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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I care a lot about the spouse's and grandchildren's religion, but my kids will be the ones picking their spouses based on what matters to them and will also be the ones raising their children.

By the time someone is old enough to be selecting a spouse, they are their own person with their own priorities and hassling them won't be productive. I just hope that my kids' experience growing up in our religion and community will be sufficiently warm, positive, fulfilling, and meaningful to make them want to replicate it for their own children.

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Will your grandchildren not be welcomed by the community if one parent is not Jewish?
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There isn't a uniform answer to that question. In terms of attendance at open community events, like services at shul, fairs, and holiday parties, there are no barriers and people are friendly. For purposes of developing deeper individual friendships and more organic social integration, different families have different attitudes regarding how insular to be and our social circles include a number of much more insular families than ours. My husband and I both have non-Jewish family members and intermarried ones with whom we are very close. [/quote]
Your grandchildren will belong to another generation
Those insular families will most likely not grandchildren or even children with such insular attitudes[/quote]

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