ABSTRACT
A mixed marriage is considered one in which the creed of the consorts is different at the time the marriage is contracted. A study of available statistics shows that there are more mixed marriages contracted between Jews and Christians than is generally supposed. In some places, as Scandinavia, Hamburg and Berlin, mixed marriages are almost as frequent as pure marriages. The Jews in the various states of Germany have different proclivities in this respect. The Jews and Roman Catholics have the lowest percentage of mixed marriages in Hungary, because their clergy does its best to oppose such unions. Intermarriages between Jews and Christians were already quite common in the United States in colonial times. Divorces, which are more common among the Jews than among the Christians, are most common among mixed couples, especially among Jews married to Christians. The ethnic effects of intermarriage between Jews and Christians must not be under-estimated.
