Sex, Miscegenation, and the Intermarriage Debate

Mik Moore

1997

I sometimes wonder if the Jewish community’s hysteria about intermarriage is actually sexual in nature, a response to the one-two punch of infidelity—sex outside of the community, and infertility—an inability to create Jewish children. During the civil rights struggle of the 1960s, many of our parents protested separatist ideologies. Today, some…

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Mik Moore

b. 1974

Born in New York City, Mik Moore received his B.A. from Vassar College and his law degree from Georgetown University. Moore serves as director of communications and public policy for Jewish Funds for Justice. He is also the editor of jspot.org. His writing has been featured in CommonQuest, Sh’ma, New Voices, and The Jewish Week.

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