aIf you thought there was nothing new to say about Jews and
intermarriage, think again. Keren McGinityas well-researched study
focuses on American Jewish women who intermarried during the
twentieth century and demonstrates that many of them not only
remained Jewish but, paradoxically, became more Jewish, perhaps in
response to the challenge of having a non-Jewish spouse. An
invaluable addition to the scant scholarly literature on
intermarriage, this volume shows that in intermarriage, as in so
much else, gender matters.a
--Jonathan D. Sarna, author of "American Judaism: A History"
Over the last century, American Jews married outside their
religion at increasing rates. By closely examining the intersection
of intermarriage and gender across the twentieth century, Keren R.
McGinity describes the lives of Jewish women who intermarried while
placing their decisions in historical context. The first
comprehensive history of these intermarried women, Still Jewish is
a multigenerational study combining in-depth personal interviews
and an astute analysis of how interfaith relationships and
intermarriage were portrayed in the mass media, advice manuals, and
religious community-generated literature.
Still Jewish dismantles assumptions that once a Jew
intermarries, she becomes fully assimilated into the majority
Christian population, religion, and culture. Rather than becoming
alosta to the Jewish community, women who intermarried later in the
century were more likely to raise their children with strong ties
to Judaism than women who intermarried earlier in the century.
Bringing perennially controversial questions of Jewish identity,
continuity, and survival to the forefront of thediscussion, Still
Jewish addresses topics of great resonance in the modern Jewish
community and beyond.
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