Just out of my curiosity, have you guys dating Jewish people before?

Since I'm catholic myself, so I haven't date Jewish girls myself before, but I'm very interesting to looking for a relationship with Jewish girl. But I don't want to get into a ugly conflict where we're going to have a big fight about which religions should we raise the children together, you know?

I want to raise my children as catholics. Is that wrong for me to wanting for my children as catholics?

 

What you do is split up the religions. You do communion, baptize and barmitzah(sp) and the other jewish stuff. There are around 52 weeks each year so the child could do catholic stuff 26 weeks of the year and jewish stuff the other 26. You have both Christmas and Hanukkah.:smt023


That's how you deal with that.

 

Yes, but what if their parents refuse to let her dating me, just because I'm not jewish? How do I deal with that?

 

Yea, I have notice the lack of tolerance from that side. It is up to the daughter. She has to make the decision.

 

In any given circumstance regarding raising your children on any level of understanding regarding what belief they should fall under, the best way to solve it all is this: stay neutral. Here's my reasoning...

You cannot indoctrinate your children into a certain belief system, especially when dealing with a compromising situation involving two opposing faiths. Remind yourself and your significant other that you can only SHOW the new-born child what your beliefs are about, and ultimately expose them to both sides and perhaps beyond. This will help build a better conscious for the child and more tolerant of other beliefs. At an early age, this will cement a more modest and more neutral approach.

And regarding parents not wanting their daughter to date you because you're not Jewish...you two simply need to ignore that. I know family is strong, but if you can show that you can bring two faiths together, then there's a good chance they will demonstrate great acceptance. As long as they are not of orthodoxy, you should be okay with parental approval.

 

Thanks, BBW.

That's why there's intermarriage in the first place! I'm very interesting.

 

Hahaha, between, interracial, inter-political, and interfaith marriages and relationships...I'm not sure which one bears a higher burden.