The Center conducted a Survey on Reconstructionist Congregations’ Interfaith Inclusion Policies and Practices released in October 2021. Responses were received from 48% of the movement’s congregations and havurot.
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The Center prepared Review and Analysis of the Interfaith Marriage Data
in the Pew Research Center’s Jewish Americans in 2020 Report.
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The Center created a resource for those interested in or involved in the question whether liberal seminaries should admit and ordain rabbinic students who are in interfaith relationships. The resource consists of a reading list (PDF), a history (PDF) of the discussion, and new essays (PDF).
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The Center prepared an analysis of the Cohen Center’s research, What We’ve Learned About Interfaith Family Inclusion Since the Pew Report, in December 2020 and a blog post, What Local Community Studies Tell Us About Interfaith Family Inclusion.
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The Center conducted a Survey on Emerging Spiritual Communities’ Interfaith Inclusion Policies and Practices in November and December 2020. Responses were received from 44 communities, 61% of the 72 invited to participate. A blog post compares the results with those of the Reform congregations survey, Who’s More Inclusive: Emerging or Legacy Spiritual Communities?
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The Center conducted a Survey on Reform Synagogue Interfaith Inclusion Policies and Practices (December 1, 2019 Report; December 12, 2019 Slides) in October and November 2019. Responses were received from 418 congregations, representing just under 50% of the 843 member congregations of the Union for Reform Judaism.
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Report on InterfaithFamily’s 2017 Survey on Rabbinic Officiation for Interfaith Couples
Spring 2018 (PDF) (Reprinted with permission of 18Doors (formerly InterfaithFamily)
Game-changing Officiation Research: A Report on Under the Chuppah: Rabbinic Officiation and Intermarriage
December 1, 2016 (PDF)
The Implications for Interfaith Families of Definitions of Jewishness: A Report on the Jewish People Policy Institute’s Exploring the Jewish Spectrum in a Time of Fluid Identity
December 1, 2016 (PDF)
A Review of the 2015 Greater Boston Jewish Community Study
December 2, 2016 (PDF)