D. Bibliography and Online References

Rachel Biale. Women and Jewish Law . 1984.

Carol Diament (Ed.). Jewish Marital Status . 1989 [Section on Single, incl. Single by Choice, by Ruth Mason; Single Again; Intermarried , incl. Coping with Intermarriage, by Jonathan Sarna; and Gay or Lesbian].

Sergio Della Pergola. New data on demography and identity among Jews in the U.S. in Contemporary Jewry 12. 1991. - or subsequent articles.

Sidney Goldstein. Profile of American Jewry. Insights from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey .

Naomi Grossman. The Gay Orthodox Underground. Moment Magazine . April 2001.

Irwin Haut. “The Altar Weeps”: Divorce in Jewish Law [in: Rela Gefen (Ed.). Celebration and Renewal ]. 1993.

Irwin Haut. Divorce in Jewish Law and Life . 1983

Maurice Lamm. The Jewish Way in Love and Marriage. 1980.

Norman Lamm. A Hedge of Roses . 1972.

Rabbi Yaakov Levado [Isolated Yaakov – a pseudonym]. Wrestlings of an Orthodox Rabbi. Tikkun Magazine .

Debra Orenstein (Ed.). Lifecycles; Jewish Women on Life Passages and Personal Milestones. [Sections on: Being Single, including:- Standing Alone at Sinai: Shame, and The Unmarried Jewish Woman; Coming Out; Divorce; Intermarriage]. 1994.

Yaakov Vainstein. The Cycle of Jewish Life . 1990.

Websites

Intermarriage, Outmarriage and Assimilation

Aish Hatorah. R. Braverman. Reasons why not to Intermarry
http://www.j51.com/~jrsflw/im/dt-inter.htm

The Department for Jewish Zionist Education, JAFI. Steve Israel. Contemporary Jewish Demography: Intermarriage and assimilation . On demography/assimilation paradigms and statistics; activities; links to articles.
http://www.jafi.org.il/education/100/concepts/demography/demography1.html#7

Gene Expression. Jewish Assimilation. 2003. Data on and attitudes to assimilation in the USA. (article, not blog)
http://www.gnxp.com/MT2/archives/000740.html

Haaretz. Sergio della Pergola. The challenge to American Jewry. Analysis of decline of the US Jewish population, processes and dilemmas
http://www.haaretzdaily.com/hasen/pages/ShArt.jhtml?
itemNo=218933&contrassID=2&subContrassID=4&sbSubContrassID=0&listSrc=Y

Interfaith Family . Ezine. Counselling articles; how to on sharing, Jewish upbringing for children, inclusion of spouse, personal stories.
http://www.interfaithfamily.com/

Jewish Mag. Demography and Judaism . Short; intermarriage rates for different denominations or streams of Judaism, implications and ideas on Jewish life. http://www.jewishmag.com/2mag/demog/demog.htm

Rabbinic Center for Research and Counseling . Private organization. List of CCAR and RRA rabbis for interfaith marriages; research; support programmes; promotes "in-marriage". http://www.rcrconline.org/

The Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism. 1995. Statement on Intermarriage. Inmarriage, conversion, kiruv.
http://www.rabassembly.org/info/intermar/

Shamash. Jewish Social Cultural FAQ.
- Outmarriage: Opposition or open-mindedness?
http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/10-04.html
- Outmarriage, summaries of different religious positions
http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/10-02.html
- Reform position on outmarriage, summary (1990)
http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/18-03-11.html

USA Today. Cathy Lynn Grossman. 2003. American Jewish population decreases. Key findings negative and positive.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-09-10- jewish-study_x.htm

University of Washington Press. Paula E. Hyman. Gender and Assimilation in Modern Jewish History: The Roles and Representation of Women. 1995 . Overview and list of contents
http://www.washington.edu/uwpress/search/books/HYMGEC.html

Why Marry Jewish . Website with ideas, articles, statistics on and history of assimilation, personal approaches, rabbinical consultation. Orthodox and US focus.
http://www.whymarryjewish.com/

Conversion

Conversion to Judaism . Articles on all aspects of conversion, including conversion in different streams of Judaism in the US, generally, and in Israel. By a Conservative Judaism organization. List of resources and links.
http://www.convert.org/

The Department for Jewish Zionist Education, JAFI. Gila Ansell Brauner; Haaretz. Conversion issues in Israel, background and educational programming
http://www.jafi.org.il/education/actual/#conv

The Rabbinical Assembly of Conservative Judaism. 1995. Statement on Intermarriage. Inmarriage, conversion, kiruv.
http://www.rabassembly.org/info/intermar/

Shamash. Jewish Social Cultural FAQ:
- Conversion basics, links, referrals for different streams of Judaism
http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/10-07.html
- Why conversion is so complicated, summary
http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/10-13.html

