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[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]

This has been my experience too.  We are expected to attend and celebrate bar mitzvahs, but no one from DH's family attended our kids' baptisms, First Communions, or Confirmations.  It was and is indescribably hurtful and has forever marred my relationships with my ILs.

I understand that Jews have suffered centuries of persecution.  I am not personally responsible for that, however, and from where I sit, the reality and importance of present-day family ties trump historically-based grievances.  It is shocking to me that my ILs refuse to get that.[/quote]

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