The Jewish people, having survived for thousands of years in the most adverse circumstances, including the Holocaust and horrific terrorist attacks, is today also threatened by intermarriage and assimilation. Jewish communities throughout the diaspora are experiencing demographic decline: Why has this happened, and can anything be done to reverse the trend? Times have changed and that, in consequence, communal priorities need to change also.
In Will We Have Jewish Grandchildren?, Rabbi Sacks issues an inspiring summons to collective action to counteract the prevailing trend of assimilation and hand on the age-old faith and traditions to a new generation.
