Intermarriage

What do Chabad and the Reform Movement agree on?

Chabad has the power (if it so desires..) to influence 1 Million Jews to make Aliyah this instant.

Jewish children kidnapped by Arab father returned home safely

Palestinian Authority policemen locate Jewish children in an Arab city in northern Samaria, turn them over to Israeli officials.

Interview: Jewish woman flees from the Palestinian Authority

After 7 years, living under horrific conditions as a Moslem in a village north of Ramallah, Efrat (not her real name) escaped with her kids.

I am concerned

I cannot assuage unfounded “concern over the Israeli government.” What I can do is express my concern about US Jewish leadership.Op-ed.

Hebrew College to ordain intermarried rabbinical students

In a shift, pluralistic Boston-area seminary will admit and ordain rabbinic students in interfaith relationships.

Assimilation in Israel:

Yad L'Achim updates top haredi rabbis on scope of intermarriage

Anti-assimilation activists meet with Eidah Haredit rabbis, updating them on scope of intermarriage and missionary activity in Israel.

How an 8-year-old Jewish girl triumphed over her Arab father

Jewish children look to maintain their traditions even after court orders regular visits to their anti-Semitic Arab father.

Israeli gold medalist isn't Jewish, his mother says

Artem Dolgopyat, the second Israeli gold medalist in history, isn't Jewish, his mother says. 'But his father's family is entirely Jewish'

A curse on Columbus

Over 50% of the "Reform Jews" who demand free expression of worship at the Kotel aren’t Jewish at all. Op-ed

Non-Orthodox Rabbis who attack Israel at war in Open Letters

Let all of Israel notice that perfidious, treasonous Open Letter issued by the next wave of non-Orthodox - maybe non-Jewish - rabbis.Op-ed.

Interfaith marriage: An outreach rabbi's emotions at Hanukkah

Joe Biden has children who intermarried with Jews, a sad living symbol of what has happened to American Jewry.

Britain’s Liberal rabbis to officiate at interfaith weddings

UK's 'Liberal Judaism' movement decides to recognize marriages between Jews and non-Jews, allowing rabbis to officiate at the weddings.

A YI Rabbi weighs in: Reform Judaism and Jewish Unity, Part 1‏

We have such chaos in US Jewish life due to the Reform Movement, that if you are in Israel, you cannot begin to fathom the calamity. Op-ed.

Second Holocaust or road to oblivion?

Media assault on Rabbi Peretz

Reform, Conservative senior Leftists furious at Education Minister who said assimilation among world Jewry is 'second Holocaust'.

Abolish the Rabbinate?

Sitting shiva for a child who marries out

'Between 700 and 1,000 intermarriage cases in Ramle'

Jewish Home Ramle Chairman speaks about his party's campaign against assimilation in the city.

Left attacks Jewish Home campaign in Ramle

Meretz files petition calling for removal of Jewish Home campaign ads warning of dangers of intermarriage.

This is the greatest threat to liberal Judaism

Research: Reform 'rabbis' performing intermarriage up

US study shows overwhelming majority of Reform rabbis hold weddings for mixed couples.

Let them walk out of Birthright and say Kaddish for Arab terrorists

Dear Israelis, America is not Israel

Herzog walks back comment calling intermarriage a ‘plague’

New Jewish Agency head says comment comparing intermarriage to a plague was misunderstood.

'To Heal the World?' The Tikkun Olam distortion

The Shoah has not ended

My AIPAC speech

'American Jews are undergoing silent Holocaust'

MK Yisrael Eichler says that Shabbat desecration is 'causing American Jews to disappear'.

Olami Summit is caught in an avalanche

US Jewish leaders are fighting the wrong battle

The Muslim father who helped with his son's Bar Mitzvah

Delegation of Chabad donors see how even the most isolated Jewish communities are brought back to Jewish observance.

Conservative Movement upholds intermarriage ban

Movement leaders announce they will maintain ban on interfaith marriages, but will welcome couples who are already intermarried.

