Comments on: On ketchup and intermarriage – someone’s not gonna like this

By: Jennifer Pell Gordon

Jennifer Pell Gordon — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:30:51 +0000

Hmm. It's interesting to reflect on the point that of "home life, Jewish day school, shul, and summer camps" only one of those is free; and of the others, yes, finaid is (often) available, but at what (moral) cost?

By: Suzanne Zaharoni

Suzanne Zaharoni — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:19:15 +0000

Harold, thanks for this very interesting blog. I know an intermarried couple whose experience was also very different. The wife never converted, and they observed both Jewish and Christian traditions when their children were very young. But when the children were slightly older, and the husband did not want the children going to church and worshiping Jesus, the wife [non-Jew, remember] insisted that the husband take the children to shul so they would have some religious foundation.

So he did, and the family became steeped in Jewish life, while still respecting the wife's religious beliefs [particularly Christmas, of course, which was referred to as "Mommy's holiday"].

It has all worked out beautifully, and I believe it is grounded in the respect that the couple had for each other [sadly, the wife passed away some years ago].

So we come back to Jewish values after all, and the many ways to express them.

By: Suzanne Zaharoni

Suzanne Zaharoni — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:19:15 +0000

So he did, and the family became steeped in Jewish life, while still respecting the wife's religious beliefs [particularly Christmas, of course, which was referred to as "Mommy's holiday"].

It has all worked out beautifully, and I believe it is grounded in the respect that the couple had for each other [sadly, the wife passed away some years ago].

So we come back to Jewish values after all, and the many ways to express them.

By: Marci Richardson

Marci Richardson — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:04:00 +0000

Please pass the ketchup.
Harold, congratulations on your new adventure.
I was very impressed with this article. Nice job.
I look forward to reading your book.

By: Heather Streltzer Gelb

Heather Streltzer Gelb — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 13:50:28 +0000

I am ready to hear more of the Jewish conversation you've started. Mazol Tov on publishing your book!

By: Harold Berman

Harold Berman — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:29:14 +0000

Yes.

By: Toby Curwin

Toby Curwin — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:41:52 +0000

Wow! That was really well written, I can't wait to read your book!

By: Leora Hyman

Leora Hyman — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:59:42 +0000

Can't wait to read more Harold! Yasher Koach!

By: Jonathan Feldstein

Jonathan Feldstein — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:52:28 +0000

Really nice and well written Harold. Well done. Looking forward to future blogs.

By: Jonathan Feldstein

Jonathan Feldstein — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:52:28 +0000

Really nice and well written Harold. Well done. Looking forward to future blogs.

By: Jonathan Feldstein

Jonathan Feldstein — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:52:28 +0000

Really nice and well written Harold. Well done. Looking forward to future blogs.

By: Ann Fisher

Ann Fisher — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:58:35 +0000

Dor l'dor. From generation to generation. Among me and my three children, I am the only Jew by birth. But our way of life, shomer mitzvot, is passed down. If not through mother's milk, then through home life, Jewish day school, shul, and summer camps.

By: Meir Liberman

Meir Liberman — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:11:55 +0000

Halachicly observant?