We know that intermarriage comes with a host of challenges that the couple and their families must navigate. But those challenges become even more complex when the backgrounds of the married couple are often seen as being at great odds – specifically the less common, but rising (according to JOI’s Rabbi Kerry M. Olitzky) instances of Jewish-Muslim interfaith relationships. The [New York] Jewish Week recently spoke with one such couple to find out what steps they are taking to ensure a successful and religiously meaningful intermarriage.

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