Abstract
Intermarriage between Jews and people of other backgrounds has long been construed by scholars, religious and communal leaders in negative terms such as “problem,” “dilemma,” “threat,” “disease,” and “sin.” Patricia Keer Munro draws our attention to the cultural balancing acts of rabbis and lay leaders who are reconstructing the boundaries of “Jewish” while tending to Jewish law, individual families, and their congregations. Keren McGinity Keren R. McGinity is the author of Marrying Out: Jewish Men, Intermarriage, and Fatherhood (Indiana University Press, 2014) and Still Jewish: A History of Women and Intermarriage in America (New York University Press, 2009), a National Jewish Book Award finalist.