Political Context
Since the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey revealed that more than 50 percent of new marriages involving a Jewish partner were intermarriages, intermarriage has been a significant and controversial issue in the American Jewish community.
The various denominations of Orthodox Judaism oppose intermarriage. None of the more liberal movements, including Conservative Judaism, Reform Judaism and Reconstructionist Judaism, encourage intermarriage, but their approach to intermarried couples and their children varies.
InterfaithFamily.com specifically advocates that intermarried couples raise their children Jewish and discourages families from raising their children with two religions. Its suggested approach towards intermarriage is closest in line with the Jewish Reform and Reconstructionist movements.
InterfaithFamily.com's position on the Who is a Jew debate is that a child with at least one Jewish parent, whether it's the mother or father, is a Jew.
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