Can a Catholic marry an Orthodox Jewish woman?

Answer 1

Secular Answer

Of course they can, and many people do. Some Reform Rabbis and Catholic Priests will perform joint wedding ceremonies. However, many Jews and Catholics believe that such marriages should not be performed because they believe in marrying within their religion to ensure that the children will be raised in that tradition. Jewish men face the additional hurdle that, except in some Liberal congregations, the child of a Jewish man and a non-Jewish woman is automatically considered to be non-Jewish regardless of upbringing.

Religious Answer

He is physically capable, but prevented by his religion. Both Judaism and Catholicism prohibit it.

Answer 2

Yes, but according to the rules any resulting kids won't be considered Jews, even if said kids look middle eastern, while the kids of a Jewish woman and a white man that look like Dolph Lundgren ARE considered Jews even though they don't look middle eastern.

Answer 3

He is physically capable, but both religions prohibit it..
In addition to the Torah's prohibition against intermarriage, 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 4

If she wants to. You can't really control what people want to do and who people want to marry. If she loves the guy she might marry him anyway.

Answer 5

Not in a Catholic church. But there is no law against it.

Answer 6

Yes.

Answer 7

A Catholic priest would ask that the Jewish woman first convert to the Catholic church. A rabbi would suggest that the Catholic man first convert to Judaism. The clerk in the marriage bureau in City Hall would just marry them and ignore the religious differences.

Neither the priest nor the rabbi would suggest that conversion is easy or that it was just a pro-forma thing. Both would insist on a period of serious study, possibly involving conversion classes, but in a small community, possibly one-on-one study.