Кем будут дети от смешанных браков?

Две статьи с небольшим послесловием. В некотором смысле в продолжение предыдущего разговора - поскольку темы смешанных браков и гиюров сегодня неразделимы.

1. U.S. Jewish movement embraces mixed marriages, reaches out to kids. Реформистский подход

For Kushner, who has decided to distribute this text as a means of instruction, it is clear where the border runs between who is out and who is in: "If they raise Jewish kids, it's a Jewish family. It's not the parents who are important, but rather their choice regarding the next generation... A welcoming, vibrant congregation will attract mixed families. This means that the community's overall message must also change: from "It is important to marry a Jew," to "It is important to raise Jewish children." After all, the first message has long been doomed to failure. About half of young Jews marry outside the community...

Two-thirds of Boston-area intermarried couples were raising their children as Jews, double the rate in many other communities.. Mixed families are raising their children Jewish, but also that they are Jewish in a way that closely resembles the practices of Reform families with two Jewish parents. For example, similar percentages have a Passover seder, light Sabbath or Hanukkah candles, and attend synagogue. Further, similar percentages of children have a bar or bat mitzvah.

2. Intermarriage is religious and cultural suicide Ортодоксальный подход

Rav Weinberg (Teshuvot Seridei Eish 2:6 in the original edition) was asked in 1932 whether it is permissible to count an intermarried Jew towards a Minyan. He responded <...> one who has married a non-Jewish woman, whom we certainly (emphasis added), according to Halacha, are obligated to excommunicate to discourage such behavior, has the status of one who has been excommunicated, and it is forbidden to count him towards a Minyan.
In a lecture at Yeshiva University in 1988, Rav NN unequivocally stated his opposition to retaining ties with a family member who has intermarried. He explained that a Jew who has chosen to intermarry has "crossed a Rubicon" and has turned his back on the Jewish people, whose survival depends on Jews marrying Jews and raising Jewish children who will continue the heritage of our ancestors.

3. Послесловие

ИМХО, материал в данном случае говорит сам за себя.Поэтому ограничусь буквально парой комментариев.( Read more... )

Кем будут дети от смешанных браков?

Две статьи с небольшим послесловием. В некотором смысле в продолжение предыдущего разговора - поскольку темы смешанных браков и гиюров сегодня неразделимы.

1. U.S. Jewish movement embraces mixed marriages, reaches out to kids. Реформистский подход

For Kushner, who has decided to distribute this text as a means of instruction, it is clear where the border runs between who is out and who is in: "If they raise Jewish kids, it's a Jewish family. It's not the parents who are important, but rather their choice regarding the next generation... A welcoming, vibrant congregation will attract mixed families. This means that the community's overall message must also change: from "It is important to marry a Jew," to "It is important to raise Jewish children." After all, the first message has long been doomed to failure. About half of young Jews marry outside the community...

Two-thirds of Boston-area intermarried couples were raising their children as Jews, double the rate in many other communities.. Mixed families are raising their children Jewish, but also that they are Jewish in a way that closely resembles the practices of Reform families with two Jewish parents. For example, similar percentages have a Passover seder, light Sabbath or Hanukkah candles, and attend synagogue. Further, similar percentages of children have a bar or bat mitzvah.

2. Intermarriage is religious and cultural suicide Ортодоксальный подход

Rav Weinberg (Teshuvot Seridei Eish 2:6 in the original edition) was asked in 1932 whether it is permissible to count an intermarried Jew towards a Minyan. He responded <...> one who has married a non-Jewish woman, whom we certainly (emphasis added), according to Halacha, are obligated to excommunicate to discourage such behavior, has the status of one who has been excommunicated, and it is forbidden to count him towards a Minyan.
In a lecture at Yeshiva University in 1988, Rav NN unequivocally stated his opposition to retaining ties with a family member who has intermarried. He explained that a Jew who has chosen to intermarry has "crossed a Rubicon" and has turned his back on the Jewish people, whose survival depends on Jews marrying Jews and raising Jewish children who will continue the heritage of our ancestors.

3. Послесловие

ИМХО, материал в данном случае говорит сам за себя.Поэтому ограничусь буквально парой комментариев.( Read more... )