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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"NOTHING anywhere says you have to stop being a Jew if you become a Christian. "

A born Jew cannot stop being a Jew, even if they become a muslim, an atheist, a pagan or whatever.  They do however become in very serious violation of Jewish law. As for Christianity,  Judaism since the 1st century has held that belief in JC as messiah (or worse, as "son" of G-d) is heresy.

Your children are not Jews.  According to C and O they would have to be converted. According to Reform they would NOT have to be converted, would have to be raised Jewish. As children of one non-Jewish parent their identy per Reform depends on how they are raised, and being raised as Christian does not count as being raised Jewish.  While many Reform shuls look the other way IIUC, at kids being raised with some exposure to christianity, I d[b]oubt beth el of Alex would conduct a Bar/bat mitzvah for a kid raised in the Presby church. [/b] Maybe  a Jewish Renewal shul would be different.   [/quote]

I'm the BethEl poster and I agree with this. Didn't mean to mislead. Agree OP needs to figure out what she wants, and she has already clarified that she didn't understand the kind of commitment Jewish Sunday school is. It isn't drop in for a little exposure. My kid is getting a Jewish education. We do celebrate holidays with non Jewish relatives....[/quote]

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