IWG Recommendations Letter
Moving from Disapproval to Engagement: Recommendations from the Intermarriage Working Group
Dear Friends,
In communities across the Conservative/Masorti movement, we see families with an array of backgrounds building Jewish homes, raising Jewish children, and elevating our communities in countless ways.
For decades, our Movement’s approach to families where one partner is Jewish and the other is not was rooted in disapproval and shaped by fears about Jewish continuity. But today—as we connect with countless families who want to learn, participate, and belong—we are committed to welcoming people as they are and grounding our decisions in inclusion, personal relationships with clergy, and an authentic halakhic process.
As a Movement, we are firmly committed to continue moving from disapproval to engagement.