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Friends Across the Sea Forum Rafaelo , Argentina : Hi Hadas ! Nice job on your family tree — it looks great ! Jonathan , United States : I agree ! Hadas , the website that you told me about really helped . I’ve already finished my family tree . It was fun trying to figure things out and see how my relatives are related to each other . Something in your family tree , Hadas , caught my eye — I noticed that one of your relatives in Canada married a non-Jew . Hadas , Israel : You must be talking about Sarah ... Wow ! I’m impressed ! You don’t miss a thing ! Why the interest ? Jonathan , United States : Just before my Uncle Bruce and my Aunt Diane decided to move to Israel , another uncle , Josh , married a really nice woman called Lisa who isn’t Jewish . This is pretty common here . When you study and work with non-Jews all the time , it’s not surprising that there are intermarriages . Still , this became the major topic of conversation in my family . Will they have a Jewish home ? Will they raise their children as Jews ? Uncle Josh says that although Judaism is important to him and he understands that marrying a non-Jew raises many issues , they’re in love so he’s sure they’ll find a way to work things out . Uncle Bruce and Aunt Diane didn’t exactly say it , but I think maybe one of the reasons they decided to make aliyah was to make sure that their kids marry Jews , since in Israel almost everyone is Jewish . Miep , Holland : Hi everyone ! My name is Miep and I live in Holland . I just heard about this forum from my teacher . It’s really cool ! I’ve already read everything so I will just jump right into the conversation . In Holland , it’s also very common for Jews to marry non-Jews .
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