Editing Jewish views on marriage (section)

===Attitudes===
{{Further|Conservative Halakha#Restrictions on marriage}}
* All branches of [[Orthodox Judaism]] do not sanction the validity or legitimacy of intermarriages.Orthodox teachings view marriage between a Jewish man and woman as a reunion of two halves of the same soul, thus  a Jewish man to have any relationship with a "[[Shiksa]]" (gentile woman) or a Jewish woman to have any relationship with a [[goy]] (gentile man) would be considered a disgrace.<ref>[https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/148995/jewish/On-Intermarriage.htm On Intermarriage Rabbi Eliezer Shemtov]</ref> Some Orthodox families observe [[Shiva (Judaism)|shiva]] (mourning rites) for relatives who marry outside the faith, symbolically mourning the potential loss of future generations who may not be raised as Jewish.<ref> [https://www.thehebrewcafe.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=680&pid=6539&highlight=Samson#pid6539 Response of Rabbi Eliezer Zalmanov 08/01/2019]</ref> Intermarriage is sometimes referred to in Orthodox circles as the "[[Silent Holocaust (Judaism)]]." The only legal way for children of such relationships to be part of a Jewish community, is for them of their own free will to willingly accept the Iron Yoke of the Torah with help from Orthodox Jewish guidance.
* [[Conservative Judaism]] does not sanction intermarriage, but encourages acceptance of the non-Jewish spouse within the family, hoping that such acceptance will lead to conversion.
* [[Reform Judaism]] and [[Reconstructionist Judaism]] permit total personal autonomy in interpretation of [[Halakha|Jewish Law]], and intermarriage is not forbidden. Reform and Reconstructionist rabbis are free to take their own approach to performing marriages between a Jewish and non-Jewish partner. Many, but not all, seek agreement from the couple that the children will be raised as Jewish.

There are also differences between streams on what constitutes an intermarriage, arising from their [[Who is a Jew|differing criteria for being Jewish]] in the first place. Orthodox Jews only consider a child to be Jewish if the mother is of Jewish ancestry or has undergone a proper conversion as conducted by proper rabbinical authorities.

Among the general Jewish population in Israel, interfaith marriages are extremely rare; only about two percent were in an interfaith marriage. In addition, about 97 percent of Jews in the same [[Pew Research Center]] study, conducted in 2014-2015, did not approve of their child marrying a Muslim while 89 percent expressed similar views when asked about a hypothetical marriage to a Christian.<ref>{{cite web |author=Pew Research Center |date=March 8, 2016 |title=11. Intergroup marriage and friendship |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2016/03/08/intergroup-marriage-and-friendship/ |access-date=July 19, 2024}}</ref>