To All Interfaith Couples planning a Jewish Wedding,
Yes, Rabbi A. Frank officiates Jewish Weddings for the interfaith couple. The couple would need to have decided and chosen Judaism as their faith. To have a Jewish home and to raise their children as Jews in order for Rabbi Frank to officiate their wedding ceremony.
No, the non-Jew of the couple does not need to convert. Unless he or she wants to, but this decision should not be decided lightly. For this is a huge decision that needs to made with confidence in order to move forward to convert. The non-Jew should not make this decision to convert in order to only have a Jewish Wedding ceremony.
The Reform Movement welcomes interfaith couples into our communities. Though, the non-Jew may not be able to receive certain blessings as those who were born Jewish, but overall welcomed to be part of our communities in many other ways. All depends on the Rabbi of the congregation.
The non-Jew of the couple is seen as performing a Mitzvah. I welcome and do not reject, because performing a Mitzvah is a wonderful blessing. For he or she is supporting their future spouse for Judaism is important for himself or herself, for them as a couple, their marriage, their home and their future with their family.
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