Posts Tagged: Jewish intermarriage
5 Ways US Jews Can Help Israel, by Helping Ourselves
JNS.org - Many American Jewish leaders have recently delivered scathing—even hysterical—criticism of Israel, particularly targeting the Israeli government’s efforts to reform its judiciary and strengthen...
Is Intermarriage Really the End of American Jews?
In 1990, American Jews decided they had no future. That was the year when the National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS) revealed that more than half of...
Want a Jewish Future? Forget Emotion and Look at the Numbers
JNS.org - In early 2014, I joined a group of Jewish scholars and writers who gathered to ponder the startling statistics contained in the Pew...
Assimilation Is Our Greatest Threat, But We Can Help Stop It
Assimilation is the great tragedy destroying the Jewish people -- and it gets worse and worse every day. A majority of the world’s Jews outside of...
Intermarried Asian Americans Enthusiastic About Raising Kids Jewish, New Study Finds
A new study revealed that Asian Americans are eager to raise their kids according to the Jewish faith, Religious News Service reported on Friday. "What we saw...
Pew and the Jews, Part 2: Experts Say Leveraging Poll Data Trumps Numbers
JNS.org - Since the Pew Research Center released its U.S. Religious Landscape Study in May, most discussion of its findings has been quickly drowned out by other news....
Is There Such a Thing as a ‘Cultural’ Jew?
JNS.org - From time immemorial, Jews have been concerned with the question of Jewish survival. Much ink has been spilled about the demise of...
Shame on Rabbi Julie Schonfeld
Rabbi Julie Schonfeld is the first female rabbi to serve as the head of the Conservative movement. She was named the Executive Vice President of...
Is Intermarriage the New Normal for American Jews?
JNS.org - Since 2005 nearly six in 10 American Jews have married a non-Jew, up from 46 percent in 1990 and 17 percent before...
“ŽAmerican Jewish Establishment Must Do More to Embrace Russian Jews
I spent the weekend at a Russian-Jewish Shabbaton on the Upper West Side of Manhattan and was reminded of just how different Russian-American Jews are...
California vs. Israel: The Grass May be Greener, But Not the Olives
Southern California's olive trees are taller and emptier than olive trees anywhere in Israel, because the California authorities specially treat the trees. They do not...
What Does it Mean to Be Jewish?
As recent surveys reveal a disturbingly large number of American Jews—millions, in fact—who feel disconnected from their Jewish identity, allow me to share what being...
American Jews Should Focus Less on Israel and More on Judaism
Ze'ev Jabotinsky, one of the greatest Zionist leaders ever, once wrote an essay entitled "Without Patriotism," which he headed with a quote: "Have pity on...
Peter Beinart’s Cocoon
Peter Beinart's newest screed in The New York Review of Books ("The American Jewish Cocoon," September 26) offers variations on a familiar theme. It sharply...
