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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We aren't Christian (raised Catholic, both now agnostic) but our kid goes to a Jewish preschool and they've been talking about Passover all week. So we're going to do a little Passover seder at home tomorrow so we can all learn a little more about it.

It's not a "Christian Seder" and we aren't inserting Jesus into it at all. More just a way to learn about the tradition and for our kid to apply some of what she learned at school in a respectful way. She knows we are not Jewish, but that her school is Jewish and that some of the people there (including her teachers and the rabbi who comes to visit on Fridays for a small shabbat celebration they do) are.

Anyway, not asking for permission, just noting that there are reasons non-Jewish people might celebrate passover in a way that isn't automatically disrespectful. But yes, I can see how trying to claim the seder as a Christian tradition is disrespectful.[/quote]

Why not see if you can go to one of her classmate’s homes? I understand COVID makes that difficult, but after the pandemic ends that would be a better way of learning about it, than trying to do something you’re not familiar with.[/quote]
Even without a pandemic, it takes chutzpah to ask if your Christian family can attend someone’s Seder. Lots of people wouldn’t mind, but some would.[/quote]

I am the original PP and I just want to point out (since this is a Religion forum) that we are NOT Christian. We do not believe Jesus is the son of God and are not even sure we believe in God. We were raised Catholic but are agnostic and generally believe in secular humanism with a dash of "there's not really a way for anyone to know for sure what the truth is, but there are lots of ways to approach the unknowable and to build community and reinforce ethics and we are respectful of all of those traditions as long as they are non-violent.

Just wanted to make that clear because I resent the idea that I am Christian just because I'm not Jewish and was raised Catholic. Being born into a faith system doesn't mean you have to hold it forever, and I left the Catholic Church over a loss of faith as well as serious issues with the Church itself. [/quote]

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