It is generally easiest to begin with the Orthodox, as there are simply no gradations - everything is black and white. To the Orthodox, an intermarriage is simply unthinkable. Indeed, in a survey of American Jews who were asked if they would be strongly bothered by a child of theirs intermarrying, 84% of the Orthodox respondents replied that they would be very bothered. (Among the Conservative respondents the figure was 57%, among the Reform 27%, and among unaffiliated Jews the figure was only 19%.)




