The New American Judaism: The Way Forward on Challenging Issues from Intermarriage to Jewish Identity. This item is unavailable.The New American Judaism: The Way Forward on Challenging Issues from Intermarriage to Jewish Identity

Popular Washington, D.C. rabbi and psychotherapist Arthur Blecher believes that the American Jewish community is actually flourishing amidst fears of dying out. He shows us that intermarriage strengthens Judaism--a concept that many Jews continue to debate. In straightforward and engaging chapters, he provides a progressive and positive outline of how this religion has changed over the years, and why American Jewish culture must be embraced and discussed in depth in Jewish families. This is a fascinating exploration of the ways in which social and psychological forces created a new and quite different form of Judaism in America more than one hundred years ago.

Arthur Blecher has served as Rabbi of Beth Chai for over twenty years, and is a nationally recognized authority on interfaith couples. He has taught at various universities and is a member of the Washington Board of Rabbis and the American Mental Health Counselors Association. A practicing psychotherapist, he has been featured on such media as CBS and PBS. He lives in Washington, DC.