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group and to Jewish group
identity. They may suffer
from some form of denial or
fantasy thinking.
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our community to take in-
formed and collective action.
For too long we have been es-
sentially silent in the face of
the greatest threat to the life
of our community. Like those
fabled citizens of Krypton, we
keep silent at our own peril.
We have been, at best, reac-
tive to conditions that cir-
cumstances have imposed
upon us. It is not enough to
bemoan the unhappy statis-
tics. Nor is it enough to sim-
ply reach out with all good
intentions to extend emo-
tional support to mixed mar-
rieds and their families.
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STOPPING DECLINE page 6
Our Detroit community is
accustomed to claiming a
leadership role in American
Jewish life. If ever a situation
offered us the opportunity to
provide much needed leader-
ship, this is it. There has been
too little real discussion of the
problems that confront us
and their implications. We
have seen too little collective
effort to articulate a coherent
and productive communal
policy about what we are to
do to respond to circum-
stances with implications as
significant as these. Let all
the elements of our commu-
nity sit down and collective-
ly devise strategies to help us
rise to this powerful chal-
lenge. In our actions, Detroit
can set an example for other
communities. The time to be-
gin serious conversations was
long ago. We must begin to
make realistic assessments
and undertake positive pro-
grams to confront the crisis
that is on our doorstep.
There are some issues
which will certainly find their
way on to our agenda. One
recent report from the Amer-
ican Jewish Committee ad-
vocated the creation of
programs for our young peo-
ple which explicitly encour-
aged Jews to marry other
Jews. This is a challenging
proposal. How do we respond
to it without degenerating
into empty ethnocentrism or
ugly chauvinism?
Whatever we have been
doing about this problem in
the past, either by omission
or commission has simply not
worked. As a community —
institutions, lay and rabbinic
leaders alike — our respons-
es have not helped. The star-
tling rise in intermarriages
since 1985 must be seen in
large measure as testimony
to the failure of our collective
response during this past
generation.
One of the most significant
findings of these studies is
the sharp distinction between
conversionary marriages and
mixed marriages. In every
area studied there is a clear
pattern of affinity between
marriages between two Jews <
and conversionary marriages;
and a distinction between
these two groups on one hand
and mixed marrieds on the
other hand. All of these stud-
ies underscore a clear differ-
ence between conversionary `1
marriages and mixed mar-
riages. Clearly we must con-
More and more of
our sons and
daughters will be
entering into
marriages which
have a less and less
likely chance of
supporting Jewish
lifestyles or
producing Jewish
offspring.
tinue our efforts to be of every
conceivable help to conver-
sionary marriages and to be
of active assistance to those
mixed married families who_ (
choose to create Jewish
households and to raise Jew- (
ish children.
At the same time, the com-
munity would do well to heed
the advice of Rabbi Alexan-
der Schindler, president of
the Union of American He-
brew Congregations, who
tells us that the time has long
since passed when we need
to be shy about proposing
conversion as a constructive
and healthy alternative to
mixed marriages. Let us be
more proactive in encourag-
ing non-Jewish prospective
spouses of our sons and
daughters to become part of
the community.
Each of the studies indi-
cates a clear correlation be-
tween the amount of formal
and informal Jewish educa-
tion one receives and the in-
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