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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You should go because that is the Jewish thing to do (we're not Scientologists that disown our family) but you lost your sister.  She won't even want to go to Passover Seder at your house because it conflicts with her husband's Easter.  My sister and Mom both ended up giving up their religion when they got married and as a result don't want to do much with me anymore -- they hang out with each other and their Church friends -- since so much revolves around holidays.  I still see them for birthdays and occasionally other times but that's it.[/quote]
I’m sorry that that’s your family’s history.

I’m married to a non-Jew who helps me lead Seder. When our DCs were younger, we’d take them on Easter Egg hunts, but they never interfered with Seder—which is an evening service. When Hanukkah intersects with Christmas, we light the candles AND eat prime rib. My friends who are intermarried are the same way: our family traditions are equal, and we make sure our children have Jewish experiences and education.

Tl;dr: not all intermarried Jews drop Judaism. [/quote]

I am also married to a non-Jew and together we have raised a Jewish child. He isn't "both" but Jewish.  Our family calendar is Jewish.

Sure, it is harder to do when the non-Jew is a practicing something else, but if that's the case you should just lament that Judaism didn't resonate for your sister and make your peace with it.  She is still the person you loved all these years.

Passover and Easter rarely conflict, and families do change.  Can't she come to second seder or something?[/quote]

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