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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm Jewish and I can't understand why this would bother you, OP.  Honestly.  [/quote]

Why do I care?  Someone put it recently in a New Yorker article about Bar Mitzvahs for Evangelical Christian teenagers like this (paraphrasing) -- there's a difference between building bridges between religions to improve cultural understanding, and building bridges so you can run across to the other side and grab goodies and run back.  If it's to increase cultural understanding, great.

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OP, it's not just to increase cultural understanding.  As a PP explained, communion as given every week is a re-creation of the Last Supper, and a commandment given to the disciples directly from Jesus - one that has been carried out faithfully and regularly for over 2000 years.  So this is not new.  The re-creation of a full Seder on Good Friday is not totally new either, though it is of course not a commandment and a fairly modern practice.  Here is some info on the practice from the Council of Centers on Jewish-Christian Relations:

http://www.ccjr.us/dialogika-resources/educational-and-liturgical-materials/liturgical-resources/passover/784-interfaith-seders

FWIW, I tend to agree that the most meaningful ones are the ones done in consultation with a rabbi, and where the rabbi is present to explain the scripture/liturgy that is read and the meaning behind it.  Perhaps you should participate in one - you'd see that it's actually a very respectful and beautiful practice when executed with thought and reverence.[/quote]

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