Professionals. Culture & Communication
Profile: Rita Tomkins
Program: Bifaithful Families and Children Network
December Dilemma
Resources

Vol. 3 #4
Death in An Interfaith Family
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Tie that Unbinds
Estate Planning
Two Faith Grieve Together
Block 53, Section C, Plot 7
Resources on Mourning
Survey Results
Reader Survey II

Vol. 3 #6
Coming of Age in an Interfaith Family
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Thoughts from Midstream
Interfaith Teenager's Story
Multi-Cultural Bar Mitzvah
Services for the Unaffiliated
Thanksgiving Bar Mitzvah
Research: Effects of Interfaith Marriage on Children
Resources to Help Plan a Ceremony
Profile: Eric Kohlmeier & Elizabeth Galderisi-Kohlmeier
Resource for Interfaith Teens

VOLUME 4

Vol. 4 #1
Divorce & Adoption
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Clergy Opinion
A Tale of Two Religions
Mediation in Interfaith Divorce
Adoption in an Interfaith Family
Program: Washington, DC
Results of Reader Survey II

Vol. 4 #4
Wedding Ceremonies: Insights & Advice
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Couples Look Back
Planning Our Interfaith Wedding
Reflecting on Our Ceremony
A Minister Speaks
A Rabbi Speaks
Reader Survey III

Vol. 4, #5
How Jewish Institutions are Responding
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Interfaith Children in Jewish Schools
Bar Mitzvah Speech
Debating Internet Rabbis
View from Inside the Synagogue
Response to the Jewish Ledger
Intermarriage Statistics

Vol. 4, #6
Raising Children in Two Faiths
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New Circle of Awareness
Raising Children in Both Faiths
What Does It Mean to Raise Them in Both?
Struggling to Come Together
Study of Faith Formation in Interfaith Kids
Review: How Do You Spell God?

VOLUME 5

Vol. 5, #1
Interfaith Families Worshiping Together
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Jewish-Christian Services
Creating an Interfaith Liturgy
A Thanksgiving Service
Music in Worship
Dances of Universal Peace
Resources for Interfaith Worship
Worship Etiquette

Vol. 5, #3
Choosing A Single Faith
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Choosing Judaism
Choosing Christianity
Understanding the Different Approaches
Interviews with Single-Faith Households
Raising Our Children Jewish
Program: Pathways
Food and Family
Kids' Page
Holidays and Happenings

Vol. 5, #4
Clergy Speak Out at a National Workshop
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Canon Law of the Roman Catholic Church
A Conservative Rabbi
An Episcopal Priest
A Minister in the United Church of Christ
A Roman Catholic Priest
A Reconstructionist Rabbi
Food and Family
Kids' Page
Holidays and Happenings

Vol. 5, #5
Laughter & Humor in Interfaith Families
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Laughter Therapy
Interfaith Jokes
Serious Reflections on Laughter and Religion
Interfaith Wedding Humor
Interfaith Clergy Humor
Not-So-Serious Reflections on Laughter and Religion
Food and Family
Kid's Page
Holidays & Happenings
Reader Survey
Another Reader Survey

Vol. 5, #6
Research on Interfaith Children
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Mixed Up or Just Mixed?
Interview: Eileen Smith
Further Research
Naming Children
Holidays & Happenings
Kids' Page
Seder Plate Contest Entries

VOLUME 6

Vol. 6, #1
How To Start an Interfaith Support Group
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The Group in Chicago
The Group in New Haven
The Group in Washington, DC
Review: The Vanishing American Jew
Kids' Page
Holidays and Happenings

Vol. 6, #2
Christmas & Hanukkah
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Holiday Questions Kids Ask
Star of David on Our Christmas Tre
Weaving a Household During Winter Holidays
Winter Holiday Resources
Holidays & Happenings
Kids' Page

Vol. 6, #3
Celebrating the Sabbath
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How Interfaith Families Observe
Why We Observe
Shabbat for Interfaith Families?
Holidays & Happenings
Kids' Page

Vol. 6, #4
Easter & Passover
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Spring in an Interfaith Family
Culture and Theology
How Christians Should Talk about Jews
Holidays & Happenings
How to be a Perfect Stranger
Kids' Page
Pesach and Pascha
Review: Siddur Mikor Hayyim

