Two and a half years ago, Israel’s ministry of absorption had to withdraw a campaign aimed at Israeli expats living in America. The aim of the campaign was to convince those Israelis to come back home ...

Each situation is unique and needs to be evaluated separately. There isn’t one correct or effective answer to this question. Halacha distinguishes between a mumar le-tei’avon (one who sins for ...

Naomi Schaefer Riley is the author of " 'Til Faith Do Us Part: How Interfaith Marriage Is Transforming America." When it comes to intermarriage, Muslims are becoming the new Jews. About a century ago, ...

Almost thirty years ago, my father invited me to attend a round table discussion on intermarriage. He was a leader in the local Jewish community, a vice president of an important Jewish organization.

The organization "Generations of Israel" that works to strengthen the Jewish identity among youngsters in Israel and abroad, and the affinity between Jewish people in Israel and the Jewish diaspora, ...

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Lex Rofeberg was a junior in college and thinking about becoming a rabbi when he hit a roadblock: he was dating a non-Jew. A representative from Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, the ...

Intermarriage among British Jews in 2011 stood at 26 percent, or roughly half the rate documented among American Jews, according to a new demographic study. The report published Tuesday by the ...

Karen Jimenez wasn’t a “terribly serious observing Jew” before her children were born, and never pressured her Colombian, Catholic husband Freddy to convert, despite the advice her rabbi gave her ...

The very idea of marrying across religious lines presents a challenge to many atheists, agnostics, and nonreligious people—with some suggesting that atheists and theists may seriously struggle in ...

A majority of American Jews believe being Jewish is a matter of ancestry and culture as opposed to religion, an extensive survey out Tuesday finds. At the same time, a full 94 percent of American Jews ...