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Friday November 30, 2007

Study: women sway family’s religion

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In a Christian-Jewish intermarriage, the woman’s religion is key to the family’s religious behavior, according to a survey recently released by InterfaithFamily.com.

The survey focused on heterosexual intermarried families committed to raising their children as Jews. It found that within this group, those where the woman is Christian participate in more Christmas activities than do those where she is Jewish.

Thirty-one percent of intermarried couples where the woman is Jewish celebrate Christmas in their own home, compared to 53 percent of couples where the woman is not Jewish.

In families where the woman is Jewish, 27 percent put up a Christmas tree at home compared to 51 percent when the woman is not Jewish. Twenty-five percent of the couples where the woman is Jewish hang Christmas stockings and 39 percent give gifts, compared to 43 percent and 55 percent in families where the woman is not Jewish. — jta

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