A Preferred Family Policy for American Jewish Community

Publication Date: January 1994

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Bernard Reisman

Research Area: Social conditions

Keywords: Religion; Family; Marriage

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

For fear of jeopardizing community cohesion, a state of gridlock currently exists in which Jewish communal leaders are reluctant to affirm the modified traditional family—two parents in the home, both of whom may work—as the preferred family type. The bold initiatives necessary to foster and strengthen two-parent families can only become possible once communal leaders affirm the preferred status of the modified traditional family while clearly stating the Jewish community's commitment to inclusiveness and sensitivity to all family types.