The Interfaith Community believes that today's families can successfully include two religions in their households. Our organization is a unique institution responding to the needs of such families.

Today, over a quarter of all American marriages are between people from different religious backgrounds. For couples who do not wish to choose one partner’s tradition, the normal option is to do nothing about religion or to find that it is a source of conflict.

The Long Island Interfaith Community has specifically focused on serving Jewish-Christian families. The intermarriage issue is particularly powerful in the Jewish community where large numbers (perhaps as many as 50%) of Jews are now marrying people from other backgrounds, primarily Christian.