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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It has been very difficult to raise culturally Jewish but religiously Christian children amidst Jewish cousins. The cousins don't see Christianity as equal or even valid. They act as though Christian beliefs and practices are a big joke.  My younger DD has celebrated with all of her cousins when they reached b'nai mitzvah age, but not a single one attended her First Communion. She was very hurt.[/quote]

In Jewish law as held by the Orthodox (at least many) its actually a sin to enter a church.    C Judaism modifies this for the sake of peace between communities, but be aware that Christianity is historically the dominant faith of Western Civilization, it pervades traditional art and literature, it is connected for many Jews with memories of past persecutin (sometimes quite directly - Easter pogroms, his blood is on our head, that sort of thing) and we are still proselytized in this day and age.

Judaism may be quaint to Christians, or even a way to connect with Jesus, but Christianity is not like that to most Jews. [/quote]

I can understand respecting that some Jews will not/can not enter a church, but arguing that they her family is not participating in her child's Christian events because of years of persecution is stretching it. PP said the cousins see her child's faith as a joke, not a as a scary reminder of oppression.[/quote]

In addition, the cousins and their parents are not Orthodox. I don't think the family has had an Orthodox member in a century or more. Not even Conservadox or Modern Orthodox. The cousins and parents are largely Reform. The grandparents are Conservative. It would just be nice to see them offer the same support for her rites of passage as we have for theirs. Not even an apology or word of regret to soften her disappoinment. I can bet my life that we'd never hear the end of it if she skipped even one of their b'nai mitzvahs.[/quote]

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