Articles in Intermarriage

Which Half Isn't Jewish?

By Eva Rydelnik

Ever wonder if it's important to transmit Jewish heritage to your kids, when only one of the parents is Jewish? It can be confusing, but my husband and I believe it is important.
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Two Routes to One Messiah

When Mark and Farryl married in 1988, they had no spiritual ambitions. In fact, it would be a year before Mark wrote to his Baptist born-again parents, informing them that that he had married, that his wife was Jewish and that, as they may have already guessed, he himself was not a Christian. Though he loved his parents, Mark had been living a separate and somewhat secret life for quite some time.
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Six Success Strategies for Intermarried Couples

By Scott Brown

Cultivate a Biblical View of Intermarriage

The union of Jews and Gentiles seems to be high on the list of God's priorities! In the first book of the Torah, God promises to make Abraham, the first Hebrew patriarch, the father of many "goyim" (Gentile nations). The Hebrew prophet Isaiah wrote that God would join Jews and Gentiles to create a "house of prayer for all nations." In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul (a religious Jew) wrote to Gentile congregations in Ephesus and Rome about a "mystery." God would one day knit together Jews and Gentiles into one unified body. In other words, the marriage of a Jew and a Gentile has the potential of demonstrating God's eternal purposes.
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Putting the Faith in Interfaith Marriage

By Alan Shore

It's a scenario we're seeing more and more frequently. Two young people fall in love-one Jewish, the other not. Neither of them has an attachment to any religious tradition or belief. Since no one else in either family seems to mind particularly, except a stray grandparent here and there, they overlook this seemingly insignificant matter, and the marriage is made. For a while, all goes well.
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Portrait of a Messianic Faith: Ken and Yolanda

What happens when spiritual priorities shift in a marriage between a Jewish person and a Gentile? It can be a recipe for disaster! Or it can be the start of a relationship with far more depth than either one imagined possible.
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