Word: assimilationism
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No one has any illusions that the millenium will soon descend on Meridian or Jackson or Batesville. At best, within a reasonable number of years, there will be a stalemate of mutual respect. Only then will the longer process of assimilation and acculturation take place.
The few significant statistics on Judaism and interfaith marriages were summed up by Sociologist Erich Rosenthal in the 1963 American Jewish Year Book, prepared by the American Jewish Committee. In Greater Washington, D.C., the rate of mixed marriages is 17.9% for Jews of the third generation and after, compared with...
Many Jewish leaders deplore the trend. Dr. Emanuel Rackman, former head of Manhattan's Orthodox Jewish divorce court, the Beth Din, urges rabbis not to perform mixed marriages, as some Reform rabbis do. (Conservative and Orthodox rabbis insist upon the conversion of the non-Jewish partner, a tactic that...
Huxley is clearly advocating a kind of hybridization of concepts, a fruitful interchange and assimilation of ideas. It requires, on both sides, some solid general education--the kind which could easily be taught in a decent secondary school. The limited communication possible with such a background must be recognized for...
Moreover, it is a good thing to give pupils much more reading than they can possibly cover for their tutorial. This encourages quick assimilation of materials and concise expression of opinion. And these two abilities are the most important intellectual benefits of a university education.