The Neighborhood Project and the
Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
4th Annual Indoor
All American
Baseball Clinic
Australian
Intermarriage
Sydney, Australia (JTA) —
A study of Australian Jews
reveals that intermarriage
remains far below that of
American Jews.
The report, conducted by a
New South Wales Univer-
sity doctoral student, com-
pared the rate of 13.1 per-
cent intermarriage with that
of the United States, where
more than half the Jews wed
since 1985 have married
non-Jews.
The favorable figure for
the Australian Jewish com-
munity was also compared to
that for other Australian
groups.
Anglicans married out at a
rate of 34.7 percent, and
Australian Catholics had a
rate of 29.9 percent.
Muslims in Australia had
the lowest intermarriage
rate, at 6 percent. Buddhists
intermarried at a rate of
15.6 percent.
The survey, titled
"Marriage Across Religious
Boundaries," was based on
previously unpublished data
from the 1991 Australian
census and was published in
People and Places magazine.
The author, Tony Gariano,
noted that the census ques-
tion on religion was not
mandatory. Still, 90 percent
of the population claimed to
belong to a particular re-
ligion or identified them-
selves as having "no re-
ligion."
Mr. Gariano, who is Jew-
ish, told the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency that "the
low out-marriage rate for
Jews is well-documented."
The census figures support
the findings of research into
the Jewish community of
Melbourne conducted by the
Australian Jewish Welfare
Society and by Bill Rubins-
tein of Deakin University.
Responding to the latest
survey, Isi Leibler, president
of the Executive Council of
Australian Jewry, was im-
pressed, but expressed res-
ervations.
"I simply cannot accept
the figures as accurate," he
said. "Rabbis and other
community leaders have ex-
pressed great concern at the
visible rates of intermar-
riage confronting the com-
munity."
Mr. Leibler said,
"Comprehensive communal
surveys have repeatedly
shown that the census fig-
ures are not an accurate in-
dication of the size of the
Australian Jewish commun-
ity." ❑
Thursday, April 14, 1994
5:30 - 8:00 p.m.
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Lots of action!
Emphasis on fun and skills!
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Bring a glove, bat and tennis shoes.
Label all personal belongings.
Cost:
$2.50 includes Pizza Dinner - served at 6:15 p.m.
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For information: Theresa at 967-4030.
This program is Co-sponsored by The Jewish News
Registration Form
Neighborhood Project-JCC All-American Indoor Baseball Clinic
April 14, 1994
5:30-8:00 p.m.
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