Can a marriage counseling program with Catholic roots authentically serve Jewish couples? This contentious question has divided Jewish religious leaders evaluating Marriage Encounter programs adapted for Jewish communities. Through analysis of rabbinic correspondence and experiential accounts, deep tensions emerge between critics who view the program's emphasis on public confession and theological concepts of love as fundamentally "un-Jewish" and defenders who locate these practices within Jewish tradition. The research examines these competing claims through comparative analysis of rabbinical perspectives, drawing on traditional Jewish sources including Maimonides, Rabbi Israel Salanter, and biblical texts from Jeremiah, Hosea, and Canticles. Evidence reveals that supposedly problematic elements like public confession, intercessory prayer, and love-centered theology actually possess legitimate grounding in Jewish scholarship and liturgy. While significant disagreement persists among Jewish religious leaders regarding Jewish Marriage Encounter's theological foundations and practical effectiveness, the program's Catholic origins need not invalidate its potential value. Rather, JME's compatibility with Jewish practice should be evaluated based on its demonstrated ability to strengthen Jewish marriages and religious commitment rather than its denominational ancestry.