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Book SynopsisWhen American Jewish men intermarry, goes the common assumption, they and their families are "lost" to the Jewish religion. The author shows that it is not necessarily so. She looks at intermarriage and parenthood through the eyes of a post-World War II cohort of Jewish men and discovers what intermarriage has meant to them and their families.
Trade ReviewIn Marrying Out . . . historian Keren R. McGinity uses qualitative research to dismantle assumptions about the lives and attitudes of intermarried Jewish men.
* Journal of Jewish Identities *
McGinity, a groundbreaking scholar, captures the telling details and the idiosyncratic trajectory of interfaith relationships and marriages in America. But as academic as McGinity's work is, it is also highly personal.
* The Forward *
[A] fresh and lucid look at intermarriage . . .McGinity integrates her findings with an impressive command of the social and historical research on intermarriage, making this book an important analysis of this thorny issue. . . .filled with vivid vignettes about intermarried couples.
* Jewish Book World *
In Marrying Out . . . historian Keren R. McGinity uses qualitative research to dismantle assumptions about the lives and attitudes of intermarried Jewish men.
* Journal of Jewish Identities *
[P]rovides a penetrative analysis of how Jewish men are not 'lost' to Jewish communities but rather shape their own identities as Jewish husbands and fathers.
* Marginalia *
Table of ContentsPreface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Of Mice and Menschen
1. Professional Men
2. Sex and Money
3. Shiksappeal
4. Heartbreak Kid
Conclusion
Notes
Suggested Reading
Index
About the Author
