The Problems Facing The Jewish Interfaith Marriage

By Jerry Baker


With the rise in the rates of intermarriages among the members of different ethnic groups, there are some issues that the partners in the Jewish interfaith marriage face. Many people become friends at first and end up developing some affection towards each other thus loving themselves. At this stage, there is need of a union between them through a wedding, but there are some items that may hinder them from marrying one another or even face some difficulties after the wedding.

Most people do have that emotional feeling that they have abandoned their people and join strangers. This always occurs especially when the in-laws are against the intermarriage but the couple wants to be together. Conflict and bitterness arise as the two misunderstands one another. These may bring about long lasting damages and consequences to these relationships.

These type of marriages are not always fair to one partner. This is because one will need to change his religious status and join the partner. There is at all times a problem when one will be necessary to cope up with the faith of this other person. Later, the families involved comes to a reality that their child is going to convert and worship through another religion.

Since the social and economic relationships differ from one place to another, the newly wedded will face a challenge with this more so if they married from different countries. The patterns can be affected by the change in upward mobility frequently in the education sector of the place they were born. That will bring a lot of problem to the couple when settling down in that particular region all over their lifetime.

The partners may also lack support from their friends and families in the initial period of their friendship due to the fact that they are from different religion. These can bring a problem with trust issues among them later that will destroy the strength of their relationship. Therefore, it is good if they take time so that they can understand each other fully and have that confidence to introduce themselves to their families so as to avoid this type of problem.

In any religion, some rules guide the life of its worshippers that changes from one religion to the other. Since the time people were young, they were used to this regulation hence changing them when they are used to them becomes a big problem that may bring about the confusion between the couple. That is always a threat to the relationship of the pair.

Many people cannot think outside the box of what they are used to think. That challenge is always inevitable among the years of these partners. These might create a problem-solving them thus reducing the level of patience of some people. Some may wind up not accepting and appreciating the difference that occurs between the partners.

The main challenge comes when the two have children. This will become a problem, especially when handing the beliefs down to the children. They will be conflicts on which religion should the children follow and what will guide them through their life.




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