Vol. 6, #5
Intermarriage in History
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Biblical View of Intermarriage
Interfaith Relationships in Popular Culture
Crossing the Intermarriage Divide
A Bintel Brief
Holidays & Happenings
Kids' Page

Vol. 6, #6
Educating the Next Generation
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My Secret Life as the Child of Interfaith Parents
To Create a Jewish Child
Two Religions, One Child
Therapeutic Needs of Jewish/Christian Children
Kids' Page

VOLUME 7

Vol. 7, #1-2
Holy Winter Holidays
$5.50

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Daunting December
Simplifying Christmas
Holidays on the Internet
Review: Strangers to the Tribe
Review: How to Explain Judaism
Kids' Page
Holidays & Happenings

Vol. 7, #3
Life Patterns: Focus on Ritual
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Opportunity for Beginnings
Uses and Meaning of Ritual
Hebrew or Holy Water
Questions of Ritual
The Conference: An Overview
Holidays & Happenings
Father Edward Flannery

Vol. 7, #4
The Big Day: Planning The Wedding
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Rabbi Looks at Intermarriage
Interfaith Officiant's View
A Very Civil Ceremony
From Both Sides Now
Coping with Crises
Kids' Page
Review: With Roots in Heaven

Vol. 7, #5
Choosing Your Child's Religion
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5 Choosing Your Child's Religion
A Methodology
Just Make It!
A Different Path
A Matter of Trust
One Community's Choices
Conversation in Cyberspace
Holidays & Happenings
Review Roundup

Vol. 7, #6
Cokie & Steve Roberts: Interfaith Family Life
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One Family's Life: Steve & Cokie Roberts
From Estrangement to Reconciliation
Double Trouble
Their Own Paths
Review: Intermarriage Handbook

VOLUME 8

Vol. 8, #1
Education: Special Considerations
$5.50

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Essence of Education
Talking to Teens
Love of an Interfaith Family
Kids' Page

Vol. 8, #2
Holidays & The Extended Family
$5.50

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The Ripple Effect
They Do Get Confused
Y2 Religions
New Frontiers
Always Coming Out
Kids' Page
Holidays & Happenings
News & Views

Vol. 8, #3
"But What Am I?" Children & Interfaith Families
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Mezuzot for Children of Interfaith Families
Talking to Kids about Jesus
Choosing a Jewish Naming Ritual
Spiritual Odyssey of an Interfaith Child

Vol. 8, #4
The First Day of The Rest of Your Life:
Interfaith Weddings...and After

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Always Miracles
Resolving Wedding Conflicts
Questions to Ask Yourselves… and Each Other
Mardi Gras Masks, Purim Patterns
Holidays & Happenings
Review: Otherwise Engaged

Vol. 8, #5
Why Do They Believe That? Understanding Each Other's Religion
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Why Do You Believe That?
Intermarriage Jew in Israel
Parents' Page
Review: Every Christian's Book about Judaism
Holiday & Happenings
Review: Raising Interfaith Children
Passover Resources Roundup

Vol. 8, #6
Special Interfaith Families: Same Sex, Different Faiths
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Interfaith and Same Sex Marriages: Differences and Similarities
Conflict as Opportunity
One Family's Story

VOLUME 9

Vol. 9, #1
Religious Institutions & Interfaith Relations
$5.50

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What Lies Ahead?
Orthodox Rabbi on the Pope in Israel
Jerusalem: Where It all Began
Lutherans and Catholics
Interfaith Words of Wisdom
Catholics and Jews
Intermarriage in Australia
Review: From This Day Forward

Vol. 9, #2
Holiday Fare: The Staff of Life & The Season of Light
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Leave a Plate of Matzo for Santa
Challah Baking: Thoughts of a Christian Cook
Challah Recipe
Holidays & Happenings
Holiday Stew, Not Melting Pot
Parents' Page
Review: Not by Bread Alone
Holiday On-Line Chat

Vol 9, #3
Wedding Blessings: A New World for Interfaith Couples
$5.50

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Planning the Ceremony
Reb and Rev Talk Weddings
Seven Days-Seven Blessings
Mystery of Wedding
Review: Don't You Dare Get Married Until You Read This!
In Memoriam: Rabbi Alexander Schindler

Vol 9, #4
Life Cycles of Spring: Birth & Rebirth in Interfaith Families
$5.50

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Interfaith Birth Rituals
Transformations
Parents' Page
Easter, Esther, and the Exodus
Spring Resource Page
Easter Story Cookies
Review: What to Do When You're Dating a Jew

