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\nSubscription Information  \n855-713-1792  \nsubscriptions@commonwealmagazine.org  \nAdvertising ManagerRegan Pickettcommonwealads@gmail.com540-349-5736  \nPublisher  \nThomas Baker  \nCommonweal [ISSN 0010-3330],a review ofpublic affairs,religion,literature,and the arts,is published biweekly,except in April,July,August,and November,when it is publishedmonthly,by Commonweal Foundation,475Riverside Drive,Rm.405,New York,NY 10115.Telephone:(212)662-4200.E-mail:editors@commonwealmagazine.org.Fax:(212)662-4183.POSTMASTER:send address changes toCommonweal,P.O.Box 3000,Denville,NJ07834-9982  \nCommonweal is indexed in Reader's Guide toPeriodical Literature,Book Review Digest,andBook Review Index.Commonweal articles areavailable at many libraries and research facilitiesvia ProQuest and OpinionArchives.Serials Dataprogram No.:ISSN 0010-3330.Periodicals postagepaid at New York,NY,and at additional offices.Copyright ◎2014 Commonweal Foundation.Single Copy,$3.95.Yearly print 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Catholic father married to anon-Catholic.I am the child of a Catholicmother and a Jewish father.I have someknowledge of the results of surveys docu-menting very high rates (over 50 percent)of intermarriage among non-OrthodoxU.S.Jews.There is a negative correlationbetween levels of observant activity (in Ju-daism and probably all religions)and ratesof intermarriage—those most intense-ly interested in their faith are less likely tomarry outside it  \nI am still married,and our now-mar-ried children are both physically andemotionally close to us.But we cannotdiscuss religious issues—it remains pain-ful.One child married a Swede of (faint)Lutheran persuasion,and the other mar-ried the daughter of a Pentecostal minis-ter.I would ask how they hope to answerthe question of religious education,but idon't think they even see it as a questionworth asking.  \nForty years ago,I married a Jewishwoman.The cerem","cbCaitVglTylO8Er","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaitVglTylO8Er","pdf",2805625,32,"English","# 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