8 - Jewish Interfaith Marriage - Contemporary Perspectives

Your Jewish Wedding

Now that we understand the historical context of Jewish Interfaith Marriage, let's talk about the ways it's viewed by Jews today.

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Links:

Pew Study

https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2021/05/11/jewish-americans-in-2020/

Rabbi Lau-Lavie’s study:

https://www.labshul.org/portfolio/joy-a-proposal/

NJPS 2000

https://www.jewishdatabank.org/databank/search-results/study/307

Stories of more negative reactions:

https://18forty.org/podcast/when-a-child-intermarries/

Is Intermarriage good for the Jews? https://www.brandeis.edu/jewish-experience/jewish-america/2022/june/intermarriage-interfaith-marriage.html

Keeping the Faith (Is intermarriage hurting or helping the Jews?)

https://www.brandeis.edu/magazine/2022/summer/featured-stories/intermarriage.htm

Brandeis “Beyond Welcoming” study

https://www.brandeis.edu/cmjs/noteworthy/couples.html

https://www.cfrij.com/

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/07/intermarriage-conservative-judaism/533637/

https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/most-children-of-intermarriage-are-being-raised-jewish-668154

CCAR (reform rabbis) resolution link https://www.ccarnet.org/ccar-responsa/arr-445-465/

RA (Conservative) Responsa on Interfaith marriages:

https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/public/halakhah/teshuvot/19861990/epstein_congratulations.pdf

https://www.rabbinicalassembly.org/sites/default/files/assets/public/halakhah/teshuvot/2011-2020/aron-kodesh-dissonance.pdf

Reconstructionist Resolution linkhttps://therra.org/resolutions/intermarriage-committee-80.pdf