Vol 9, #5
A Third Option: Choosing a Common Denomination
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Progressive Christianity
Christian View of Messianic Judaism
Messianic Judaism
Jewish View of Messianic Judaism
Secular Judaism
Review: Divided Lives
Third Option Names

Vol 9, #6
The Heart of The Matter: Spirituality in Interfaith Families
$5.50

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What Does It All Mean?
A Spiritual Journey
Spiritual Abuse
Two Poems
Parents' Page

VOLUME 10

Vol 10, #1
Interfaith Resources: The Latest in Books, Tapes, and Places to Go
$5.50

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Where Can I Get Help?
Review: How to Raise Jewish Children
Review: Far Above Rubies
Review: Jewish and Something Else
Interfaith Religious School Resource
Review: Rabbis Talk About Intermarriage
Poem
Review: Being Jewish

Vol 10, #2
Holidays Across The Divide: Interfaith Families Light Candles Against The Dark
$5.50

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Rites and Rights
Holiday Season Sparkles
Over the River and Across the Highway
Christmukkah
Holiday Symbols
The Buddhist, Jewish Christmas Tree
Review: The Great Bible Adventure
Advertising Lesson
Composed on a Braided Base
Review: The Midwife's Song

Vol 10, #3
The Music of Love: Interfaith Wedding Tunes and Songs for Kids
$5.50

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Wedding Music: Christian View
Wedding Music: Jewish View
Music for Kids
Review: Common Prayers
Parents' Page

Vol 10, #4
Interfaith Marriage in Maturity: Keep It Light
$5.50

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Under and After the Canopy
Time-Tested Dual-Faith Marriage
Laughter of Soul-Mates
Planning a Funeral
Passover and Easter
The St. Bart's Seder
Guide to Passover Observance

Vol 10, #5
Interfaith Legalities: Prenups, Adoption, Divorce, Annulments, Custody
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Interfaith Prenuptial Pact
Interfaith Adoption
Overview of Jewish Divorce
"Un-Wedding" Ceremony
Child Custody
Annulments

Vol 10, #6
Grappling with Interfaith Problems: Personal & Institutional
$5.50

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When Couples Need Help
Problems with Jewish Institutions
The Question of Israel
Judaism and Catholicism
Problems in the Catholic Church
Talking About Israel
Talking About the Church

VOLUME 11

Vol 11, #1
Looking Back, Moving Forward: Dovetail's First Ten Years
$5.50

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A New Agenda
Prayers for 9?11
Surviving to Planning
From Downstream
Personal Milestones
Tides of Change
Fruits of the Journey
God's Greater Unity
A New Direction
Moving Forward

Vol 11, #2
Laughing All They Way: Winter Holiday Fun
$5.50

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History's Tricks, Religious Treats
Saying "no" to Santa
Christmas with Jewish Children
My Crosstar
Xmas Hagaddah
"I Yust Go Nuts at Christmas"
12 Distinctions of Christmas
Review: Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life
Parents' Page
Holiday Book Reviews
Holiday Gift Ideas

