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Seeking a Third Way to Respond to the Challenge of Intermarriage

Delivered at the CCAR convention, Cincinnati, March 31 2008Steven M. Cohen, Research Professor of Jewish Social Policy, HUC-JIR Intermarriage as the challenge of our generationEvery generation of Jews confronts its distinctive challenges and in doing so leaves its particular contribution to Jewish life and history. The previous generation struggled for Jewish rights and interests in …

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The Jewish Ethics Challenge: Where Do You Stand?

By Arthur Gross Schaefer From Reform Judaism, Winter 1997 Reprinted with permission from the author and Reform Judaism Magazine (Published by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations) “Who Am I?” and “What Do I value?” are sophisticated interrelated questions that deeply affect the decisions we make. Like a mirror placed before us, our closely-held beliefs …

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