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Double or Nothing Jewish Families and Mixed Marriage in the United States Keynote Address: Judaism in the Interfaith Household
Publication Date: April 2004
Publisher(s): Hadassah-Brandeis Institute
Author(s): Leonard Saxe; Harvey Cox
Special Collection: Berman Jewish Policy Archive
Topic: Culture and religion (Multiculturalism and cultural relations)
Culture and religion (Religion and religious groups)
Social conditions (Marriage and family life)
Keywords: Family; Pluralism; Intermarriage; Jewish Identification
Type: Speech
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
The speaker, a Christian theologian, describes the decisions and practices that he and his Jewish wife adopted in raising their son as a Jew. He discusses the role of gentiles in Jewish life and the obligation that he sees that Christian institutions should support interfaith couples in raising their children as Jews. He also addresses his own relationship with Jewish customs and practices and how his life has changed since choosing a Jewish lifestyle for himself and his family.