	Vol 11, #3 Love is a Simple Thing:Interfaith Weddings at the Core of Truth $5.50 TOC Grandparents at the Wedding Explaining Jewish Wedding Customs A Rabbi's Ceremony A Co-Officiated Ceremony First Encounter A Priest's Ceremony Review: My Big Fat Greek Wedding A Protestant Ceremony Smoothing the Planning Clashing Cultures
	Vol 11, #4 The Paschal Season: Celebrating the Spring Holidays TOC The Fifth Question Grandma's Gefilte Fish Awaiting Resurrection Dovetail on Television Doing for Dovetail
	Vol 11, #5 What Do We Do About Anger? Interfaith Couples Cope with Conflict TOC Shivah for a Daughter Passing on the Love Conflict Resolution Resources Can't Have Greek Wedding Hasidic Marriage, Protestant Family Risks of Heart and Faith Passover
	Vol 11, #6 The Ending: How Will We Handle It? Reflections by Interfaith Couples TOC On Not Knowing How to Bury My Husband Kaddish for my Father Comfort in Balance For Sadie Bearing the Blessing Christian granddaughter visits her Jewish grandmother Scapegoats
VOLUME 12
	Vol 12, #1 New Ideas, New Books, New Year for the Interfaith Family: Fall School Issue TOC Mathematical Theology Review: A People Adrift Review: Girl Meets God Guide to Tashlich Review: Making a Successful Jewish Interfaith Marriage What They Wrought Review: Treasury of Religious Humor Review: Into the Garden Color of God's Love
	Vol 12, #2 Interfaith Winter Holidays: Insights and Reflections TOC Go in Good Health The Sound of Joy One Family's Answer Evolving Traditions Review: Christmas Presence Christmas in Jewish Households Review: Holiday Books Review: Encyclopedia of Christmas The Night Before Christmas: Revised
	Vol 12, #3 Interfaith Weddings: Looking Forward and Looking Back TOC Turning Differences into Opportunities Planning an Interfaith Ceremony: Search for Balance 357 Miles to Graceland Humor Make Not Much of Us I Moved My Ice Cream Bowls to Massachusetts
	Vol 12, #4 Earth's Bounty: Food and Faith in our Interfaith Families TOC Kitchen Memories Passover in Civil War Times A Stranger Floating Review: Jewish Cooking in America Food Humor A Different Kind of Egg Hunt
	Vol 12, #5 Holidays and Holy Days Can Spotlight Crisis Points TOC Jews Thinking About Jesus Race Labels The Passion: Misportrayal of Two Religions Israel and Intermarried Couples Review: The Bible, the Jews, and the Death of Jesus Half One Review: Welcome to the Family!
	Vol 12, #6 Extending Our Reach: Cultural Diversity in the Interfaith Community TOC East Meets… and Marries! West Grandparenting Across the Cultural Gap Diversity of the DiGenovas Egon to Rest Review: Mudhouse Sabbath Celebrating Diversity
VOLUME 13
	Vol 13, #1 Angel in the House? Women's Roles in Interfaith Marriages TOC Jewish Homes, Non-Jewish Women Who Do You Think You Are? Different Gifts The Path to Harmony Review: Women Who Would Be Rabbis Review: Shiksa Holiday Gift Ideas
	Vol 13, #2 The Holiday Nexus: Asking Questions, Finding Answers TOC Intermarriage Made Me a More Committed Jew From One Grandparent to Another Making Hanukkah and Christmas Your Own Review: Interfaith Families God Forgive My Christmas Tree Best of Both Worlds Holiday Gift Ideas
	Vol 13, #3 Interfaith Journeys: Where Have We Been, Where are We Headed? TOC Challenges of Raising Children in a Jewish-Christian Family The Booth You're Getting Married Under the What? Remembering to Keep the Sabbath Genesis 3:16, the Church, and You Intermarriage: A 30-Year Journey Feedback Form
	Vol 13, #4 Your Children and You: Interfaith Couples Take a Variety of Approaches TOC Paths to Religious Identity Walking Two Paths It's Your Baby's Baptism? Mazel Tov! Bris Milah Through the Eyes of a Gentile Lessons Along the Way An Unusual Celebration
	VOLUME 13, #5 Opposites Attract: Interfaith Couples Share Coping-And Celebrating-Strategies TOC Honor Thy Father- and Mother-in-Law To Boldly Go Where No Jew Has Gone Exclusionary Demands on Faith Comic vs. Tragic View Review: Anguish of the Jews Politics and Religion Shalom: Making Peace Among Us Little Kids Discuss Religion
	VOLUME 13, #6 Difficult Decisions, Challenging Choices: The Interfaith Nitty-Gritty TOC A Mid-life Conversion Story Why Jews Don't Accept Jesus Spinmeister Review: Grace Points Review: Handbook for the Jewish Home Considering Pope Benedict XVI
VOLUME 14
	VOLUME 14, #1 Working on the Basics: Making Plans with an Interfaith Perspective TOC The Ram and the Cross Going with the Flow A Winning Game Plan Review: The Sunflower Resisting Other People's Plans Marrano
