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“The Conservative movement is torn between two conflicting positive imperatives…”

16 May 201714 May 2017 Drew KaplanConservative Judaism

“The Conservative movement is torn between two conflicting positive imperatives,” said Steven Bayme, director of the Contemporary Jewish Life Department of the American Jewish Committee. “Given the reality of mixed marriage, it’s of enormous importance[…]

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“The denominational war for the heart and soul of American Judaism is over”

19 January 2016 Drew KaplanJewish Denominations

The denominational war for the heart and soul of American Judaism is over. The struggle of the early generation of Eastern European Jewish immigrants to instill a love of traditional Judaism to their American-born children[…]

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“… in coming years watch for the Conservative movement to halakhically legitimize intermarriage by relying on the view that it is only rabbinically prohibited”

17 September 201414 September 2014 Drew KaplanConservative Judaism

Since the consequences of intermarriage are so devastating, one must wonder why there is no explicit biblical prohibition. Be that as it may, in coming years watch for the Conservative movement to halakhically legitimize intermarriage[…]

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“The rabbis of the Talmud knew the historical truth: post-biblical Judaism, not scripture, is the source for the general prohibition of intermarriage”

28 April 201427 April 2014 Drew KaplanIntermarriage

The Talmudim are aware that the prohibition of intermarriage is a product of second temple times. Jubilees 30 and the other works of the Maccabean period mentioned above are the historical background for the Palestinian tradition[…]

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“Rabbinic society was not much affected by intermarriage…”

27 April 201427 April 2014 Drew KaplanIntermarriage

Rabbinic society was not much affected by intermarriage. The Palestinian Talmud has a rabbi castigate the Jews of Sepphoris (who, like the ancient Alexandrians, had a well deserved reputation for contumacy and insolence) because many[…]

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“One of the central characteristics of post-biblical Judaism is its prohibition of intermarriage…”

27 April 201427 April 2014 Drew KaplanIntermarriage

One of the central characteristics of post-biblical Judaism is its prohibition of intermarriage. A Jew may not marry a non-Jew. From Greco-Roman antiquity to the present day this prohibition has been the subject of much[…]

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Considering the failure of acknowledging Patrilineal Descent for the Reform Movement

11 March 20147 March 2014 Drew KaplanIntermarriage

In 1983, the Reform Movement made the decision to grant any child born of a Jewish father automatic membership in the Jewish People, a policy otherwise known as patrilineal descent. Indeed, the decision of the[…]

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A Pragmatic Reason for Jewish Federations to Reach Out to Intermarried Couples

10 March 20147 March 2014 Drew KaplanIntermarriage

Olitzky told me that many in the organized Jewish community are beginning to recognize that they have to reach out to intermarried families…: “Federations are beginning to understand that there’s a ripple effect with regard[…]

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Gary Rosenblatt Considers Rabbi Rick Jacobs Statements about Intermarriage

4 March 20143 March 2014 Drew KaplanIntermarriage

Consider this excerpt from the major address given by Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, at last month’s biennial of the Reform movement in San Diego. “Incredibly enough … I still[…]

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“Jews who intermarry also have difficulty understanding their friends’ and relatives’ consternation at their decision…”

3 March 2014 Drew KaplanIntermarriage

The current consensus in America is that people can fall in love across race, ethnic group, and creed and that nothing should stand in their way. As a result, Jews are justly sensitive to the[…]

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