What do rabbis have to say about intermarriage? Nearly all Jews have an opinion and all Jews have a stake concerning intermarriage. Each member of the tribe is considered precious and irreplaceable. Passions about intermarriage, debates about how to prevent it or reap benefits from its consequences have at their core a genuine concern about group survival. Rabbis are by definition at the center of these issues. Rabbis face daily decisions about whether or not to perform wedding ceremonies with intermarried couples, how to counsel interfaith couples, what they will teach their congregants about intermarriage, and how interfaith families fit into the synagogue. Rabbis Talk About Intermarriage takes a broad, thorough, contemporary look at the diverse rabbinic response to intermarriage and the conflicts it has produced.

Rabbis Talk About Intermarriage

Politics & Social Sciences

Gary A. Tobin

Katherine G. Simon

Sociology

Institute for Jewish & Community Research

Jews have always resembled the peoples among whom they live, whether in Africa, Asia, or Europe. Why should American Jews be an exception? In a land where racial and ethnic boundaries are becoming increasingly blurred, the American Jewish community is also shifting. In Every Tongue is both a groundbreaking look at the changing faces of the Jewish people and an examination of the timelessness of those changes. Ranging from distinct communities of African American Jews and adopted children of color in white Jewish families to the growing number of religious seekers of all races who hope to find a home in Judaism, In Every Tongue explores the origins, traditions, challenges, and joys of diverse Jews in America. This book explodes the myth of a single authentic Judaism and shines a bright light on the thousands of ethnically and racially diverse Jews in the United States who live full and rich Jewish lives. It is impossible to read In Every Tongue without coming away with a deeper respect for and a broader understanding of the Jewish people today. In a time when Jewish community leaders decry the shrinking of the Jewish population, In Every Tongue imagines a vibrant and daring future for the Jewish people: becoming who they have always been.

In Every Tongue: The Racial & Ethnic Diversity of the Jewish People

History

Scott Rubin

Diane Tobin

World

The UnCivil University tells a cautionary tale of how higher education, an institution touted for its open-mindedness, has become a prime vehicle for politically motivated prejudice against Jews and Israel. It exposes the unspoken world of double standards, bureaucratic paralysis, and abdication of leadership that not only allows but often supports anti-Jewish extremists on campus.

The UnCivil University (Politics & Propaganda in American Education)

Aryeh K. Weinberg

Jenna Ferer

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