Workshops for Interfaith Couples: The Challenge of Creating an Effective Bridge to the Jewish Community

Publication Date: January 1990

Publisher: Conference of Jewish Communal Service (U.S.)

Author(s): Joel Crohn

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Communal Organization; Jewish Identification; Intermarriage

Type: Report

Coverage: California

Abstract:

This study of the workshops for interfaith couples sponsored by the San Francisco Jewish community finds that the groups have the potential to increase the Jewish involvement of these couples. However, the issues of neutrality, group focus, participant selection, and the choice and training of group leaders must be further assessed and refined if the groups are to be more effective in both helping interfaith couples make workable life choices and serving as a bridge to the Jewish community.