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How can tensions be eased within an interfaith relationship?
Most of the difficulty that interfaith partners face emerges
from the same issues that create challenges for all couples:
relationships with family and decisions about children.
Mutual support and open lines of communication are key
to smoothing out this difficult issue. Many people wait
to make choices about children; in an interfaith relationship,
those are decisions that are better made earlier rather
than later.
If a family has made the decision to practice Judaism,
it is important that the Jewish spouse make an effort
to be inclusive and welcoming. The same goes if the religion
chosen is not Judaism. We recommend making sure that all
family members' feelings are taken into account, acknowledged
and affirmed. In many cases, depending on who has taken
on primary parenting responsibilities, the family's religion
may even be shaped and guided by the spouse who was not
born into that religion. It is therefore of utmost importance
that there is mutual support and acceptance. |
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