Clinical Issues in Intermarriage: A Family Systems Approach; Part I: An Overview of Theoretical and Ethical Issues


 

Publication Date: January 1994

Publisher: Jewish Communal Service Association of North America

Author(s): Mark I. Sirkin

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Religion; Social Services; Inter-marriage

Type: Report

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

For many clinicians working under Jewish auspices, and particularly for those at the Robert M. Beren Center, which was founded on Orthodox Jewish principles, counseling individuals contemplating intermarriage evokes complex ethical dilemmas. Using a family systems model allows the clinician to help the client in a way that supports both individual autonomy and interpersonal connectedness.