General Resource Materials on Marriage Within the Faith

The Ideal Conservative Jew: Eight Behavioral Expectations (pamphlet) - Offers eight behavioral expectations to help you build the foundation of a strong and committed Conservative Jewish lifestyle. To order, contact the Department of Congregational Programming, Ext. 2205.
A Return to the Mitzvah of Endogamy - Rabbi Jerome M. Epstein suggests that given the limited resources within the Jewish community, prevention of intermarriage must be a higher priority than keruv. Statistical data supporting this approach is included. Cost: $2.50 per copy. To order, contact the Book Service, 1 (800) 594-5617.
Convert: Genuine Jew? - Dr. Morton K. Siegel presents a brief positive argument on the authenticity of a Jew by choice. Cost: $2 per copy. To order, contact the Book Service, 1 (800) 594-5617.
Enriching Jewish Life: Building Blocks for Marrying Within the Faith - This 220-page book, produced by the New York Metropolitan Region, contains replicable programs for nursery schools, afternoon Hebrew schools, bar/bat mitzvah, teenage youth groups, families, college youth and post-college singles, to promote Jewish living and marriage within the faith. Also includes listings of informal education facilities as well as other resources. Cost: $25. To order, contact METNY, Ext. 2150.
Intermarriage: Our Grounds For Concern: 14 Questions, 14 Answers - Author Alan Silverstein poses the questions that someone contemplating the issues of interdating and intermarriage would ask, and then provides thoughtful answers to these questions based on the values of Conservative Judaism. Cost: $3.75 per copy. To order, contact the Book Service, 1 (800) 594-5617.
It All Begins with a Date: Parent/Young Adult Dialogues About Interdating - In this 35-page booklet, Rabbi Alan Silverstein poses nine common, challenging questions young adults ask when seeking to know why parents object to interdating. The piece is intended to assist dialogue about interdating in intergenerational settings of parents and their children or with groups of parents or teens. Cost: $5. To order, contact the Book Service, 1 (800) 594-5617.
Why Be Jewish? What fs the Gain, the Pride, the Joy? - In this booklet, Rabbi Alan Silverstein helps adults, and particularly parents of teenagers, consider reasons for being Jewish. Can be read alone or as part of Figuring It Out Together: A Program of Family Study and Experiences. Cost: $5.95 (quantity rates available). To order, contact the Book Service, 1 (800) 594-5617.
Figuring It Out Together - A manual for program facilitators by Susan Werk and Rabbi Shelley Kniaz, which guides a parent-child pre- bar/bat mitzvah program. For use in conjunction with 8Why Be Jewish? Cost: $9. To order, contact the Book Service, 1 (800) 594-5617.

Resources for Educators and Youth Leaders

Future Thinking: The Effects of Intermarriage - A 10-lesson module for pre- and post- bar/bat mitzvah classes and older students, by Greta Bernard Brown. Includes a teacherfs guide with lesson plans and a student notebook. Cost: Teachers Guide, $5.50; Student Notebook, $1.25 (15 copies or more @ $1.10). To order, contact the Book Service, 1 (800) 594-5617.
Interdating Intermarriage: Intervention - A complete program guide to help confront this critical issue, written by Edward Edelstein. Geared to teens and/or parents, it describes how to administer programs on interdating and intermarriage prevention and can be used in conjunction with Intermarriage: Our Grounds for Concern. Cost: $5 per copy. To order, contact the Book Service, 1 (800) 594-5617.
Intermarriage: What Can We Do? What Should We Do? - Filled with concrete advice and practical guidance for congregational leaders, both lay and professional, on how synagogues can respond to the multifaceted dimensions of the problem. Cost: $2 per copy. To order, contact the Book Service, 1 (800) 594-5617.
Principles and Compassion: Guidelines and Casebook for Teaching with Children of Intermarried Parents in Our Synagogue Schools - This publication, written by Rabbi Shelley Kniaz, is designed for rabbis, principals, teachers, and lay leaders. It includes recommended policies and procedures as well as 20 case studies for staff discussion and training, with analyses and suggested responses. Cost: $9.50 per copy. To order, contact the Book Service, 1 (800) 594-5617.
Syllabus for the Teacher of Choosing Jews - Curricular outlines for introduction to 8basicse of Judaism (including ideological, historical, and communal material). Cost: $15 each. To order, contact the Book Service, 1 (800) 594-5617.