"Interfaith Relationships in the Midst of Conflict: Navigating Israel's War as a Couple"
Interfaith couples, such as Ava Friedmann, who is Jewish, and her husband, Michael Henein, who is Coptic Christian, have found themselves navigating conversations about the Israel-Hamas war, seeking to understand each other's perspectives and avoid conflict. The war has prompted many American Jews to reconsider their feelings about Israel and their Jewish identity, with the added challenge for those in interfaith relationships of communicating with partners who may not share the same connection to Israel or Judaism. The rising rates of Jewish intermarriage in the United States have sparked concerns among Jewish leaders about the continuity of the Jewish people.