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It was a condition to marry into his family...the verb forced was rhetorical

I’ve seen this all my life

If its that important to his family then skip the shiksa blondie and marry a nice Jewish girl and there are some cause I’ve been there..

I’ would never make a Jewish girl convert to my church as a precondition and I came relatively close twice to exactly that with two different Jewish girls

That’s not how Christianity works...you don’t just assume a heritage and exclusive identity...it’s something way beyond that and nor is it exclusive...it’s universal all of to us who want it anyhow if God had his way

If it had happened the fair thing woulda been daughters get the bat mitzvah and boys go with me and when they reach adulthood they will do what they want anyhow

Ain’t saying it’s perfect but it’s fair especially considering matrilineal Jewish way of thinking on who’s Jewish or not

This is where our different religions truly diverge

Accepting Christ has zip to do with marriage or identity

Don’t get me wrong...I applaud Jews wanting to keep their extensive heritage intact since Abe trekked from Ur but then marry your own kind

I’m not backing down for my disdain of Christian girls who throw away their salvation/faith simply to satisfy groom family demands

Whether Jewish or Hindu or Baha’i or God forbid Muslim

Lastly

Not knowing personally that which we are commenting on here has never stopped anyone..lol...and you know that

There would be nobody here otherwise.

“Not knowing personally that which we are commenting on here has never stopped anyone..lol...and you know that

There would be nobody here otherwise.”

On that one we absolutely agree. The entire internet would be a quiet and lonely place if people only commented about those people and subjects of which they had direct knowledge.

Regarding Ivanka and her husband: You know that neither of us is capable of judging them - we don’t have the knowledge about their backgrounds, what was going through their minds, etc., etc. Only G-d has that right and that knowledge.

However, I’d agree that way too many people marry outside of their own religion, to the discomfort (and sometimes anguish) of themselves, their existing families and their children - when there are some perfectly good choices within their own ranks. I absolutely agree with you about pressure from families - it works both ways, of course, but I do agree with you about not marrying outside if that’s such a problem. But I have to get back to my original contention that Ivanka SEEMS to be a very intelligent person with a very strong personality, who probably can’t be bullied into much, if anything. Of course, I could be wrong - if so, she wouldn’t be the first or the last person to display one set of characteristics in public, while having different ones in private.

All things considered, it was obviously her choice.

On the matrilineal descent issue: both Judaism and Christianity have the same view - the religion of the mother is the birth religion of the child. That’s a simple issue - everyone knows who the mother is, but not so with the father (well, at least not until genetic testing came about recently). A simple solution to a simple problem, and pretty just and sensible if you ask me - given that females are approximately 50% of the population across all religions.