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I agree with the rabbi on this one. It makes no sense to raise children in a household with two different religious influences that are mutually exclusive by definition. Providing a child with conflicting religious instruction in this context is worse than providing them no religious instruction at all -- because it trivializes and mocks two religions/cultures instead of just ignoring them completely.

Its just a matter of opinion.

If the parents can't agree on which religion to teach it seems like a good compromise. I think Judaism and Christianity are NOT mutually exclusive but share a lot of teachings in common. Those items that conflict can be pointed out and discussed.

I'm interested as to why you think Judaism and Christianity are mutually exclusive, other than of course the obvious, i.e. the divinity of Jesus Christ.

Don't leave out the fact that Jesus lived, taught, preached, was mocked, was crucified, all as a Jewish person. I don't ever remember him referring to himself as anything but a Jew.

For some reason, this fact gets glossed over all too often.

I think Judaism and Christianity are NOT mutually exclusive but share a lot of teachings in common.

You're making the mistake of confusing moral teachings with religious doctrine. Religious doctrine often serves as the foundation of moral teachings, but commonality of moral codes of conduct is not an indication of a common religious basis. Most of the moral teachings of Judaism and Christianity can be found in almost any culture in the world -- even secular ones.

I'm interested as to why you think Judaism and Christianity are mutually exclusive, other than of course the obvious, i.e. the divinity of Jesus Christ.

I'm confused as to why you insist on diminishing the most obvious difference between the two. That's the whole point . . . it's the most obvious because it's the one that makes them mutually exclusive. A child who is raised in a mixed Christian/Jewish household can't possibly develop even a cursory understanding of who Jesus Christ was without completely alienating himself from one of his parents.

I'm interested as to why you think Judaism and Christianity are mutually exclusive, other than of course the obvious, i.e. the divinity of Jesus Christ.

Try not to take what I'm going to say as rude.

Without the divinity of Christ, there is no Christianity. The law and moral teaching of Christianity is secondary to who Christ is and that He died for remission of our sins. Being a good moral person is not the central tenet of Christianity. It's the divinity of Christ. Without that, Christianity is nothing more than Judaism by a different name. If you think that raising children in Christianity only means teaching them good morals, then you're missing the point entirely. Christianity without a divine Christ would just be Judaism by a different name. They would be better off raising the children Jewish straight-up than offering that kind of confused teaching.