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Marriage trends, political views undermining the notion of a unified American Jewish identity

  • Written by Jonathan D. Sarna, University Professor and Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
imageA recent Pew survey found that American Jews are increasingly becoming more diverse and politically polarized.Mario Tama/Getty Images

The notion of a united Jewish American community bound together by common beliefs has been eroded by rising interfaith marriages and a growing divide between religious and nonreligious Jews.

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