Zuckerberg moves his readers

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg posts picture of his daughter drinking from heirloom kiddush cup.

The disappearing Jews

In intermarriage stats, American Muslims beat Jews hands down

New study shoes US Muslims intermarry less, are more religious than American Jews.

'We stem the tide of intermarriage'

Be'er Hagolah in New York gives children of immigrant Jews affordable Jewish education.

Poll: Majority of Arabs oppose Jewish-Arab intermarriage

76% percent of Arabs oppose intermarriage between a Jewish man and Arab woman, 61% oppose intermarriage between a Jewish woman and Arab man.

New study shows Jewish spouses matter

Children of intermarriage less likely to identify as Jews, engage in Jewish activities; only 15% of non-Orthodox US Jews have Jewish spouse.

Is there a future for non-Orthodox American Jewry?

New study shows American Jews marrying later or not at all, having fewer children, and intermarrying at a high rate.

Woman rescued from Arab husband: The suffering was indescribable

29-year old Israel woman converted to Islam after meeting her husband. But life in his village soon became a nightmare.

Conservative synagogues vote to allow non-Jews as members

Umbrella organization for Conservative movement passes resolution allowing synagogues to invite non-Jews to become members.

'When you're dating an Arab man, you're not really yourself'

Women share their experiences after being rescued from Arab villages.

Poll: 93% of Israeli Jews oppose intermarriage with Muslims

Poll finds overwhelming majority of Israeli Jews want their children to marry other Jews.

Conservative Movement to allow membership to non-Jews?

March vote to determine whether Conservative congregations will be able to extend membership to non-Jews.

Rabbi booted from Conservative body for holding intermarriages

Conservative Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom has been expelled for performing interfaith weddings.

Poll: Israelis worry about intermarriage

New poll shows 70% of Israelis concerned about Diaspora Jews' intermarriage rates.

Judaism 'fan club' gaining new members

Interfaith Conference: Reform, Conservative congregations increasingly welcome intermarried into the Jewish community.

'Rabbis performing marriages with non-Jews - for money'

Report reveals Orthodox rabbis performing fictitious marriages in Israel between Jews and non-Jews.

New Jersey woman loses inheritance for marrying a Jew

A woman who alleged her father disinherited her for marrying a Jewish man lost her appeal in a New Jersey court.

More than one in four UK Jews now intermarried

New report offers good and bad effects, but notes strong drop in Jewish ties accompanies non-Jewish partners.

Guard arrested after contacting anti-assimilation group

Female security guard arrested and released to house arrest on suspicion she contacted anti-assimilation group Lehava.

Israeli expats more likely to intermarry than diaspora Jews

Generations of Israel report states that Israeli expats living abroad are less connected to Jewish culture and more likely to intermarry.

93% of Reconstructionist rabbis remain in movement

This, despite a new Reconstructionist policy allowing inter-married rabbis.

Yad L'Achim to PM: Do Something About Assimilation Now

The Yad L'achim organization called on Prime Minister Netanyahu to do something about the rise in assimilation.

Rescued from Arab Villages: Six Weddings and a Brit

Only recently rescued from abusive relationships while trapped in Arab villages, 7 Jewish women finally find true happiness.

Young US Jews are Sticking with the Democrats

Stalin and Lenin Tried and Failed, So Will the Arabs

All the RAJE: How to Reduce Inter-Marriage in U.S. to 6%

Study finds 94% of unaffiliated Russian American Jews who took part in programming married co-religionists – and the program is growing.

Rabbi Stav: 'Antagonism is not the Way to Combat Intermarriage'

Prominent religious-Zionist rabbi says that while intermarriage is a problem, protests outside mixed-marriage ceremony are wrong.

Rabbi Druckman: Intermarriage is a Catastrophe

Leading religious-Zionist rabbi says despite pain, there must be no violence at the mixed Jewish-Arab wedding.