A Consumer Approach to Marriage?

Publication Date: January 1983

Publisher: National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership (U.S.); Sh'ma, Inc.

Author(s): Susan Schnurr

Research Area: Culture and religion; Social conditions

Keywords: Marriage; Values; Modernity

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

The author argues that modern Jewish singles approach finding a mate like shopping for a car. She states that no one can be expected to be perfect, that responsibility builds maturity, and that singles should overcome their fear of marriage.

In Sh'ma: a Journal of Jewish Responsibility vol.13, no.246.