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To: ken5050
Reformed Jewery in America is dying, primarily as a result interfaith marriages.....in the Northeast, it's fashionable only for the big bar or bat mitzvah, and twice a year on the high holy days..any other times, the parking lots in the temples can be used for roller blading...

Speaking as a Catholic married to a (non-observant) Jew, I agree with your observation. My sister-in-law is a Messianic Jew (Jews for Jesus) married to a Baptist, my wife's best friend is a Jewish woman who married an Italian guy. Another friend is a Italian woman married to a Jewish guy.

Basicly, when you're a Jew in an ocean of Christians, it's much more likely that you'll marry a Christian than a Jew, unless you have an inflexible criterion to only date Jews.

With an intermarriage rate around 50% for Reform and Conservative Jews, I expect Reform and Conservative Judaism to pretty-much disappear from the US within another 3 generations

36 posted on 04/05/2002 12:24:32 PM PST by SauronOfMordor
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To: SauronOfMordor
Every man should be married to a JAP at least once, eif evn for a short time..it's a life-altering experience.....LOL

Seriously, what's curious inall the comments is that no one mentioned how secular Israel is, as a country.....most of the Sabras are non-observant Jews...

38 posted on 04/05/2002 1:21:20 PM PST by ken5050
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