Beyond the Chuppah: A Jewish Guide to Happy Marriages

Fighting for Your Jewish Marriage is a bid to preserve shalom bayit (peace in the home) in the face of rising divorce rates among Jewish and interfaith couples. Written by a team of psychologists and marriage counselors (including Joel Crohn, the author of Mixed Matches, and Howard Markman and Susan Blumberg, the authors of Fighting for Your Marriage), the book begins with fundamentals, such as "Creating a Positive Jewish Identity That Supports Your Marriage." It moves to topics that address more specific situations, such as "Communicating Clearly and Safely: The Speaker-Listener Technique." Throughout, the authors are sensitive to the wildly different religious ideals that partners may bring to a marriage and the particular conflicts these differences may engender. Just as important, Fighting for Your Jewish Marriage describes the rewards of empathy and integrity that come from facing these conflicts head on and transforming them into occasions for growth. --Michael Joseph Gross