On August 30th, we went a little in-depth about the Jewish people. We discussed that Jewish holidays are not only about food but of important historical events.
A curious comment was brought up while discussing the decline of the Jewish people.
Many Jewish people believe that in order to keep the ethnic and religious group from extinction, it is important that Jews continue to marry other Jews and procreate for the sake of the people.
According to statistics, there are only about 13-15 million Jews left in the entire world and a great part of them are in Israel.
It definitely made me curious as to how most Jews would feel about interracial marriages at this point in time.
Are most Jewish children being brought up with the custom of marrying another Jewish person?
How serious and to what extent are the Jewish people concerned about the decline of their people?
Check out this article I came across on "shidduch", which used to consist of arranged marriages. Now it's sort of a way for Jews to be matched with other Jews.
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