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A jew-bu marriage

Multiculturalism sounds magical and exciting, an example of the best part of globalization.
My husband is Burmese Buddhist. He worships idols. I’m an American Jew. I spent my childhood attending weekly Hebrew school classes and saying the Sh’ma every night: “Sh’ma Yisrael, Adonai Eloheinu, Adonai Echad. Hear, O Israel: the Lord is our God, the [...]

Pushing Off: the jew-bu marriage

buddha7.jpgPushing Off
Multiculturalism is great, except that my husband worships idols.

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