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interfaith marriage

A wedding chuppah
Posted inReligion

Conservative movement apologizes for decades of discouraging intermarriage

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev December 18, 2025December 19, 2025

(JTA) — The Conservative movement, one of the major Jewish denominations, is formally apologizing for decades of discouraging intermarriage and committing itself to a new approach centered on engagement. The […]

Rabbi Ari Yehuda Saks
Posted inReligion

Third-generation Conservative rabbi resigns from movement after facing punishment for performing intermarriages

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev August 11, 2025August 11, 2025
Groom crushes glass in Jewish wedding ceremony.
Posted inU.S.

In a first for Conservative Judaism, synagogue allows clergy to participate in interfaith weddings

Asaf Elia-Shalev by Asaf Elia-Shalev July 2, 2025July 2, 2025
a collage of different cover art for "Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret" from over the years
Posted inBooks

How Judy Blume’s ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ broke taboos around interfaith marriage

Emily Schneider by Emily Schneider and JTA March 21, 2023
Hebrew College, which sold its Newton Centre, Massachusetts campus in 2018, is now the second major rabbinical school in the United States to do away with rules barring students from dating or marrying non-Jews. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Hebrew College)
Posted inU.S.

In a shift, Boston’s Hebrew College will now ordain rabbis whose partners are not Jewish

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA February 1, 2023February 1, 2023
In episode 5 of "The Rehearsal," Nathan Fielder navigates the complexities of an interfaith family — sort of. (Photo/Courtesy HBO)
Posted inTV & Film

Nathan Fielder’s HBO show ‘The Rehearsal’ offers an unusual portrayal of interfaith parenting gone wrong

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg and JTA August 15, 2022
a flowery wedding canopy at sunset by the beach
Posted inMixed & Matched

Creating an interfaith wedding inspired by Jewish tradition

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler June 9, 2021
(Photo/Pixabay CC0)
Posted inMixed & Matched

Advice: My Jewish boyfriend bristles at Christmas. But isn’t it just one day?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler December 3, 2019December 3, 2019
Roberts reclines on a couch, smiling
Posted inObituaries

Pioneering journalist Cokie Roberts, who wrote about her interfaith marriage, dies

Marcy Oster by Marcy Oster and JTA September 17, 2019
We shouldn't be so quick to pat ourselves on the back for welcoming interfaith families, writes Edmund Case. (Photo/Flickr-alborzshawn CC BY 2.0)
Posted inUncategorized

Welcome mat for interfaith families needs more unrolling

Edmund Case by Edmund Case August 21, 2019

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