In addition to outreach training and consultation, my work at JOI includes responding to letters written to our Web site by some of our many daily users. I am also planning to be part of a JOI sponsored "chat room" on the World Wide Web, which would enable participants to call in and talk with a professional specializing in interfaith relationships.

As a clinical social worker, I have been leading outreach support groups for interfaith couples and parents since creating and serving as the director of the first Jewish Family Service agency in Greensboro, NC in 1991. At the time, I was simply responding to requests from interfaith couples for more outreach. Since leaving the agency at the end of the last year, I have been able to devote all of my energies into creating new projects for JOI.

Currently, I am in the process of completing a manual directed at professionals working with interfaith couples and parents of interfaith families. The manual was jointly commissioned by JOI and B'nai B'rith as part of a larger outreach training program which will be offered to communities around the country.

Recently I was filmed facilitating a discussion group comprised of engaged and married interfaith couples. The film highlights many key issues and concerns about which these couples must struggle. We hope communities will be interested in using the manual, the film, and our expertise to fine tune existing outreach programs and/or create innovative programming for families affected by interfaith marraiges.