Democratic incumbents Haley Stevens and Andy Levin must battle it out in a newly redrawn 11th District holding the majority of Detroit's 70,000 Jews, and Israel is a hot topic
Two incumbent Democratic House representatives first elected in 2018, Haley Stevens and Andy Levin, have gone from cordial allies to primary opponents.
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The Pew Report’s finding seven years ago, that 72% of non-Orthodox Jews were intermarrying, rocked the Jewish world. The report did not explain why interfaith couples are relatively less Jewishly engaged by traditional measures, but it did provide one clue: While 89% of intermarried Jews were proud to be Jewish, only 59% had a strong sense of belonging to the Jewish people.
It is common sense that when people are made to feel like outsiders, they won’t have a sense of group belonging.
But now, as 2020 ends, that common sense is supported by research.
Opinion | Our continued rejection of interfaith families hurts everyone