The Resource Center for Jewish Clergy
The Resource Center for Jewish Clergy supports rabbis and cantors looking to engage interfaith couples and families in their communities and help them make a stronger connection with Judaism. The Center also connects Jewish clergy who are welcoming and supportive of interfaith families with each other. The Center is intended for Jewish clergy, from all flavors of Judaism, to further dialogue, to share resources and to collaborate in our engagement with interfaith couples and families.
Rabbi Lev Baesh is the Director of the Resource Center. Lev was ordained at Hebrew Union College in 1994 and led a congregation in Dover, N.H., for 12 years. He has taught in outreach programs sponsored by the Reform movement's northeast region. To read the announcement of Lev’s hiring, please click here.
For Clergy Only Resources
We offer certain "for clergy only" resources so that rabbis and cantors can share information confidentially, only among themselves. To apply for a username and password, take the Jewish Clergy Survey.
Our first set of private resources address the issue of officiation at weddings of interfaith couples, and will include perspectives from clergy on all sides of the issue.
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The next topic we plan to address is working with parents seeking to convert their infant children.
Publicly Available Resources
- Connections In Your Area - Searchable listing of welcoming Jewish organizations and programs.
- Rabbinic Officiation Referral Service - Helps interfaith couples find Jewish clergy for their weddings. To be added to our list, take the Jewish Clergy Survey.
- Articles on Rabbinic Officiation
- Resources (Print)
- Friedland, Ronnie and Edmund Case, ed. The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An InterfaithFamily.com Handbook. Jewish Lights, 2001. Read a review.
- Interfaith Families Making Jewish Choices. Jewish Lights, LifeLights series.
- Resources (Online)
Studies
- Chertok, Fern, Benjamin Phillips and Leonard Saxe. It's Not Just Who Stands Under the Chuppah: Intermarriage and Engagement. Steinhardt Social Research Institute, 2008.
- Dashefsky, Arnold, and Zachary Heller. Intermarriage and Jewish Journeys. National Center for Jewish Policy Studies, 2008.
- Fishbein, Rabbi Irwin H. Summary of Rabbinic Center for Research and Counseling 1995 Survey. Rabbinic Center for Research and Counseling, 1995.
- Survey of American Rabbinate. Jewish Outreach Institute, 1997.
- The 2005 Greater Boston Community Study Intermarried Families and Their Children. Combined Jewish Philanthropies, 2008.
About InterfaithFamily.com
For more information, contact Rabbi Lev Baesh at (617) 581-6863 or levb@interfaithfamily.com.
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If you're a Jewish clergy person looking to connect with colleagues or reflect and read about working with interfaith couples, visit our Resource Center for Jewish Clergy.
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