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Author: InterfaithFamily.com Editors
Date: 03-27-02 13:40
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Author: Ronnie Friedland, editor
Date: 03-28-02 15:01
Divorce: True or false: When we got divorced, our children's religious education became one of many things we fought over. |
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| Re: DIVORCE RATE INTERMARRIED |
Author: TZALI
Date: 05-10-03 21:13
IS THE DEVORCE RATE HIGHER AMONGST INTERMARRIED COUPLES
ARE THERE ANY STUDIES ON THIS? |
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| Divorce & change of religion |
Author: Norma
Date: 10-23-03 17:31
[Note: This posting was slightly edited by the Moderator.]
My son and his non-jewish wife are separating and plan to divorce in a year. Since he travels, she says it is too hard for her to continue her promise to bring the children up Jewish. He agreed to this and the two younger children (5 and 6-1/2) have now been baptised. The 9 year old is being tutored in in her mother's religion. Until their problems arose, I had never heard of any problem. In fact, my daughter in law was baking challah, and having Passover dinners. What is your opinion in this matter. |
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| Re: change of religion |
Author: Carol
Date: 10-28-03 12:58
You probably don't want to hear this, but I can sympathize with her position.
It's pretty difficult to bring a child up in a different faith if the other partner is uninvolved. When he's effectively absent, it's much harder, esp. if she is not getting any help from the Jewish community (and she may be feeling some negative pressure from them since she is now a single non-Jewish woman that may therefore not be so welcome anymore).
I'm the non-Jewish spouse and while I've never faced divorce, my dh was diagnosed with cancer shortly after our daughter was born. We had agreed to raise her Jewish, but I'm not sure if I could have really managed it if the worst had happened (thankfully he is in remission and doing well now). Afterall, throughout his intense treatment schedule I was effectively a single parent and while I got a lot of help and support from people at my church, I heard absolutely nothing from the folks we knew at the synagogue. They sometimes visited him in the hospital, but with exception of one offer of babysitting, I was definitely on my own. Since we had been fairly active and involved for the 3 years before all this happened, that really stung. I wasn't sure how I could possibly continue raising our daughter Jewish if I was left on my own and would feel unwelcome in the one Jewish community near us. (I doubt I would have gone so far as to baptize a child, but I probably would have brought them to church with me and I'm not sure for how long I could have kept trying to bring them also to services at temple.)
While I embrace and enjoy a lot about Judaism and will continue with my husband (God willing) to raise our children Jewish, I admit it's lost a lot of its luster for me and I can't quite go back to feeling as good and happy about it as before all this happened. |
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Braided bread, over which the Motzi (blessing recited before meals) is said, usually on Shabbat and holidays.
The spring holiday commemorating the exodus of the Jews from Egypt.
Place of Jewish worship, referring to both the room where it occurs and the building where it occurs. Colloquially referred to as "temple."
Place of Jewish worship. Same as synagogue.
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