The Challenges Of Jewish Interfaith Marriage

Publié par Unknown on jeudi 8 juin 2017

By Jerry Baker


Nowadays there is rapid growth in the rate of intermarriages among the people belonging to a different religion. Many people fall in love with one another and fall for each other such that they do not consider some factors that may hinder them. However, marriage between different faiths is legal and it is practiced in California. Despite the fact that these occasions do happen, there are many challenges facing the Jewish interfaith marriage.

After marrying from another religious group, most people develop the feeling that they have betrayed their religion and abandoned it. This feeling always occurs when the family members from both parties are against the issue of their children marrying. Later, there will arise some sorts of misunderstanding that may affect the relationship of the two for a very long time.

One partner does not fare much better than the other. Here, there arises a problem where one is needed to cope up with the religion of this other person. The problem arises when the family is faced with the reality that their child is supposed to convert to another religion. The partner faces a lot of challenges more so when he is supposed to abandon his religion and change his religious identity.

The partners may also face a challenge when it comes to the socio-economic position belonging to each group that is represented. Jewish patterns can be affected by the upward mobility in the educational status of the country where they were born. This may result in a serious disaster do the couple when they have settled in a particular place.

At the initial stages of this relationships between the two partners, they may lack support from their friend or even family members because of the differences in the way of worship. That becomes a problem when the couple is married, and there arises an issue where the two do not trust each other anymore. The bond between the two becomes weaker with time which poses a major problem that will affect the partners for a long time.

Since the rules and life guidance changes from one faith to another, the couple will have a big time failing to understand each other. This is mostly because one is always used to follow certain rules in life hence adapting to the new ones will become a challenge to them. The marriage may end up coming to an end because of this minor problem among the duo.

There are some situations which are inevitable in the life of these partners. The problem of religious belief sometimes may become irresolvable, many people cannot think outside what they have been taught from the time they were born hence they cannot be patient waiting for what they are not used to in life. Some may also face a challenge in accepting the difference between them and hence they forget about the love they had for one another.

After sometimes, the two may wind up having children. This will be a big problem because they may fail to decide on which religion will they worshiped and brought up using it. This will also bring rise to conflicts between the duo.




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