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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

This is lovely but how will your children identify and how will they raise their own children? I’ve made this point before on this thread. I think OP should absolutely support her sister and the choice she’s made but at the same time there is the sad realization that statistics show that her nieces and nephews will not continue to pass Judaism down to their own children. [/quote]

Well, if Judaism isn't good enough for us to pass it on successfully, we have bigger problems than a sister marrying out of the tribe.

My kid, the product of an interfaith marriage, is most certainly Jewish. Whether he passes it on is up to him and the person he marries. The last generation has seen a shift among our treatment of the interfaith couples.  Since Reform and Conservatives don't ostracize them as was done in the past we should expect more of their children to raise Jewish kids, too.[/quote]
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I’m PP 9:11, and as I’ve previously answered on this thread and others of the same vein, our children are Jewish. The children of our friends in intermarriages are Jewish. They attend religious school, we attend services, and with one group of friends, even have a rotating Shabbat dinner celebration, where once a month we host dinner after Shabbat services. We are passing down not only the culture but Leo the joy of Judaism. [/quote]

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