Resource Center for Jewish Clergy

The Resource Center for Jewish Clergy supports rabbis and cantors looking to engage interfaith couples and families in their communities and help them make a stronger connection with Judaism. The Center also connects Jewish clergy who are welcoming and supportive of interfaith families with each other. The Center is intended for Jewish clergy, from all flavors of Judaism, to further dialogue, to share resources and to collaborate in our engagement with interfaith couples and families.

For Clergy Only Resources

The Center offers certain "for clergy only" resources so that rabbis and cantors can share and discuss information confidentially, only among themselves.

Not a member of the Network? To access these resources, you first must Join Our Network. If you are a rabbi or cantor, you will receive a personal email from our staff instructing you how to access these resources.

Are you a member of the Network? Great! Then simply Request membership in the private Resource Center for Jewish Clergy group.

Are you a member of the Resource Center for Jewish Clergy's private group? Please start exploring our resources.

Confused? Email us at rabbi@interfaithfamily.com.

Publicly Available Resources

In addition to confidential "for clergy only" resources, the RCJC also offers the following resources available to the general public:

• Jewish Communal Professionals directory
• Rabbinic Officiation Referral Service - Helps interfaith couples find Jewish clergy for their weddings. To be added to our list, contact rabbi@interfaithfamily.com. 
• Articles on Rabbinic Officiation 
  • Pro-Officiation Perspectives 
  • Anti-Officiation Perspectives
  • Perspectives on Co-officiation
  • Other Approaches
  • Sample Interfaith Ceremonies
• Resources (Print) 
  • Friedland, Ronnie and Edmund Case, ed. The Guide to Jewish Interfaith Family Life: An InterfaithFamily.com Handbook. Jewish Lights, 2001. Read a review. 
  • Interfaith Families Making Jewish Choices. Jewish Lights, LifeLights series. 
• Resources (Online)
  • Seven Questions To Consider Before Meeting With Your Interfaith Wedding Officiant
  • Guide to Wedding Ceremonies for Interfaith Couples
  • Bar/Bat Mitzvah Ideas and Primer for Interfaith Families
  • Guide to Birth Ceremonies for Interfaith Families
  • Guide to Death and Mourning for Interfaith Families

Studies

• Chertok, Fern, Benjamin Phillips and Leonard Saxe. It's Not Just Who Stands Under the Chuppah: Intermarriage and Engagement. Steinhardt Social Research Institute, 2008.
• Dashefsky, Arnold, and Zachary Heller. Intermarriage and Jewish Journeys. National Center for Jewish Policy Studies, 2008.
• Fishbein, Rabbi Irwin H. Summary of Rabbinic Center for Research and Counseling 1995 Survey. Rabbinic Center for Research and Counseling, 1995.
• Survey of American Rabbinate. Jewish Outreach Institute, 1997.
• The 2005 Greater Boston Community Study Intermarried Families and Their Children. Combined Jewish Philanthropies, 2008.

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