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.
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.
The issue of intermarriage, viewed as a complex reality of Jewish life, prompts questions about how communities should treat the resulting children.
Many of the women had felt disconnected from their Jewish identities after marrying non-Jews and felt the program was an empowering return.
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!”
Stereotypes of interfaith marriages are out of date and harmful to the children of these marriages.
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.
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.
Through the 1960s, middle-grade and young adult fiction rarely acknowledged the existence of these families, reflecting and reinforcing their outsider status.
Minimizing Zelensky’s Jewish heritage also makes it easier for the Kremlin to reinforce its false narrative that Nazis are running Ukraine.
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