{"id":3040,"date":"2008-05-22T13:58:07","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T21:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3040"},"modified":"2008-05-22T20:48:24","modified_gmt":"2008-05-23T04:48:24","slug":"the-cross-the-jew","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=3040","title":{"rendered":"The Cross & The Jew"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The following question was submitted to the about.com forum on Judaism:<\/div>\n

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"Dear Rabbi, We are not religious but our son was raised as a Jew and had both a (reformed) rabbi and priest perform his wedding ceremony. He has never converted but his wife has asked him to wear a cross and we find this very offensive. What can we say to him to explain the reason we are so hurt by his seemingly insensitive action?"<\/em><\/div>\n
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My first thought was – the cross offends you? You weren’t offended or hurt when he came home with the non-Jewish girlfriend? You weren’t hurt or offended by the priest presiding at their wedding? (Whom by the way I assume was also wearing a cross). Why are you offended now?<\/p>\n

Maybe because they were confronted for the first time with the consequences of their action – bringing their son up to think there is no difference in whom he marries as along as he loves her, she is nice and good person, etc.<\/p><\/div>\n

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My son says, at least they are offended by something. I wonder how they will feel when their non-Jewish grandchildren are baptized in church?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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