Greater Seattle Jewish Community Study

OF GREATER SEATTLE 2014 THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE. THE POWER OF COMMUNITY. Greater Seattle Jewish Community Study SECTION O: Inmarried & Intermarri...
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OF GREATER SEATTLE

2014

THE STRENGTH OF A PEOPLE. THE POWER OF COMMUNITY.

Greater Seattle Jewish Community Study

SECTION O: Inmarried & Intermarried Households Research conducted by: Matthew Boxer, Janet Krasner Aronson Matthew A. Brown, Leonard Saxe Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies Steinhardt Social Research Institute Brandeis University

Inmarried and Intermarried Households

Introduction and Overview Marriage of two Jewish individuals (inmarriage) has traditionally been an important measure of engagement with the Jewish community, though by no means the only one. Nearly two-thirds (61%) of Jewish households in Greater Seattle are Inmarried households estimated to include a married couple.1 The Number of households 9,000 majority of these couples include one Jewish and Adults one non-Jewish partner, and this has important Jewish 20,000 potential implications for the involvement of Non-Jewish