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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just don't think OP is dealing with the reality that the Jewish community is not going to be welcoming in any real sense to her biracial children. The fct that she herself is jewish helps, but try sending them to Hebrew School at Washington Hebrew or some other such temple--she will see that they will treat her as an outsider. I wish this were not the case--it was my experience--although I am not jewish but my husband is. Religious school became the deal breaker for us.[/quote]

agree, the south is no great place for black kids either, but too many Jews are uncomfortable with non-whites, even if they themselves are not really white.[/quote]

Are there any diverse or accepting schools or temples in this area? (not OP)[/quote]

Temples are one thing; schools are another.

Jewish schools in our area (excluding preschools) are conservative, as the goal is to give each student a religious educator.  Reform Jews send their kids to public or to liberal privates like Sandy Spring Friends.

My friend sends her son to a Jewish private in the area, and while there are a few students of color in the school doing well, she says they will never be fullly accpeted.  And those who come from interracial marriages even have a more difficult time b/c one parent is either NOT Jewish or is a convert.

So it's not so easy.  [/quote]

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