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Dr. Steven Cohen, left, makes a point with one of the discussion
groups at last week's professional staff institute sponsored by the
Jewish Welfare Federation and its member agencies.

Intermarriage — a word that
throughout Jewish history has
struck a fearful chord — pre-
sents some positive challenges
for the future of American
Jewry, a noted sociologist said
in Detroit last week.
Dr. Steven Cohen, author of
American Modernity and Jewish
Identity, told 150 Jewish com-
munal work professionals that
population studies are revealing
some hopeful statistics.
Dr. Cohen addressed his re-
marks to participants in the an-
nual Professional Staff Institute
sponsored by the Jewish Welfare
Federation and its member
agencies at the United Hebrew
Schools.
On a group level, he said, in-
termarriage doesn't pose an
overwhelming threat to Jewish
numbers. Following a signific-
ant rise in the number of Jews
who married gentiles in the
1960s, the numbers leveled off.
He said that 25 to 30 percent of
non-Jewish women who marry
Jewish men convert to Judaism.
Such converts focus their Jewish
participation on the synagogue
and "tend to instill a spiritual
commitment that the average
Jew doesn't have," he added.
Focusing on the topic "Is
There a Crisis in the American
Jewish Family?" Dr. Cohen
suggested that the notion of
such a crisis reflects the
peculiarities of American
society.
These demographic trends in-
clude the increased number of
singles resulting from deferred
marriages, deferred childbear-
ing, an increased divorce rate
(still substantially below the
American norm), entry into pro-
fessions that are not typically
Jewish, and increased mobility.
The growing number of elderly
who are physically and intellec-
tually fit also presents a chal-
lenge to Jewish communal
organization.

Dr. Cohen, who also addressed
a meeting of Federation's Corn-
mission on Jewish Identity and
Affiliation recently, said ex-
periece shows that it is fruitless

to try to stem population trends
— like deferred marriage and
families — by resorting to com-
munal decree. "The Jewish
community ought to support
programs that help people be-
cause that's the right thing to
do," he said.
He stressed the importance of
community building, of extend-
ing the community to groups
that are underinvolved in
Jewish communal life. For an
example, he cited the need for a
"Jewish welcoming network" —
such as Federation's Shalom De-
troit program — that assists
those who are new to the com-
munity.
Dr. Cohen cited "entry points"
when people are especially sen-
sitive to Jewish communal con-
cerns and can be mobilized;
these include holidays such as
Rosh Hashana, Chanukah and
Passover, as well as important
dates in the family life cycle,
like births, weddings and b'nai
mitzvah.
The way people are ap-
proached — using positive,
rather than negative, messages
— it also important, he said.
"Let's move from the language
of reproach to the language of
resource" and enumerate the
benefits to their lives by being
Jewishly involved.
"People are looking for mean-
ing in their lives," he said.
"Jewish life really ought to be
marketed."

Renee Wohl, director of the
Midrasha College of Jewish
Studies, chaired the Professional
Staff Institute. Members of the
planning committee were Arlene
Goldberg, Jewish Family Serv-
ice; Renee Mahler, Jewish Fed-
eration Apartments; Dr. Gerald
Teller, United Hebrew Schools;
Judith Richmond, Jewish Voca-
tional Service; Tom
Wexelberg-Clouser, Jewish Wel-
fare Federation; Miriam Schey,
Jewish Community Council; and
Cheryl Riskin, Jewish Home for
Aged.
The Professional Staff Insti-
tute was made available by a
special grant from Federation.

