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ilies. "An interfaith family striving
to create a Jewish home and live by
Jewish values has a place in my
community," Rabbi Jeret of Palm
Beach said.
"More and more, interfaith people
are coming to me and saying that
back East, they were members of
Reform temples, but they want to try
Conservative now," said Rabbi
Goodman of Las Vegas. He allows
children of Jewish fathers and non-
Jewish mothers to enroll in Hebrew
school as long as they convert before
bar/bat mitzvah, and he urged the
movement to "evaluate the way we
approach interfaith families."
We have to be creative. Of course,
only Jews can be members. But why
should we automatically defer to the
Reform movement," and make
Reform the only address for intermar-
ried families, Rabbi Goodman asked.
Rabbi Holmes said intermarriage is
a "ticklish" issue, in which congrega-
tions need to make the non-Jewish
spouse "feel comfortable, if not
involved" while being "very up front
at the beginning': about policies
restricting non-Jews from leadership
and ritual roles. However, she said,
synagogues can still encourage
involvement in school or social events
where participants do not have to be
Jewish.
Rabbi Judy Yudof, the new presi-
dent of United Synagogue of
Conservative Judaism, said syna-
gogues can do a better job of making
interfaith families comfortable, while
retaining its principles. For example,
even if the non-Jewish spouse cannot
become a member, the synagogue can
still send out letters addressing the
entire family.
"They can't be members, but we
don't want to make them feel like
they don't exist," she said.
If Conservative synagogues want to
encourage intermarried families to live
more Jewish lives, and to persuade the
non-Jewish spouse to consider conver-
sion, they must be more welcoming,
she said. "If we're not welcoming,
why would they want to be a part of
us?" she said.
Ed Case, publisher of
Interfaithfamily.com , said reception to
his display at the convention exhibit
hall — his first time there — was
warmer than he had anticipated. In
one day more than 40 participants
approached his booth and expressed
interest or support, he said. While
most people walked by and looked
surprised to see his exhibit, he said,
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