“In my youth, I developed a habit of dating shiksas—and then I married one last year. I can understand why some people question my commitment to Judaism. However, my intimacy with non-Jews has led me to start wondering whether my pristine brethren (with Jewish spouses) are quite as Jewish as they think…”
Current Wexner Heritage Member, Jeremy Derfner (Seattle 12), shared his own candid thoughts on the Pew Study on jewishstudies.washington.edu, the website of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington.
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Jeremy Derfner, a current Heritage Member (Seattle 12) is the Senior Communications Officer at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Jeremy serves on the Advisory Board of the Stroum Center for Jewish Studies at the University of Washington and also has served on the Board of the Kavana Cooperative and Jewish Funds for Justice. Jeremy can be reached at derfnerd@gmail.com.
