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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So why do Jewish people not want converts? Do they think non-Jewish people who want to be Jewish won’t fit it ever, completely?

Do Jewish people not welcome converts? My daughter’s Jewish FIL is polite and kind, but her MIL can be prickly. They attend worship services together (not absolutely sure what “kind”) and daughter loves her husband and their faith. Will their children be accepted by Jewish people in America as full Jewish or less than perfect Jewish people? [/quote]

The Reform movement is very welcoming to interfaith marriages, Jews by choice and non-Jewish spouses. Your daughter and their children will be accepted. My brother is married to someone who is not Jewish and decided not to convert and they are raising their children Jewish. I consider my niece and nephew just as Jewish as my kids (my husband and I are both Jewish). They also celebrate Christmas and Easter with their maternal grandparents bc they are joining in a family celebration. And those grandparents sometimes join them for Passover Seder. Your daughter’s in-laws attitudes may just be part of their personalities and may have nothing to do with religion. [/quote]

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