Article Discussion: Similarities and Differences Between Catholic and Jewish Worship

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[Tracey]

Hello,
I am Catholic and my boyfriend is Jewish...on our first date he made it very clear that it was important for him to raise his kids Jewish...I of course didn't mind at the time and now we are 6 months into the relationship and things have gotten serious and we're discussing bigger things like marriage and kids...I am okay with raising our kids Jewish but I still want my faith in some way to be included in my home. We've compromised on many things already..I want a tree and easter and NO Bris....he's okay with that. Do you have any suggestions..because I probably won't convert...I just want my parents included even though they are Catholic. Thanks!

[Unregistered]

as with any religion, the jewish religion says if the mother is not jewish the kids wont be considered jewish. but ofcourse its great to acknowledge both parents and the more religions the more holidays and the kids will love this and when they get old enough you and i know they will choose what they want in the end. i say this from experience im catholic my wifes actually half jewish/christian and we have a great family and we dont let the(inlaws) family butt in what we do in our home.

[Virginia May Reynolds]

Well, the more liberal branches of Judaism consider children of non-Jewish mothers Jewish if, say the father is a Jew (my case).  I agree with you though that it's nice to show one's kids every bit of our background religious or otherwise for them to make up their mind eventually.

However, I think it is also important to give them some grounding in terms of perhaps a major faith (could be Judaism, Cristianity etc) as a starting point.

I personally have a very personalised faith and have chosen to raise my child in my husbands' (Jewish) because it's more common place for one thing (I'm a Pagan which could potentially expose my son to ridicule etc) but my son is free to chose.  I love a lot of the Jewish traditions and the way the community interacts and I try to be a part of it myself though.  Would I convert one day?  Who is to say, maybe... or maybe not... not sure yet...

[Virginia May Reynolds]

Tracey, by the way, I have just responded to the latest poster.  In terms of families, well, each one is different and my husband is very open minded but my parents love Christmas and we sort of have that at their home because it's important to them.  Probably more in terms of the family than anything else.  By and large we observe Jewish festivals but I also celebrate Pagan ones for instance.