We are committed to raising our children as Jews. I knew that it had to start with me at a greater level, at a deeper level, if it was going to be a meaningful example to them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We are a mixed marriage, so our kids were raised with a little less Judaism than I was raised with.
When my children were born, I made the choice I wanted them to be raised as Jews and to have a Jewish education.
I grew up in a Jewish family, and we have raised our children in a Jewish tradition. Religion gives a framework for moral enquiry in young minds and points us to questions beyond the material.
To be Jewish is to be specifically identified with a history. And if you're not aware of that when you're a child, the whole tradition is lost.
As scary as it was being raised by one Jewish mother, I have to feel for my kids because they have two Jewish mothers.
It seems, though, that historically we have now reached a position in which Jews cannot legitimately be understood always and only as presumptive victims.
I studied Judaism a lot. I studied religion in general, and I have never imposed my Judaism on my kids. They are what they want to be. I think... you must care for others. That's the correct religion, I think.
I think that being Jewish has generated an extremely strong sense of the importance of family. If I look at my Scandinavian colleagues, they don't have that urgency about family. All my movies are about that.
I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism.
The whole upbringing was interesting because we grew up Orthodox Jews all the way until we were teenagers.
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