With standing room only, last week’s “Why Marry Jewish?” event, sponsored by ten different Jewish-Persian youth organizations, was a true success. The audience was comprised of a wide array of Jews from different religious backgrounds and age groups.
Although the event was targeted for the Persian Jewish youth, many married couples and teenagers were seen in the audience.
The guest speaker for the event was Doron Kornbluth, author of Why Marry Jewish? an acclaimed book dedicated to explaining “surprising reasons for Jews to marry Jews”. With his non-confrontational rationalistic approach, he captured the audience’s attention for over 2 hours, with a question-and-answer session that followed. After the lecture, many audience members crowded around the speaker to ask their more personal questions.
Mr. Kornbluth gave an inspiring presentation revealing the potential consequences of intermarriage and the many advantages of marrying within Judaism. One audience member, who was undergoing a difficult ordeal in regards to marrying a non-Jew, commented that the decision to end an inter-faith relationship became clearer after listening to the lecture. Many others who had no question of intermarrying, yet had doubts into the rational reasons for not marrying outside Judaism, felt more comfortable and aware of the problems that arise in inter-faith couples.
A confidential “Why Marry Jewish?” hotline has been established for community members who would like to speak to a trained professional about this topic. Please email
for more information. Group organizers are planning to produce a DVD recording of the lecture and distribute it to community members.
This event was truly historical in that so many organizations decided to sponsor the effort. The event organizers are hopeful to have several of these community wide collaborative lectures throughout the year. We would like to thank the following organizations for sponsoring the “Why Marry Jewish?” event:
Maohr Hatorah Nessah Youth Group Ohel Moshe PAJO PersianRabbi.com
PersianRabbi.com visitors can order a FREE COPY of Doron Kornbluth 'Why Marry Jewish?' Click Here. A confidential 'Why Marry Jewish?' hotline has been established for community members that would like to speak to trained professional about this topic. Please email for more information. Group organizers are planning to produce a DVD recording of the lecture and distribute it to community members.
The packed audience listening attentively to the guest speaker.
I am very happy to see such a program was a success I hope you will be able to put more programs like this. The more we become united the stronger we will be and the more lives we can touch. I am sad that I am not in LA to participate.
Posted by natalie and bijan, on Tuesday, 27 June 2006 at 2:28
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With standing room only, last week’s “Why Marry Jewish?” event, sponsored by ten different Jewish-Persian youth organizations, was a true success. The audience was comprised of a wide array of Jews from different religious backgrounds and age groups.
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