Kosher and Christmas Tree: On Marriages Between Jews and Non-Jews in Sweden, Finland, and Norway


 

Publication Date: December 2003

Publisher: Hadassah-Brandeis Institute

Author(s): Lars Dencik

Research Area: Culture and religion; Population and demographics; Social conditions

Keywords: Religion; Intermarriage; Values

Type: Report

Abstract:

Through a survey of affiliated Jews in Scandinavia, the author provides demographic information about attitudes towards intermarriage, rates of intermarriage and marriage to converts, and the ritual religious practices of intermarried families compared to in-married families. Jewish community size seems to be the strongest factor in predicting the acceptance and practice of intermarriage.