Jewish Journal

Operation “Take One and Convert One”-A Jewish Solution to Intermarriage

Recently the Israeli media proclaimed to the horror of some that Yair Netanyahu, the 23 year old son of the Prime Minister has a beautiful Norwegian girlfriend who is studying in Israel. The religious ...
The Forward

Are Your Jewish Views On Intermarriage Racist?

Just over five years ago, a well-intentioned rebbetzin presented me with a gift. I thought it might be a book on Jewish feminism or ritual, the things I am most passionate about academically. Instead, ...
Jewish Journal

The Flexigidity Exchange, Part 2: On Jewish Leadership and Intermarriage

Gidi Grinstein is the Founder and President of The Reut Institute, a Tel-Aviv based nonprofit and nonpartisan institution, described by Tom Friedman of the New York Times as “Israel's premier strategy ...
The Forward

Birthright’s insulting obsession with intermarriage is erasing young Jews

The results are in: Birthright is a success. Or at least, this is the message of a new report out of The Cohen Center’s Jewish Futures Project which measured the impact of the ten-day free trip to ...
The Jewish Exponent

Intermarriage Can Enrich Our Community

As a rabbi in the community, I spend substantial time with interfaith couples. There is an undeniable trend with many Jews finding life partners with people of other faith traditions. It is a ...
Observer

What Would a Jewish Veep Say About Intermarriage?

Talk of Senators Joe Lieberman or Dianne Feinstein being Al Gore’s running mate has raised the possibility of, at long Talk of Senators Joe Lieberman or Dianne Feinstein being Al Gore’s running mate ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Intermarriage Tipping Point Long Past, but Institutions Must Now Catch Up

Few Jewish communal leaders have openly declared that the battle against Jewish intermarriage is over and we should instead focus solely on outreach. But the battle is over, and has been for a ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Michael Chabon’s views on intermarriage are increasingly mainstream. They are also morally abhorrent.

(JTA) — On May 14, Michael Chabon gave the most remarkable commencement speech in the recent history of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the Reform movement’s highly respected ...
New York Post

Sorry: Welcoming intermarriage isn’t going to save the Jews

For years, the leadership of the Reform and Conservative Jewish communities has faced a dilemma. On the one hand, they don’t want to sanction marriage between Jews and non-Jews by officiating at ...
The Washington Post

Jewish Intermarriage Still Rising

The Jewish population in the United States is aging, not reproducing fast enough to replace itself and continuing to marry non-Jews at an increasing rate, according to a once-a-decade survey released ...
Jewish Press

First ‘Second Gentleman’ Emhoff Demonstrates Rampant Normalcy of Jewish Intermarriage in US

VP-elect Kamala Harris with Second Gentleman-elect Douglas Emhoff The Biden-Harris victory Saturday ushered in several historical firsts: President-elect Joe Biden, who will turn 78 on November 20, is ...