Miscellaneous. Online book sales from Powells - Conversion and Interfaith Marriages.
http://www.powells.com/subsection/JudaicaConversionandIntermarriage.html

Singles

Jewish Websight. Singles. Reform perspective alongside Orthodox
http://www.jewishwebsight.com/lifecycle/singles.html

Widowhood and Chalitza

Beth Din of America. Recent developments at the BDA. Chalitza in the aftermath of September 11th; Gittin and Agunot, exceptional cases
http://www.bethdin.org/062502.htm

Jewish Websight. Halitza. Reform perspective alongside Orthodox
http://www.jewishwebsight.com/lifecycle/halitza.html

Rabbinical Council of California. First Chalitza for Beis Din .
http://www.rccvaad.org/first-chalitza.htm

Divorce and Agunot

Prenuptial Agreements

Itim, The Jewish Life Information Center, Prenuptial Agreement.
See: Marriage > Prenuptial on this website
and www.itim.org.il

Council of Young Israel Rabbis [CYIR]:
Explanatory article (English)
Agreement for Mutual Respect (Prenuptial Agreement in English, Hebrew, French, Spanish)

Jewish Divorce Issues and the Search for Solutions

The Department for Jewish Zionist Education, JAFI. Steve Israel. Jewish Women in Israel. 
Bibliography and Online References 

ICJW. The Problems of Religious Jewish Divorce . Divorce and Agunot, summary of speaker positions at a seminar
http://www.icjw.org/ijwhrw/seminar.htm

Jewish Websight. Divorce Reform perspective alongside Orthodox
http://www.jewishwebsight.com/lifecycle/divorce.htm l

Modern Israel and the USA: wife-beating, get, agunot, rabbinical rulings, possible solutions
http://www.utoronto.ca/wjudaism/journal/vol1n2/v1n2grae.htm

Torah Academy of Bergen County. Rabbi Chaim (Howard) Jachter. The Aguna Problem . Three essays on viable (accepted) and five essays on unaccepted ideas for resolution of the Agunah problem in Orthodoxy, in history and modern times, with multiple examples and in-depth discussion of sources.
http://www.tabc.org/koltorah/aguna/

Polygamy and Monogamy

Shamash. Jewish Social Cultural FAQ . Summary
http://www.shamash.org/lists/scj-faq/HTML/faq/08-06.html

Homosexuality

Fordham College. Paul Halsall. Homosexuality . Short historical and contemporary overview; not a Jewish source.
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/jewishhomo.html

Frum Gay Jews . Q & A about being Gay and Frum
http://members.aol.com/GayJews/FAQ.html

Michael Gold. Homosexuality and Halacha: Traditional sources on homosexuality. First in this series on homosexuality, which also includes quotations from Lamm and Feldman on forces beyond one's control, advocating compassion, an article on female homosexuality, plus one reviewing why homosexuality is condoned today and by whom, and a further one by Dorff condoning homosexuality. There are two articles on same sex marriages and the different streams' approaches to them; a further article on Reconstructionist and Reform acceptance of gay Rabbis, while Conservative Judaism and Orthodoxy do not.
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/ideas_belief/sex_sexuality/
Overview_Homosexuality/Sex_Homosexuality_Halakhah_Gold.htm

Jonah Web. Rabbinical Commentary. Five halachic articles and responses on homosexuality by orthodox Judaism and a sixth off-site. Orthodox Jewish website, offering help through therapeutic approach to Jewish homosexuals and lesbians, single or married; a few personal stories on the website.
www.jonahweb.org

Michelle D. Kirby. Judaism and Homosexuality . Short review focusing on where to find online resources (primarily, understanding of homosexuality), including the article from this Bibliography, entitled Rabbi Yaakov Levado http://philo.ucdavis.edu/zope/home/bruce/RST23/STDNTPAGES/michelle.html

Ohr Somayach. Ask the Rabbi. Short rabbinical answer, orthodox
http://ohr.edu/ask_db/ask_main.php/6/Q1/

Ian Silver. Homosexuality and Judaism . Long article by a heterosexual who belongs to Orthodox and Conservative congregations and is a Human Rights activist. Includes quotations from a variety of related articles and attitudes to homosexuality, plus detailed summary of Traditional, Reform and Conservative positions. Presents psychiatric information questioning therapy approaches. Quotes Jewish sources, the APA, Shmuley Boteach, Rabbi Yaakov Levado, Kelman, Dorff, Rothman, Lamm, and others.
http://members.tripod.com/~Buznog/homosexu.htm

Trembling Before G-d (film promotion site)
http://www.tremblingbeforeg-d.com/

The World Congress of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Jews - complete website
http://glbtjews.org/