Our Keruv group was formed to fulfill a much needed function, and that is to recognize and react to the reality that more Jews are intermarrying.

Our endeavor is to learn from each other's experiences in coping with interfaith marriages and families.  Many of us are confronted with the challenges of our children dating non-Jews, raising children in interfaith marriages, the holiday dilemma, and creating/maintaining harmony with our non-Jewish in-laws during holidays and life-cycle events.

If you would like to participate in any of our Keruv programming, or would like more information, please contact Howard Schreiber at 201-236-8744, or e-mail 10baker@optonline.net.

Below you will find essays from various authors on the subject of intermarriage.  These are made available by our Keruv organization in an effort to educate and assist those that are interested to learn of different positive approaches to intermarried family situations that have become a reality.  We recognize that every family has their own unique dynamics and hopefully these essays will offer positive outlooks that can bye applied in whole, or part, to your family.

Our Keruv organization at Temple Israel,  offers ongoing programs to explore the challenges and ways of welcoming interfaith families into our Jewish community.


Two Jews, One Denominator - March 2007

Changing Our Perceptions of the Conservative/Masorti Synagogue By Rabbi Michael Menitoff

Parental Influence: Points of Intervention By Rabbi Charles Simon

Understanding the Grandparents in our Communities By Rabbi Charles Simon - May 2004

From Tolerance to Acceptance By Rabbi Stewart L.Vogel

Shifting Beneath our Feet: Jewish Families Today By Dr. Rela Mintz Geffen