THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, August 6, 1982 Denver Study Shows Mixed Marriages Soar By BEN GALLOB (Copyright 1q82, JTA, Inc.) I A comprehensive study of the Jewish community of Denver indicates that for married people under age 30, mixed marriages out- number in-marriages by more than two to one — 66 percent of marriages in this age category are marriages involving a Jew and a non- Jew. The mixed marriage rate for those over 50 is 12.7 percent. Ti-, e study was sponsored 131 Allied Jewish Feder- atiui;: of Denver, which also reported that the number of Denver Jews has grown "tremendously" and that "half of all Denver Jewish households were not here 10 years ago." The report described the sharp increase in mixed marriages as reflective of such a development in all American Jewish com- munities. A similar attraction be- tween Jews and non- Jews was indicated in survey data on couples living together without marriage. The study found that nine out of 10 Jews — 89.5 percent — in such a relationship lived with a non-Jewish part- ner. Under age 30, the study showed that 97 percent of all such couples involving a Jewish partner involved a Jew living with a non- Jew. . The 1982 Denver Jewish but there is a higher propor- tion ofyoung adults, ages 18 t. to 34. There are almost 15,000 in this age group, ac- cording to the study. Household configura- tion -patterns, as indi- cated by the study, find that only 28 percent (5,936) of Denver Jewish households include chil- dren under 18 living at home. Though single-parent families constitute four per- cent (741) of Jewish house- holds, they make up 14 per- cent of families with chil- dren. Households headed by a single person — divorced, widowed or never married — account for more than one out of three Denver Jewish households. population study is provid- ing Jewish community planners with information on age structure, geo- graphic density and move- ment patterns, other household patterns, income, education and employment, according to Eleanore Judd, demographic study consul- tant for the federation. The study showed there are about 42,600 persons in 19,000 households in the Jewish community, figures which include all born Jews plus all non-Jewish spouses and partners living in Jewish households. The age structure of De- nver's Jewish population closely resembles that of American Jews generally For those who 'want the finest custom furniture at... AFFORDABLE PRICES The simplest cube to the most intricate wall unit built to your specifications by meticulous craftsmen-. 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Sister Glynn was director of the project and assistant director of Zachor, the Holocaust Research Center of the NJRC, during the study, according to the NJRC spokesman. Drs. Bock and Cohen, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, were the prin- cipal investigators for the study. They reported finding that study of the Holocaust increased student under- standing not only of the specifics of the Holocaust bu,t also of such American mores as respect for minor- ity rights and a personal sense of responsibility for 357-1056 decisions. SUITE 110-HERITAGE PLAZA The report indicated 24901 NORTHWESTERN HWY. that the students treated SOUTHFIELD A material -about the SUMMER HOURS: V Holocaust with great re- M.-F. 9-5, Sat. 10-3 spect and concern about its implications for their own lives. Holocaust studies are mandated in two of the SINCE 1959 of school systems and elective Ca// Now For in the other two. 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NEW YORK — (JTA) — Fears of educators that in- tensive study of the Holocaust in public school systems might increase negative or even anti-' Semitic attitudes among students have been dispel- led by a two-year study of such curricula in four American public school sys- tems, according to the Na- tional Jewish Resource Center (NJRC). The NJRC study also re- ported that the immensity of the Holocaust and the is- sues it raises have made it - one of the most difficult sub- jects to teach in public schools. The study, "American •• ••••••••• •••• , . • LOANS ON JEWELRY .4q JEWELEI-RS .........***** HOUSE SHUTTERS CUSTOM WINDOW SHADES 60% OFF 40% OFF 60% OFF . "Breaking bread - - as a symbol of peace, friendship, warmth and hos- pitality is a tradition•that is as old as the Bible itself. Although far from being as old as the Bible, Maxwell House'-' Coffee has been part of that tradition for over a half a century. 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