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Jeffrey Eric Tischler (known affectionately as JET), will absolutely be called to the Torah at 6:30 p.m. on Sun-day, Nov. 3 at Temple Israel, whether he's ready or not—the caterer's deposit just became non- refundable. He is the son of Steven and Susan Tischler and the brother of Stacey. Grandparents are Ida and Sol Tischler, who flew in early from Boca just so there won't be any problem missing a flight, and Grandpa Chuckie Stein, who will be there on time but can listen to the end of the football game on a small Indio if he wants. Jeff attends West Hills Middle School, where his grades just haven't improved at all. Jeff has finally decided on a mitzvah project, which involved donating old XBOX, Game Cube and Play Station 2 games to the first charitable organization he found in the phone book. He still wants cash, but please don't send anymore XBOX, Game Cube or Play Station 2 games. Sunday, Nov. 3 • Temple Israel • 6:30 p.m. For tickets or more information, call JET at (248) 788-2900. Committee published Fishman's study of 254 U.S. couples, showing how the intermarried "negotiated and renegoti- ated the religious character of their households" rather than committing to one faith, she said. Of the intermarried, 63percent said they were raising their children as Jews, she said. Half of these couples also said they held Christmas and Easter celebrations in their homes, while another 16 per- cent attended church services and only 16 percent confined Christmas events to those with their non-Jewish relatives. Many of these couples "absorbed Christian themes," such as Christmas dinners, Christmas stockings and Easter-egg hunts in their lives, she added —while doing little Jewishly. Those Christian traditions "may not sound deeply religious, but when you realize that nothing in their lives is deeply religious, that makes a differ- ence," she said. Fishman sees one hope for these cou- ples and the Jewish future. "It is really important for temples and synagogues to gently encourage mixed couples to make their homes exclusively Jewish," she said. In her study, many Jewish spouses did not push their non-Jewish spouses to do Jewish things out of empathy. The non-Jews interpreted tbe inaction as a lack of commitment to Judaism. Still, Olitzky of the Outreach Institute countered that the way children are raised does not necessarily shape the way they'll view themselves as adults. "The Jewish community would like the children of interfaith marriages to totally reject their non-Jewish side — but these kids need to figure out how to identify Jewishly, and feel welcomed by the Jewish community, while at the same time embracing the non-Jewish side of their family," he said. Ed Case, publisher of Interfaithfamily.com, which offers resources and support for intermarried couples in an effort to encourage Jewish involvement, said not enough resources have been devoted to out- reach since the1990 NJPS to accurate- ly assess the impact of outreach. F e w Jewish federations or organiza- tions outside Boston and San Francisco target spending on outreach, such as Introduction-to-Judaism courses for interfaith couples, he said. That lack of attention, and the rising numbers of the intermarried, should make spending more money on out- reach the Jewish community's top pri- ority, he said. "You can't prevent inter- marriage. We ought to treat these peo- ple as a growing audience and try to get them more involved." ❑