When Mark Zuckerberg married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan last year, the tech world was surprised at the unannounced nuptials. But the Jewish world wasn’t. The American Jewish intermarriage rate has surpassed 50 percent for almost two decades, and the October 2013 Pew Research Center report puts the rate at 58 percent for marriages from … More »
Choosing Twice
April 3, 2013
Jewish communal leaders have always been “Jews by choice.” They have chosen to make their Jewishness a central part of their public lives. Rabbis, synagogue presidents, educators, and nonprofit leaders have been more than simply “Jews by birth.” They have chosen publicly Jewish lifestyles and careers. They have opted for professions in which their Jewishness … More »