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wo events occurred on
Sept. 17. Early that
Monday, the
sociologist Egon Mayer
released the findings of his
disturbing new study on
intermarriage. As the day
neared its end, Sharon Gless
debuted in her new CBS
series, "The Trials of Rosie
O'Neill."
At first glance, the two are
as far removed from each
other as any two events can
be. First glances, however,
often are deceptive.
Mr. Mayer, of the Center
for Jewish Studies of the
City University of New
York, sent questionnaires to
9,000 people who have
achieved leadership posi-
tions in their Jewish com-
munities. More than 2,000
responded. Mr. Mayer con-
ducted the survey for the
Jewish Outreach Institute,
which he co- founded to deal
with the challenges posed by
intermarriage.
The results were astoun-
ding. By and large, Mr.
Mayer found, intermarriage
is becoming acceptable in
the American Jewish world.
The people surveyed were
rabbis, synagogue presi-
dents and Jewish communal
professionals — people ac-
tively involved in Jewish life
at its most basic levels. Yet
more than half of the re-
spondents have at least one
child who is married to a
person who was not born
Jewish. More important,
nearly three-quarters said
they would not oppose an
intermarriage in their
families or communities.
In all but the Orthodox
communities, the lay leader-
ship also believe their rabbis
should officiate at intermar-
riages.
Over 70 percent of Conser-
vative lay leaders respon-
ding said their rabbis should
officiate if the couple agreed
to raise their children as
Jews; 40 percent of the
Reform lay leadership even
if the couple refused to raise
their children as Jews.
Mr. Mayer's study is not
the only recent one on the
subject. B'nai Brith Women
conducted its own through a
magazine it publishes. In
that survey, intermarriage
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Sheldon Engelmayer formerly
was executive editor of the New
York Jewish Week.
is strongly preferred to sin-
glehood.
Among those responding,
80 percent said they would
not oppose the marriage of
their daughter to a non-Jew
if she is age 35 or older. Six-
ty percent said the same
about a son. On the other
hand, if the son or daughter
was not yet "thirtysome-
thing," roughly 80 percent of
the respondents would oppose
an intermarriage. (Mr. Mayer
says this is not due to
altruism on the part of
parents. Rather, they do not
want "to sacrifice the possi-
bility of having grand-
children.")
The B'nai Brith Women
survey had another finding
that is telling all by itself.
Among the respondents,
Television has long
taken the rap for
many of society's
ills; television
must also share
the blame for
intermarriage.
nearly all the women over 40
were married to men who
were born Jewish. Among
the under-40s, a third were
married to men who were
not Jews at birth.
What does all this have to
do with Sharon Gless and
"The Trials of Rosie
O'Neill"? Maybe nothing,
maybe everything.
Television has long taken
the rap for many of society's
ills; for instance, the late
Rod Serling believed a tele-
play of his, in which a plane
is hijacked, sparked a wave
of hijackings that has not
ended. Others see a correla-
tion between television
violence and society's; still
others see one between junk-
food commericals and those
who grow up to be nutri-
tional illiterates.
Television must also share
the blame for intermarriage.
To be sure, Jews married
non-Jews before the first
television signal hit the
ether, but the medium has
made intermarriage the
norm for the Jews on its
series. Two of the most pop-
ular programs today are
"thirtysomething" and
"L.A. Law." Both have
intermarried couples. In last
year's "Chicken Soup,"
Jackie Mason had a romance
going with Lynn Redgrave.
The list goes way back.
Bridget loved Bernie so
much, Meredith Baxter end-