ti
riages, as are over one-
quarter of that city's mar-
ried Jewish women. By con-
trast, only 1 percent of
Boston's Jewish women and
6 percent of Jewish men
married non-Jews in the
1950s.
There are tremendous dif-
ferences between the Jewish
practices and priorities in
conversionary and mixed-
married households.
About 9 out of 10 families
where both parents are
Jews, by birth or conversion,
give their children a Jewish
education, but only about
half of the children of mixed
marriages receive any for-
mal Jewish education at all,
according to the Cohen
Center analysis.
And there is a big differ-
ence in the level of Jewish
ritual observance in the
families of inmarried, con-
versionary and mixed mar-
ried couples.
Whereas nearly four out of
five people in households
where both partners were
either born Jewish or con-
verted said they fast on Yom
Kippur, fewer than half do
so in mixed-married homes.
Conversely, Christmas
trees are most often found in
homes where one spouse re-
mains non-Jewish. In
Baltimore, for example, 69
percent of mixed-married
households have Christmas
trees, compared to -22 per-
cent of conversionary
households and 1 percent of
homes where both spouses
were born Jewish.
In the mixed marriages,
the gender of the Jewish
spouse is an important factor
in the couple's Jewish iden-
tification. If the wife is Jew-
ish, there is measurably
more ritual practice and
fewer Christmas trees.
Eight percent of intermar-
ried households where the
wife is Jewish light Sabbath
candles, for example, a prac-
tice that is found in only 3
percent of the mixed-
married households where
the husband is the Jew.
And 63 percent of the mix-
ed-married homes where the
wife is Jewish. light Chanu-
kah candles, as opposed to 43
percent of the homes where
the husband is Jewish.
Inmarried and conver-
sionary couples are also
about equally likely to make
charitable donations to Jew-
ish causes, whereas mixed-
married couples were less
than half as likely to con-
tribute.
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