Spring 2026

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CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT SHIFTS ITS APPROACH TO INTERMARRIAGE by ASAF ELIA-SHALEV RELIGION

THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT is formally apologizing for decades of dis- couraging intermarriage and is committing itself to a new approach centred on engage- ment. The shift marks a significant change in tone for a denomination that long treat- ed intermarriage as a threat to Jewish conti- nuity. Leaders of the movement announced the shift in a report released in December 2025 by a working group representing the

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