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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]And to the PP who is the daughter in law of Holocaust survivors, are they alive and able to speak to you about this? Their perspective would be interesting.

I am Jewish so I do not have the experience of being ostracized by my religion. But, if it were me, and it was important to me, I would push and shove my way on to every synagogue committee and light Shabbat candles every evening and show my family and community my full commitment to Judaism. How can you blame us for being wary? If you know our history you should understand this. [/quote]

push and shove where I am not wanted?  no thank you. if you want my son, you'll have to reach out. [/quote]

Dude. Get thee to a reform temple already if you are so obsessed with your son being recognized as Jewish because his father is Jewish. If you won’t, then it’s your choice so give it up already and stop acting like Jews formed a special group to persecute kids born to a non Jewish parent. No one is reaching out because you are bitter and insist that Jews sacrifice longstanding tenets of the faith to accommodate your disagreement with these traditions. Quite frankly you have no right to tell people what to believe. You can join or not, it’s up to you. There’s not some big cabal sorrowing at letting a kid slip through their misogynistic, convert-hating fingers. [/quote]

Fair enough. It's extremely frustrating and alienating to be told (in person and on here) that my kid isn't Jewish, so what's the point ... and I have had less-than-welcoming experiences in Reform settings as well.  Add that to being the party in the marriage responsible for religious education, and it's seeming basically impossible, no matter how much I try to explain to DH that his kid will not have any Jewish identity if we don't make an effort.  I feel a responsibility to educate him in his Jewish tradition but there's only so much I feel I can do. [/quote]

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