Happy Holiday(s)

This one's for all the interfaith couples out there.

Written and Directed by Janelle Gendrano and Matthew Steinhart

Special thanks to Ben Prager, Assistant Videographer!

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• christmas
• hanukkah
• relationships
• interfaith
• happyholidays
• holidays
• merry
• santa
• jesus
• bible
• torah
• menorah
• xmas
• tree
• matthew
• steinhart
• janelle
• gendrano
• love
• tolerance
• harmony

[Lauen324]

I love this.

[bobfenster]

@aceandalsostuff One thing I definitely credit the Jewish culture for is the promotion of skepticism and intellectual thinking. My mom's a sabra and it was important to her that I get my bar mitzvah, but by that point we'd long since stopped attending services even on the high holy days. So I grew up in a largely secular, though culturally Jewish home like those you're describing in Israel. However, I've seen lots of people of various faiths more or less brainwashed by their parents...

[aceandalsostuff]

@bobfenster You became an agnostic through a Jewish family, your sole existence is proof that it's not entirely possible to "foist your religious belief upon your children," you have nothing to worry about.

It's not even devout in religious beliefs, I live in Israel and it would be considered /really/ bad to not have Jewish children, not because of religious belief but purely out of cultural reasons. Everyone here is more or less an agnostic that celebrates Jewish holidays regardless, but yeah.

[bobfenster]

@aceandalsostuff My wife's an atheist (born to a Catholic family) and I'm an agnostic (born to a Jewish family), so we obviously don't have any dilemma. But if a person were so devout in their religious beliefs that they couldn't find a way to compromise with their partner, I'd suggest not having children. As an agnostic I already find it problematic that people foist their religious beliefs upon their children...

[aceandalsostuff]

@bobfenster right, but a basic rule of judaism is that only babies born to jewish mothers are jewish.

most people that take their faith seriously would have a hard time committing to the idea of their children not being one, and when it comes to bar mitzvahs and brit milahs and all that, they'd have to find a rabbi who is reformed enough to not care.

i'm pretty much an atheist, though, so i dont really care for those things. but it seems like he does, so i'm interested.

[bobfenster]

@aceandalsostuff Like most interfaith people, I would assume if they had kids together they'd celebrate both holidays.

[mamawala]

Hey Janelle, the Mamawala Family loves your video--especially since we celebrate christmas/eid/diwali in our ridiculously mixed up family. You two are awesome! Happy whatever you want it to be...

[michshae]

Just adorable! That is a Chrismakkuh classic for sure! Thank you for creating and sharing =)

[mixtapebang]

Adorable! And so well written! Happy Holidays, guys :P

[aceandalsostuff]

what do you plan on doing for the kids?