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Title: Two Jews Can Still Be a Mixed Marriage by Azriela Jaffe, Azriela Jaffe ISBN: 1-56414-473-9 Publisher: Career Press Pub. Date: March, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.99

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (5 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A great book on conflict resolution in marriage
Comment: This book deals with resolving cobflict in a Jewish marriage where one patner has a higher level of religious observance than the other. However, many of the strategies for resolving conflict can be applied to other, non religious, areas. For example, suppose having a kosher house, on a scale of 1 to 10, is a 10 for the husband while the wife's desire to be able to eat anything in the house is a 6. The house should be kosher. On the other hand, if the wife's desire to eat whatever she wants, when the couple goes out to dinner is a 10, then the compromise should be that the home is kosher but the husband does not pressure the wife to keep kosher outside. Wouldn't this strategy work for just about any conflict, religious or secular?

Sometimes the compromise might be to meet each other half way. For example, if the couple cannot agree on which synagogue to join, they might join a third one which each would be willing to join even if that synagogue is neither's first choice but is an acceptable second choice for both. Another possibility is from time to time, to attend both synagogues. The important thing is for each partner to have respect for the other's level of Judaism and to seek to work things out. The wrong thing to do is to become defensive and have an angry "Reform vs Orthodox" argument. This fine book shows how conflicts can be worked out.

Rating: 5
Summary: Informative, entertaining, thought-provoking.
Comment: What is often overlooked is that there are almost as many ways to be Jewish as there are Jewish families. That because marriage and children bring otherwise dormant spiritual issues to the surface and that families on both sides of the aisle are pressuring the couple to be true to their heritage, the term "mixed marriage" is a very apt description, even when both husband and wife were born and raised within the Jewish faith. Azriela Jaffe writes with experience, wit, candor, and a gift for expression that readers will find informative, entertaining, thought-provoking, and oh-so-familiar! Two Jews Can Still Be A Mixed Marriage: Reconciling Differences Over Judaism In Your Marriage is highly recommended, exceptionally valued, eminently sensible, and wonderfully useful reading for Jewish couples aspiring to marriage, as well as husbands and wives trying to build a stronger relationship despite (or because of) the variations and differences in their understandings and practices of Jewish traditions.

Rating: 5
Summary: Two Jews can still be a m ixed marriage
Comment: This is an important book for many Jewish couples. It is well researched and very well written. Even if there is no tension about religious practices in your home you will learn a lot!