Michael Ignatieff

Free societies, which allow differences to speak and be heard, and live by intermarriage, commerce, and free migration, and democratic societies, which convert enemies into adversaries and reconcile differences without resort to violence, are societies in which the genocidal temptation is unlikely and even inconceivable.

Canadian Politician

Tahl Raz

There is a huge opportunity in the intermarriage trend. These are people who, if you show them how vital the community is and how great it is to raise kids Jewish, these people are going to raise their kids Jewish. Ultimately, that's all that matters.

American Journalist

There is constant talk about the intermarriage crisis: who is a Jew and how we define a Jew. That doesn't go over well with young Jews trying to figure out whether they want to be a part of this thing or not.

Joseph Jacobs

Permanent bonds of culture began to be formed between the extreme East and the extreme West of Europe by intermarriage, by commerce, by the admission of the nobles of Byzantium within the orders of chivalry.

Australian Historian

Charles Eastman

The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.

Sioux Author

Al Pacino

Explain to me what Italian-American culture is. We've been here 100 years. Isn't Italian-American culture American culture? That's because we're so diverse, in terms of intermarriage.

American Actor

Hamza Yusuf

We Muslims in the West, like Jews before us, grapple with the same issues that Jews of the past did: integration or isolation, tradition or reform, intermarriage or intra-marriage.

American Clergyman

Samantha Power

Virtually all of Darfur's six million residents are Muslim, and, because of decades of intermarriage, almost everyone has dark skin and African features.

Irish Public Servant

Edgar Bronfman, Sr.

Intermarriage is not a calamity but an opportunity for both a Jewish and non-Jewish partner to learn.

Canadian Businessman

The Jews' fear of assimilation and intermarriage should not replace fear of anti-Semitism.

Intermarriage can symbolize unity and acceptance between diverse groups.

Social Unity

Historically, intermarriage was less common and often frowned upon.

Historical Change

Children from intermarriages may explore multiple cultural or social identities.

Identity Exploration

Endogamous intermarriage can strengthen social or familial bonds.

Strengthening Bonds

Intermarriage might be used to maintain wealth or power within a group.

Inheritance and Power

Frequent intermarriage within a group can reduce genetic diversity.

Reduced Genetic Diversity

 you must marry someone who speaks a different language. And this is all rooted in the mythological past, yet the curious thing is in these long houses, where there are six or seven languages spoken because of intermarriage, you never hear anyone practicing a language. They simply listen and then begin to speak.