	VOLUME 14, #2 Giving and Taking: Holiday Spirit Crosses Boundaries TOC Decorating for the Holidays Hanukkah or Christmas? Tackling the "December Dilemma" Solstice I'm from Christmas and Hanukkah Kosher Christmas Ham? Intermarried Muslims
	VOLUME 14, #3 Sacraments, Simchas, Celebrations in Interfaith Families: Are We Having Fun Yet? TOC A Wedding from Hell A Wedding Our Way-Finally Bar Mitzvah, Interfaith Style Interfaith Family, Jewish Rite of Pasage A Muslim/Christian Couple Interfaith Couples and Religious Rites of Passage
	VOLUME 14, #4 The After-meal Entertainment: Christians View Passover TOC Surviving Passover: A Carb Lover's Tale It's Easter or Passover, not "Eastover" Blessing of Humor Review: What to Do When You're Dating a Jew Review: Sam I Am Review: Half/Life
	VOLUME 14, #5 What About the Children? Two Faiths, One Love, and the Next Generation TOC What About the Children? Two Faiths, One Love, and the Next Generation Marriage is not a Dinner Party: My Interfaith Marriage Keeping Faith with Our Faiths: Another Approach Raising Children in Both: A Reassuring Look Collage of Love (poem) Looking for more help? Resources on raising children from Dovetail What About the Children? Making a Decision Review: Come as You Aren't
	VOLUME 14, #6 Race, Religion, and Really Knotty Issues: Interfaith Couples Negotiate TOC Tolerating Intolerance: Religious, Racial and Cultural Conficts Jewish, Christian and Hindu: Mixed parentage Couples Blends Traditions and Cultures Overcoming Distances Egyptians in Captivity: A Mixed Seder to Remember You Want Me to Eat What? Chinese-American Christian Cuisine Encounters Jewish-American Taste Is it Worth It? Evangelical Christian Chinese-American and American Reform Jew Battle Resistance
VOLUME 15
	VOLUME 15, #1 More Light Than Heat: Interfaith Families Educate Themselves and Others TOC Jewish School, Interfaith Kids Educating Extended Family Blinding Faith When Christians and Muslims Marry Knitting Ourselves Together Build it and They Will Come About Dovetail
	VOLUME 15, #2 Children and the Holidays: Stories and Reflections on Interfaith Family Life TOC Shores of Galillee When Santa Went Down the Wrong Chimeny Two Grandmothers to Love (Review) December Celebrations! A Marriage of Differences Enriches the Holidays About Dovetail Notices
	VOLUME 15, #3 Mom, Dad, This is... Talking About Your Interfaith Wedding - And Beyond TOC Expressing Your Love in a Second Wedding Hardest, Happiest Lesson You Ever Learned Is Interfaith Marriage a Good Thing? Please, Don't Pass Over The Seder Plate (Review) About Dovetail Notices
	VOLUME 15, #4 How Great is God? Interfaith Marriage as a Model for the World TOC Unity in What Isn't Intermarriage: A Model for the World Sammy's First Hurdle: A Bris in an Interfaith Family A Christian Mom Makes a Bar Mitzvah Marriage (poem) 52 Reasons to Go to Church [or Synagogue] (Review) Strangers and Neighbors (Review) About Dovetail Notices
	VOLUME 16, #1 Beyond Tradition, Expanding Minds TOC A Jewish Student, a Catholic Priest, a Bicycle and Sir Authur Conan Doyle Sharing the Holidays: A Prayer for Peace We All Aspire to Holiness Interfaith Bedtime Prayer A Dance from Different Teachers (Poem) The New American Judaism (Review) About Dovetail Notices
	VOLUME 16, #2 Light and Miracles: Finding Meaning in the Winter Holidays TOC Homemade Winter Holiday Card The Rabbi's Christmas Gift The December Dilemma is not Just for Parents Tofu Brisket: Melding Traditions Winter Sabbath (Poem) Inside Intermarriage (Review) Capturing the Season: "You are My Holiday" (Review) Letters of Gratitude About Dovetail Notices
	VOLUME 16, #3 Church Bells, Broken Glass, and Creating Ritual TOC Planning and Experiences a Jewish-Christian Wedding Singing the Song of Songs String Cheese and Bare Feet, Part of Couples Common Ground Apostle to the Gentiles: A Jew among Christians at Passover Interfaith Wedding Ketubah Passage There's an Easter Egg on Your Seder Plate(Review) About Dovetail Notices
	VOLUME 16, #4 Teaching & Learning: The Cultural and Religious Education of an Interfaith Relationship TOC Accents Darkness and Light Diversity in Life and Death Handling Differences in Marriage: Just Get Through the Wedding First! Distance (Poem) A Dream of Zion (Review) About Dovetail Notices