Can a Christian and Jew get married?

Answer 1

Both religions recommend against it for good reasons as stated by Dan Galilee. From a Christian point of view, Paul gave the advice to "marry only in the lord" or only to those who have the same belief as yourself. (1 Corinthians 7:39) Marriage is a lifelong commitment and if you have different fundamental core beliefs you will be fighting an even harder battle to make it work.

Answer 2

They are able to, but (opinion:) it's not a good idea. In addition to the Torah's prohibition against doing so, there are very many cases in which the spouses use the religious difference as fuel to add to the flames once they're already fighting over other matters. Maintaining a marriage is hard enough without the interfering factor of different religious backgrounds. Also, there is the question of how to raise the children. A seemingly kumbaya-type peace-loving interfaith education very often turns out to be confusing to the children, who now have no complete identity. Statistics show that mixed-marriage children are less likely to practice any religion at all, than are their single-faith counterparts (even those of minimally-religious homes).

In actual practice, intermarriage amounts to assimilation, the product of which is descendants who may no longer see themselves as part of the religious heritage of either parent.

Answer 3

In a secular society as exists in most of Europe and North and South America there is no problem with any two people getting married. They can be of any sex, race or religion.. In the past when religious differences were seen as significant parents and cultural elders would attempt to interfere with such an arrangement but now it does not matter as much. The chances of any marriage any arrangement of "good" or "bad" considerations will work out or endure or whatever is considered ideal are as good for any couple as any other.