Marmur: The evolving answer to ‘Who is a Jew?’
Rabbi Dow Marmur writes about how both Reform and Conservative Judaism is changing.
Montreal rabbi to reach out to interfaith couples
Rabbi Boris Dolin, the spiritual leader of Montreal’s Reconstructionist Congregation Dorshei Emet, is among 11 North American rabbis – and the only one from Canada – who were selected to take part in a new program that focuses on working with interfaith couples.
Streiffer: Intermarried families are also Jewish families
Rabbi Micah Streiffer writes that “viewing intermarried couples as a threat is not helping us, and may in fact be threatening the very future that we seek to ensure.”
Weinfeld: The intermarriage consensus
David Weinfeld examines the topic of intermarriage.
Marmur: Judaism challenged by anti-Semitism and intermarriage
“Intermarriage has now become an internal threat to Jewish continuity. Some pundits who had already written off the Diaspora in general because of the danger posed by anti-Semitism now also point specifically to its liberal majority, because many are likely to marry non-Jews.”
Extending a hand to intermarried couples
“The question that interests me is not what Jews should do, but how we should respond to what Jews are actually doing.”
From Yoni’s Desk: How not to talk about intermarriage
CJN Editor Yoni Goldstein looks at the opposing views Isaac Herzog and Michael Chabon have on the state of Jewish intermarriage.
The problem with ‘renegade rabbis’ and intermarriage
The Conservative movement’s stance against sanctioning interfaith marriages has recently been challenged by a number of its affiliated rabbis.
Novel rejected from Israeli schools due to ‘threat of Palestinian other’
Dorit Rabinyan’s novel All the Rivers was nominated to be included in Israel’s high school literature curriculum, but the Ministry of Education disallowed its inclusion, claiming it could promote intermarriage and assimilation.
Do men marrying into Judaism have an easier time integrating?
Jewish men marry non-Jewish women at higher rates than the reverse. But when non-Jewish men marry into Judaism, do they face fewer hurdles integrating into the community?
