The Problems Facing The Jewish Interfaith Marriage

By Jerry Baker


Most people prefer marrying other individuals from different faiths. This has brought to the rise in the number of intermarriages between the religious groups available in the world. At some stages, people become friends, and in the course of the friendship, they start to develop some feelings towards each other. They end up loving each other, and there is a need for doing a wedding. However, Jewish interfaith marriage has got some problems that affect the partners.

After marrying from another religious group, most people develop the feeling that they have betrayed their religion and abandoned it. This feeling always occurs when the family members from both parties are against the issue of their children marrying. Later, there will arise some sorts of misunderstanding that may affect the relationship of the two for a very long time.

One partner does not fare much better than the other. Here, there arises a problem where one is needed to cope up with the religion of this other person. The problem arises when the family is faced with the reality that their child is supposed to convert to another religion. The partner faces a lot of challenges more so when he is supposed to abandon his religion and change his religious identity.

The partners may also face a challenge when it comes to the socio-economic position belonging to each group that is represented. Jewish patterns can be affected by the upward mobility in the educational status of the country where they were born. This may result in a serious disaster do the couple when they have settled in a particular place.

At the initial stages of this relationships between the two partners, they may lack support from their friend or even family members because of the differences in the way of worship. That becomes a problem when the couple is married, and there arises an issue where the two do not trust each other anymore. The bond between the two becomes weaker with time which poses a major problem that will affect the partners for a long time.

Since the rules and life guidance changes from one faith to another, the couple will have a big time failing to understand each other. This is mostly because one is always used to follow certain rules in life hence adapting to the new ones will become a challenge to them. The marriage may end up coming to an end because of this minor problem among the duo.

There are some situations which are inevitable in the life of these partners. The problem of religious belief sometimes may become irresolvable, many people cannot think outside what they have been taught from the time they were born hence they cannot be patient waiting for what they are not used to in life. Some may also face a challenge in accepting the difference between them and hence they forget about the love they had for one another.

After sometimes, the two may wind up having children. This will be a big problem because they may fail to decide on which religion will they worshiped and brought up using it. This will also bring rise to conflicts between the duo.




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