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Volume 133
Number 35
Published Weekly Since 1887
Interfaith Couples
Navigate Unusual
Holiday Season
SOPHIE PANZER | JE STAFF
THE PANDEMIC IS FORCING US to
spend yet another holiday isolated from
our loved ones.

Th is is challenging for families of all
backgrounds, but for interfaith Jewish
couples, the inability to celebrate with
family and friends can also raise questions
about how to best celebrate both partners’
faith-based traditions.

Rabbi Robyn Frisch is the Philadelphia-
based director of the Rukin Rabbinic
Fellowship of 18Doors, a national organi-
zation dedicated to supporting interfaith
Jewish couples and families. She said
that while every family is diff erent, many
couples who traditionally observe religious
holidays with extended family are now
reconsidering their approaches.

“I hear this constantly from people from
Jewish interfaith families: ‘We’ve always
See Interfaith, Page 14
David Copperfi eld (right) is interviewed by fellow illusionist João Miranda at Copperfi eld’s
International Museum and Library of the Conjuring Arts in Las Vegas.

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NMAJH to Induct Copperfi eld,
Houdini into Hall of Fame
JESSE BERNSTEIN | JE STAFF
ILLUSIONIST DAVID COPPERFIELD
will be inducted into the National Museum
of American Jewish History’s Ed Snider
Only in America Gallery/Hall of Fame
on Dec. 12, alongside another legendary
Jewish magician, Harry Houdini, the son
of a Hungarian rabbi.

Copperfi eld, who is a native of
Metuchen, New Jersey, has always felt a
personal connection to Houdini.

“It’s very, very fl attering, obviously,” he
said. “And the fact that it’s in combination
with somebody that is a leader in my art
form is very humbling.”
He said he feels honored to be inducted
into a group whose membership includes
See Copperfield, Page 15
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