Author(s): Keren R. McGinity

Judaica

When American Jewish men intermarry, goes the common assumption, they and theirfamilies are "lost" to the Jewish religion. In this provocative book, Keren R. McGinityshows that it is not necessarily so. She looks at intermarriage and parenthood through the eyes of apost-World War II cohort of Jewish men and discovers what intermarriage has meant to them andtheir families. She finds that these husbands strive to bring up their children as Jewish withoutlosing their heritage. Marrying Out argues that the "gendered ethnicity" of intermarriedJewish men, growing out of their religious and cultural background, enables them to raise Jewishchildren. McGinity's book is a major breakthrough in understanding Jewish men'sexperiences as husbands and fathers, how Christian women navigate their roles and identities whilemarried to them, and what needs to change for American Jewry to flourish. Marrying Out is a mustread for Jewish men and all the women who love them.