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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Let me guess, your relative is Jewish and your children are not? [/quote]

Other way around, lol.  But thanks for reiterating yet again the background anti-semitism![/quote]
OP, how is your child Jewish? How much of your extended family is Jewish? Are you intermarried to a Jewish person? I assume this is your side of the family and not your spouse's family? Or did your child convert to Judaism as an adult?

If you have a Jewish spouse, you might consider talking it through with them. I'm sure this kind of antisemitism is not new to them.

If your child is an adult, I would talk to them about what happened, how it upset you, and how your child might want you to handle future comments from this relative.

If you do have other extended family who are Jewish, you might find it helpful to talk to them. Presumably they would also have developed strategies for dealing with antisemitism from this particular relative.[/quote]

I’ve been talking it through with Jewish friends, which has been very helpful. What I realized is that there is no way to be honest with him about it because there was no trust or good will to begin with (b/c he’s been increasingly hostile to me in general). With the other relative I think they get it, even though the process of getting there was difficult. [/quote]

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