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Finally, a book that separates fact from fiction about Jewish men and intermarriage. This important contribution to the growing literature on intermarriage illuminates contemporary Jewish life and culture. This volume clearly demonstrates that Jewish men can definitely intermarry, maintain a strong Jewish identity, and raise self-identifying Jewish children. Kerry M. Olitzky, Executive Director, Jewish Outreach Institute

[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 * [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 * 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 * 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 * 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 *

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 * [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 * [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 * 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 * 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 *

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. Forward

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Keren R. McGinity is affiliated with Brandeis University. She is the author of Still Jewish: A History of Women and Intermarriage in America.

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