| Hope for Jewish Gentile Couples in 2010 |
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| Written by Tuvya Zaretsky | ||||||
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During 2010, the next National Jewish Population Survey (NJPS) will be released. We’ve anticipated that it will once again report that during the past decade, the larger percentage of marriages involving Jews were to Gentile partners. The 1990 NJPS revealed that 52% of all Jews marrying since 1985 had married someone who wasn’t Jewish. And in 2000, the NJPS and the American Jewish Identity Survey revealed that the pattern had changed very little. The response from traditional Jewish leadership in America has largely been divided and often insists on a Jewish future that is defined by Judaism. However, since 1985, almost two thirds of all Jewish people have been disaffiliating from the institutions of American Jewry. That has given rise to new ways of defining Jewishness and expressing Jewish identity. The inclusion of Gentiles within an expanding community of Jewish-Gentile families has presented unique challenges. Today we are seeing a vibrant population of Jews where neither ethnic identity nor spiritual heritage are threatened. Aviva’s parents represent a new hope for American Jewry. Their shared faith in the Messiah of Israel is a hope that is open and available to others. If you would like more information about the spiritual harmony that is the foundation for so many successful Jewish-Gentile couples, please send us a note. If you feel like you don’t belong to either the Christian or Jewish community, JewishGentileCouples.com is a place for you to find mutual acceptance. We clearly see hope for Jewish-Gentile couples in 2010.
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1. Respecting God
2. Knowing God
3. Receiving personal forgiveness
4. Dealing with self-righteousness
5. Acknowledging God's righteousness
6. Understanding the salvation of the Messiah
I would say after 28 years of a "cross cultural" marriage there simply is no spiritual harmony. It has for me, been like being in a marriage by myself. With loving respect I would counsel anyone contemplating this sort of union to consider strongly 2 Corinthians 6:14.
That being said, I believe for those of us who did not heed God's guidelines, should stay in our marriage and believe God to display His mighty work (Romans 8:28).
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During the first week of this month, we celebrated the joy of a lifecycle event. It was the naming ceremony for a little baby girl named Aviva. We introduced her to a community of loving Jews and Gentiles who celebrated the promise of her new life. We welcomed her into the household of Israel. 