When we announced the InterfaithFamilycom Network Essay Contest  “We’re Interfaith Families … Connecting with Jewish Life ” last April  little did we know that on September 10  2003  two days before the date set to announce our contest winners  the long-awaited results of the year 2000 National Jewish Population Survey–including an intermarriage rate of 47% or 54%  depending on how it is calculated–would finally be revealed