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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=AnonymousNo one's religion should be treated as a joke, and I'm not particularly religious.[/quote]

Wait, what? I'm Jewish and I make jokes about Judaism and Jewishness.  That is in fact a cultural thing.  Unassimilated Jews, including atheists, make jokes about most anything - certainly not excluding religion (and not excluding atheism either - hear the one about the atheist and agnostic who couldnt get married ? - they couldnt agree on what not to believe)

I dont thiink the problem above is about religion - its about a profound cultural misunderstanding.    I wonder if the "culturally Jewish" but Christian folks here are really in sync with what I would recognize as jewish cultural traits (I confess to being Ashkenazi and focusing on Yiddish culture, but in my experience Sephardim are not that different) .  Or are they christians interested in OT roots, or people in interfaith relationships with a fairly assimilated (by which I do not mean secular) Jew? [/quote]

You missed the point.  I'm offensively irreverent at times, but I wouldn't dismiss my niece's First Communion as insignificant and unworthy of my time and attention. But mostly, that would be out of respect to the kid.    
Agreed though, that you can't raise a culturally Jewish kid as a Christian.  But I think OP has the message, so let's not beat up on her.[/quote]

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