Juicy Jews?

Thanks to whoever is behind the blog Juicy Jews for quoting an article that ran in the J. Jewish Bulletin of Northern California. It was an interview with me and Vikki and mentions the Passover section from What to Do When You're Dating a Jew.

This is actually a very cute story……and one that MOST of us can probably relate to in our own ever expanding family faux pas..:-) ( I think I did something like this once a Catholic Mass while at a wedding with an old girlfriend). I'm not sure if the book is still in print (it's an old story!) but funny nonetheless!

Alison Weiss (née Johnson) was at her first seder at her in-laws. The table was decorated with matzah covers, a seder plate and a figurine of a baby in a basket that her nephew had made in school. "Who's this? Baby Jesus?" Weiss asked. "All surrounding conversations came to a halt. My 2-year-old nephew yelled, 'No! It's Baby Moses!'""It took me a couple of years to live that down," she said.Had Weiss read "What to Do When You're Dating a Jew," she would have been more prepared.Weiss' blunder is one of the many scenarios that interfaith couples share in this amusing new book, subtitled "Everything You Need to Know From Matzah Balls to Marriage," by two Bay Area authors.The idea for the book originated with Vikki Weiss of Mill Valley (of no relation to Alison), whose two sisters and brother all married non-Jews."There were no big faux pas in my family, but I saw the potential," she said. "I realized a handy guidebook would be useful."So, she spoke with her friend Jennifer A. Block, who lives in San Francisco. The pair work in marketing and had met while employed by Wells Fargo. They were both transplants to the Bay Area, Weiss from the Chicago area and Block from a suburb of Boston. Both are 31.With the high rates of intermarriage and their own experience with it — Block is married to a non-Jew; Weiss is single, but has dated primarily non-Jews — they certainly knew there were some people who could benefit from a book such as this.