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Most Jews say rabbis should perform same-sex marriage ceremonies; Orthodox disagree
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- 4. Marriage, families and children
- One-third of married Jews by religion have a non-Jewish spouse
- One-in-ten married Jews by religion, one-in-six married Jews of no religion are in interracial/ethnic marriages
- 3% of Jews who have gotten married since 2000 are in same-sex marriages
- Most married Jews who do not identify with a particular branch of Judaism have a non-Jewish spouse
- About two-thirds of Jews say rabbis should perform interfaith marriage ceremonies; Orthodox disagree
- Most Jews say rabbis should perform same-sex marriage ceremonies; Orthodox disagree
- Intermarried parents much less likely to be raising their children Jewish
- One-third of Jews say it is very important to them that any potential grandchildren are Jewish
- Most Jews of no religion were not raised Jewish by religion
- In what religion were you raised?
- Most U.S. Jews say they have two Jewish parents
- Most who were raised Jewish have participated in some type of Jewish educational programming
- Large majority of Orthodox Jews who were raised Jewish went to Jewish day school