seek couples willing to be interviewed and photographed for a book
For a book on 21st century Jewish-American marriages we would like to
interview the following categories of Jewish-American couples who have
been married/committed for several years:
* urban, suburban, and rural (including those living in a place with
no Jewish community)
* able bodied, disabled (physically and/or a history of mental illness);
* blue/pink collar, corporate, professional, geek/technical,
artistic/literary/bohemian, in a profession considered atypical for
Jews or unemployed/at poverty line/on assistance;
* straight, gay male, lesbian, one or both bisexual, one or both
transgendered
* monogamous, polyamorous, open marriage
* first and only marriage/partnership, previously married/partnered
* parents, child-free by choice, childless by circumstance
* haredi, modern orthodox, conservative, reform, reconstructionist,
Jewish humanist, secular, and unaffiliated (including atheist/cultural
only)
* more/less religious now than formerly
* Ashkenazim, Sephardim, one of each
* Jews of color
* Israeli-Americans (Yordim)
* One Israeli, one American
* At least one partner a naturalized US citizen, particularly from a
country where Jews are/have been persecuted
* Jews by birth, Jews by choice, one of each
* A "mixed marriage," with one Jewish and one non-Jewish partner
* One Jewish American, one Arab American
* have adopted children, particularly those of a different race or
ethnicity
* have a disabled child or one with chronic illness
* history of physical/sexual abuse, or abuse by someone in religious
authority
* "Blended" families
* adult children/grandchildren of Holocaust survivors or couple with
one of each
* An engaged couple actively planning their wedding.
If you fall into one or more of these categories and are willing to be interviewed, identified and photographed we would like to speak to you about your lives, your marriages, your families, and how being Jewish fundamentally affects them. Please tell us a bit about yourselves and which of the above categories fit you.
Please contact us:
David Cooper (NYC area; can drive throughout the northeast)
dfc32@columbia.edu
Beth Rosenberg (Boston area frequent flyer)
beth@bethr.org
interview the following categories of Jewish-American couples who have
been married/committed for several years:
* urban, suburban, and rural (including those living in a place with
no Jewish community)
* able bodied, disabled (physically and/or a history of mental illness);
* blue/pink collar, corporate, professional, geek/technical,
artistic/literary/bohemian, in a profession considered atypical for
Jews or unemployed/at poverty line/on assistance;
* straight, gay male, lesbian, one or both bisexual, one or both
transgendered
* monogamous, polyamorous, open marriage
* first and only marriage/partnership, previously married/partnered
* parents, child-free by choice, childless by circumstance
* haredi, modern orthodox, conservative, reform, reconstructionist,
Jewish humanist, secular, and unaffiliated (including atheist/cultural
only)
* more/less religious now than formerly
* Ashkenazim, Sephardim, one of each
* Jews of color
* Israeli-Americans (Yordim)
* One Israeli, one American
* At least one partner a naturalized US citizen, particularly from a
country where Jews are/have been persecuted
* Jews by birth, Jews by choice, one of each
* A "mixed marriage," with one Jewish and one non-Jewish partner
* One Jewish American, one Arab American
* have adopted children, particularly those of a different race or
ethnicity
* have a disabled child or one with chronic illness
* history of physical/sexual abuse, or abuse by someone in religious
authority
* "Blended" families
* adult children/grandchildren of Holocaust survivors or couple with
one of each
* An engaged couple actively planning their wedding.
If you fall into one or more of these categories and are willing to be interviewed, identified and photographed we would like to speak to you about your lives, your marriages, your families, and how being Jewish fundamentally affects them. Please tell us a bit about yourselves and which of the above categories fit you.
Please contact us:
David Cooper (NYC area; can drive throughout the northeast)
dfc32@columbia.edu
Beth Rosenberg (Boston area frequent flyer)
beth@bethr.org