WESTON, FL — A study revealing that Jewish teens--even those who think it important to raise their chldren Jewish--do not see intermarriage as an impediment, underscores the importance of Chabad's extra-curricular educational programs.
“What if I Marry Someone Who Isn’t Jewish?”
WESTON, FL — A study revealing that Jewish teens–even those who think it important to raise their chldren Jewish–do not see intermarriage as an impediment, underscores the importance of Chabad’s extra-curricular educational programs.
Barely out of the “boys are gross” stage, girls in over 200 Bat Mitzvah Clubs from Copenhagen to Columbus, OH, begin preparing for their entry into Jewish womanhood.
Through art, drama and journal entries they explore the roles of pivotal women in Jewish history, the feminine mystique within Jewish holidays, and quite often why marrying a Jew is important.
Rivky Unsdorfer, leader of Bat Mitzvah Club of Weston, FL, stumbled onto the topic when she was stunned by a club member’s offhand remark. Unsdorfer was demonstrating the care and keeping of a kosher kitchen, “and I mentioned something like ‘when you grow up, you’ll know what to do.’”
A girl asked, “but what if I marry someone who isn’t Jewish?” If someone could be raised “half-Jewish,” could a kitchen be “half-kosher”?
Until then, said Unsdorfer, “I took it for granted that the girls who participated in this club regarded marrying Jewish as a given.”
boruch ben tzvi hakohaine hoffinger
B"H
Chabad, keep up the wonderful work! It’s a huge tragedy!
Perhaps the frum world is getting slapped in the face?
How hard did all frum Jews try, in the past 100 years, to teach Torah to the ignorant?
boruch unsdorfer
well done rivky eep up the good work