Jewish intermarriage

Relationship advice: Your duty to the Jewish people matters more than what makes you happy - op-ed

We do not live in Hollywood, and one’s happiness cannot be the sole barometer for what’s good in the world. Just as a brit milah can’t be removed, one can’t shrug off his duty to the Jewish people.

 BIRDS FLY next to a Christmas tree in Xanthi, Greece.
An illustrative photo of a Jewish wedding in front of the Mediterranean Sea.

Why the Conservative movement is changing our approach to interfaith marriage

 A Jewish wedding Chuppah is seen in Tel Aviv on May 14, 2023

To welcome interfaith couples, Conservative synagogue hires cantor who can wed them

 David Corenswet will be Hollywood's first Jewish Superman.

David Corenswet, the next Superman, has deep Jewish roots in New Orleans


Can Judaism find a loving approach to include interfaith families? - opinion

A thoughtful and sensitive approach to intermarriage would adopt a live-and-let-live attitude by which those who identify as Jewish could be considered Jewish for all purposes.

 RECENT EFFORTS, like President Isaac Herzog’s Kol Ha’am, seek to build unity among Jews in Israel and in the Diaspora, but they never talk about uniting with interfaith couples who participate in Jewish communities, says the writer.

We need to think about how to tackle Jewish intermarriage - editorial

Regardless of one’s view of intermarriage, recent data make clear that it is a significant phenomenon that cannot be ignored but must rather be approached thoughtfully and sensitively.

An illustrative photo of a Jewish wedding in front of the Mediterranean Sea.

70% of secular Jews in the US, 50% in Europe married to non-Jews

The issue of intermarriage, viewed as a complex reality of Jewish life, prompts questions about how communities should treat the resulting children.

 There is less holding a second marriage together (Illustrative photo of a wedding).

Momentum brings Jewish women to Israel on empowerment mission

Many of the women had felt disconnected from their Jewish identities after marrying non-Jews and felt the program was an empowering return.

 100 women on Momentum mission of empowerment, 2023

'The Goldin Calf': A Jewish novel with a message - review

The basic theme is “If you’re Jewish, follow your parents’ advice – Don’t marry a non-Jew because look what can happen if you do!”

‘WHILE THE Golden Calf surprised Moses, Herzl was ready to confront it.’

The ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ movie is a dated view of intermarriage

Stereotypes of interfaith marriages are out of date and harmful to the children of these marriages.

 THE GROOM breaks a glass, the traditional conclusion of a Jewish wedding ceremony. We have witnessed a narrowing of ethnic gaps and greater intermingling of Ashkenazim and Mizrahim, perhaps most significantly in ethnic intermarriage, says the writer.

Meet the real-life rabbi in the synagogue scene of 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret'

Rabbi Michael Wolk was initially brought on as a consultant for the synagogue scene in the film adaptation of Judy Blume’s classic coming-of-age novel, which debuted in theaters Friday.

 FROM LEFT, Kathy Bates, Judy Blume, Kelly Fremon Craig, Abby Ryder Fortson and Rachel McAdams.

Should Israel accept immigrants who aren't Jewish according to Halacha? - opinion

Assimilation is not a process in which one group marries another, rather it is a process in which a group or part of it loses its identity and is absorbed into another group.

 Thousands of Israel Defense Forces reservists and their supporters rallied in front of the Israel Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv to reaffirm their Oath of Allegiance to the IDF and the State of Israel on April 3, 2023.

How Judy Blume's 'Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret' broke taboos around interfaith marriage

Through the 1960s, middle-grade and young adult fiction rarely acknowledged the existence of these families, reflecting and reinforcing their outsider status.

An illustrative photo of a Jewish wedding in front of the Mediterranean Sea.

Complaints on Zelensky's intermarriage empower Russia and neo-Nazis - opinion

Minimizing Zelensky’s Jewish heritage also makes it easier for the Kremlin to reinforce its false narrative that Nazis are running Ukraine.

 UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT Volodymyr Zelensky takes part in a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the massacre of Jews at Babyn Yar during the Holocaust, in January.

All citizens of Israel should be allowed to marry - opinion

Non-Jews who come to Israel, pay taxes and serve in the IDF shouldn’t have to get married in Cyprus if they don’t want to convert to Judaism.

 Wedding (Illustrative).