Children of Intermarriage - A Study in Patterns of Identification and Family Life


 

Publication Date: January 1984

Publisher: American Jewish Committee

Author(s): Egon Mayer

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: American Jews; Family; Jewish identification

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The article aims at achieving three goals: to discover how the children of intermarriage view themselves religiously and ethnically; to gain some insights into the relationships between children and parents and between children and grandparents in intermarried families; and to attempt to determine whether those who grew up in an intermarried home lack a secure sense of identity tending to feel that they don't really "belong" anywhere.