"Love, first, details later" — that's how social scientist Sivan Zakai describes the traditional approach taken to teaching young children about Israel. And in her provocative new book, "My Second-Favorite Country: How American Jewish Children Think About Israel," she argues it risks doing more harm than good.

In his inaugural BJN post, Lawrence Goodman, Editor at The Jewish Experience at Brandeis University, updates the Jewish conversation about intermarriage.