Program to Check Intermarriage
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NEW YORK (JTA) — A four-
point program was recommended
by 50 rabbis and Jewish social
workers f o r implerrientation by
synagogues and Jewish social agen-
cies in an effort to preserve the
continuance of the American Jew-
ish community. 'against threats of
assimilation through intermar-
riage.
The program was the result of a
special two-day conference on the
problem of intermarriage, held
under the.sponsorship of the Com-
mission on Synagogue Relations of
the Federation of Jewish Philan-
thropies of New York. The confer-
ence recommended:
I. Establishment of an Insti-
tute on Intermarriage to study
the problem, which was reported
as particularly acute on the col-
lege campuses in this country.
2. Establishment of counseling
centers on personal problems and
Judaism, "to bring desperately
needed guidance to those on the
periphery of Jewish life, who have
no access to existing agencies."
3. Pooling of the resources of
home, synagogue. Jewish schools.
community centers and summer
camp for the intensification of
Jewish education on all levels,
both formal and informal, reaching
college youth and Jewish adults as
well as children.
4. The convening of a more
broadly based conference on inter-
marriage.
Dr. Nathan Goldberg, profes-
sor of sociology at Yeshiva Uni-
versity, presented demographic
data showing that the rate of in-
termarriage is now mounting,
corresponding with the accul-
turation process and the passing
of the Jewish immigrant genera-
tion."
Bernard Resnikoff. director of
Ramah Camp. told the conference
that Jewish social workers have an
obligation to point out to clients
contemplating intermarriage the
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such organization, he stated, "all
attempts to solve the problem
of- interfaith marriage are
futile."
He saw a number of dangers
facing the American Jewish com-
munity. identifying these as lack
of parental interest in transmitting
the Jewish heritage to their chil-
dren: resulting in "Jewish illiter-
acy•': assimilationist tendencies on
the part of some Jewish lay lead-
ers: "short-sightedness" of some
Jewish religious leaders; and the
lack of prestige attached to some
Jewish causes such as Zionism and
Jewish cultural and religious ob-
j ectives.
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Rabbi Benjamin Z. Kreitman.
chairman of the Commission's re-
search committee, said that the in-
crease :n the number of children
from mixed marriages lost to Ju-
daism must be viewed as more
serious from the fact that. in gen-
eral. the Jewish birth rate in this
country is lower than the birth
rate in the general population.
Noting that the Jewish population
ratio in the United States now is
2.9 per cent, he sai
said that present
trends indicate that by the year
2000 that ratio will have been re-
duced to 1.6 per cen t.
In Toronto an appeal to the
Canadian Jewish Congress to
undertake a study on the causes
and consequences of intermar-
riage among Jews living in small
communities was made by 27
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of Hebrew' Exhibit Opens in New York City
NEW YORK (JTA)—A 50-panel operated by community organiza-
travel exhibit "A Day of Hebrew," tions the publication of a Modern
sponsored by the Tarbuth Founda- Hebrew Classics Series, and a
tion for the Advancement of He large-scale national effort for cre-
consequences of such a step, and termarried couples than among brew Culture in America, opened ating climate for Hebrew in
to inform them of the growing those of common religious back- at the auditorium of the Jewish , America.
evidence that mixed marriage has grounds. The statement then cited Agency building here.
' The Tarbuth Foundation is op
The exhibit will travel through
less likelihood of success than in- three areas where a c t i o n was
erating with funds endowed pri-
trafaith marriage.
needed to cope with the problem: universities, public libraries, sync- marily by Abraham and Jack
The proposal for the establish- the Jewish home, Jewish education gogue and community centers from Goodman, prominent industrialists
n.ent of an Institute on Intermar- and "a realistic approach to court- coast to coast. It will be on display and leaders in New York's Jewish
at the Jewish .Agency until the ,
riage was made by Dr. Robert ship."
community. Other sponsors of ma-
Gordis, rabbi of Temple Beth El,
The rabbis said that in homes middle of January. jor Tarbuth projects include Ralph
In, opening the exhibit before a Wechsler of Newark, and Philip
Rockaway Park, who told the con- where children "experience sin-
ference that the task of the Jew- cere religious commitment, con- distinguished audience of educa - LOWT1 of Boston.
ish community today is "to create sistent ritual practice and family tors. writers and community lead-
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inner resources of cohesion and participation in many activities of ers. Dr. --Emanuel Neumann. presi-
loyalty, in order to reduce the • the Jewish community, the likeli- dent of the Tarbuth Foundation
price of intermarriage that results hood of interfaith marriage is re- and member of the Jewish Agency
from living in an open society."
duced." The rabbis requested all executive. gave a short review. of
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and leader of the Reconstruc- own commitment to. Judaism in two years of its existence, encom-
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the reconstitution of the Jewish ticipants in the education of their growing activation of a "Living He-
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brew" program in summer camps
community in the United States children."
as one way to fight the danger
of Jewish extinction. Without
rabbis from all parts of the pro-
vince of O n t a r i o, outside
Toronto.
Mixed marriages. Jewish educa-
tion. "easy" conversions of part-
ners in mixed marriages, observ-
ance of kashruth and ways to
bridge the gap existing in some
small communities betWeen the
rabbi and the other Jews in his
town were among the topics dis-
cussed by the spiritual leaders at
an all-day conference.
Other topics included adult edu-
cation. the breakdown of parental
authority in the Jewish homes and
interfaith dating on the part of
Jewish youth. In addition to re-
questing the CJC to launch a study
on intermarriage, the conference
also recommended the drafting of
a code of ethics for Jewish com-
munity leadership.
Rabbi Asks France
for Compensation
PARIS (JTA)—Chief Rabbi Jo-
seph Kaplan of France conferred
today with Premier Georges
on what was believed to be
an unsuccessful effort to obtain
compensation for Jews for corn-
munity buildings and synagogues
abandoned in Algeria.
The - property, since taken over
by Premier Ben Bella's regime. is
estimated to be worth several mil-
lion dollars. It includes community
centers. schools and hospitals as
well as synagogues. The Premier
Contended that if compensation
was paid to Jews. similar compen-
-
would be sought and have
• t.
to be provided for other religious
communities, such as the Catholics
and various Protestant churches.
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The Minnesota Rabbinical
Association urged parents "to
take a firm stand" against all in-
terfaith dating and urged Jew-
ish youth to date "only within
the Jewish fold" as part of a
program to reduce the ."rising
rate of interfaith marriage
among Jews."
The association, comprised of
Orthodox, Conservative and Re-
form rabbis, stressed in the state-
ment the growing social contacts
between Jews and non-Jews in the
American society and noted that
Judaism had always opposed inter-
faith marriage "as a threat to the
survival of the Jewish faith."
The statement said a high per-
centage of children of interfaith
marriages were lost to Judaism
and that there was a greater fre-
quency of broken homes among in
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 18, 1964-11
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