Intermarriage and Communal Policy: Prevention, Conversion, and Outreach
Author(s)
Steven Bayme
Publication Name
The Jewish Family and Jewish Continuity
Publication Date
Publisher
American Jewish Committee (AJC)
KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
KTAV Publishing House, Inc.
Abstract
While some Jewish social policymakers advise moving away from a strategy of preventing intermarriage, and towards a strategy of only outreach to the intermarried, the author insists that the Jewish community must continue to pursue a multitrack and nuanced approach consisting of prevention, conversion, and continued outreach to the mixed-married. The author explores the issue and concludes that four pressing tasks face the Jewish community: acknowledging that intermarriage is a disaster in the making; refraining from comforting statements when comfort is not called for; realizing that what social scientists do and say creates a climate of communal norms; and setting realistic goals for outreach efforts.
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Bibliographic Information
Intermarriage and Communal Policy: Prevention, Conversion, and Outreach. 1994: https://archive.jpr.org.uk/object-bjpa3551
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