Intermarriage and the Attitudes of American Jewish Leadership: The Issues and the Controversies

This 1993 study, conducted by Dr. Egon Mayer, dealt with some of the key controversies concerning the rising rate of Jewish intermarriage in the United States and how best to respond to it in terms of communal Jewish policy.

The broad consensus among the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform movements was in favor of a concerted effort to attract intermarried couples into the Jewish fold, a surprising result and departure from tradition as far as the Orthodox are concerned.

www.culturaljudaism.org/pdf/emayerajl.pdf

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