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[quote=Anonymous]OP, you totally made the right call in cancelling your trip.  It's clear from your posts that your inlaws don't respect you and your husband's decision to raise Jewish kids.  Even if you had convinced yourself that a week of Bible school was harmless (and, as a fellow Jew, I agree with you that it isn't), your inlaws would have used this as an opening for further evangelism.

So many people who have posted here seem to have no understanding of just how hard it is to raise Jewish kids in a Christian society.  This is not about diversity.  The kids can learn about other religious practices when they're a little older and have a firmer sense of their own Jewish identities.  Right now, it's a very precarious thing and the prevailing message from society (especially to little kids, with Christmas and other kinds of celebrations) is that "everyone" is Christian.  Your inlaws are trying to get to your kids when they're young and undermine your efforts to establish their Jewish identity.  You and your husband did well to prevent this.

And just to be clear here, in case anyone thinks I'm a fire breather, I'm not.  I'm an atheist and a Reform Jew who cares about Jewish cultural identity and Jewish values.  I did NOT want to raise Christian kids.  And if you don't make an effort in this society, your kids turn out Christian regardless of what you believe.[/quote]

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