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Review: Growing Your Olive Tree Marriage
by Chaia Kravitz
Author David J. Rudolph explores Jewish/Christian intermarriage from a Biblical perspective.
Growing Your Olive Tree Marriage
David J. Rudolph
Lederer Books
Softcover; 210 pp.
Intermarriage between Jewish people and Christians have been growing exponentially since the 1950's. The effects upon the worldwide Jewish community
has been devastating, as most children born of these unions are not raised as Jews.
Several books have been published over the past decade or so to address the unique needs of these couples, particularly
negotiating the religious flavor of the home and how to raise the children. For the most part, the options presented
to intermarried couples are of the "either-or" variety (either exclusively Judaism or Christianity), or nothing at all.
Growing Your Olive Tree Marriage is the first book about intermarriage written from a Biblical perspective. Author David J. Rudolph, himself intermarried,
explains intermarriages in the Bible and G-d's view of them, as opposed to the views of the Rabbis.
Using first-person interviews with intermarried couples, he
presents Messianic Judaism as a viable option for a way of integrating the two faiths, for the purpose of finding a spiritual home and
raising children -- even when the Jewish partner does not believe in Yeshua.
Throughout the book, Rudolph stresses the need for children to be raised with a Jewish identity, which Messianic Judaism fulfills. He does
not emphasize that the Jewish parent must become Messianic in order to be a part of a Messianic community -- after all, Messianic synagogues are welcoming to intermarried couples.
In fact, several of the Jewish intermarried people interviewed in the book are not Messianic, but are perfectly comfortable with the lifestyle and faith.
The book is available from Messianic Jewish Publishers and is highly recommended for
anyone who is intermarried or considering intermarriage.
Chaia Kravitz is the
Editor and Webmaster of MessianicJewishOnline.com.
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