Should we Give Up on Fighting Intermarriage?

October 10, 2013

EnglishTorahmusings.com has published an article of mine on intermarriage, Jewish identity and the findings of the most recent Pew Research Center survey on American Jews.

A teaser:

The Internet is abuzz over intermarriage and Jewish continuity but the focus is misplaced. The Pew Research Center recently published a survey of American Jews entitled “A Portrait of Jewish Americans” (link – PDF). The preceding weeks saw a flurry of articles arguing for and against accepting intermarriage, including a JTA article reporting on a recent convention of the largest Jewish Federation in the US, stressing what Jews everywhere have been noticing for decades, namely that intermarriage has become totally accepted in large segments of Jewish life … [CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL ARTICLE]