I’m so grateful for having your presence in my life!I’m Jewish, but coming from the Soviet Union, I’m not a religious Jew.For some reason, perhaps a reason you don’t even fully understand yourself, it troubles you that your son wants to marry out of the Jewish faith.You may even know that Judaism passes down through the mother so your grandchildren will not be born as Jews.I remember that I have never even considered marrying someone outside of my “tribe”, so to speak…But my sister is married for almost 40 years to a wonderful Russian man, who I love dearly.

So I tried to bridge the gap."The response: "I never got any backlash that I recall from other women on the site, but I did keep it relatively quiet with friends because I didn't want female Jewish friends to feel like I was stealing their men.

Niche dating sites exist for a reason: So that birds of a feather can flock together.

(See: Beautiful People.com, Farmers Only.com) But rules are meant to be broken.

Imagine it was important for someone’s child to be a serious tennis player.

That person would take her child to tennis lessons, she would allow her child to see her socialize with others who take tennis seriously. Growing up, that child would never have any doubt about his mother’s commitment to tennis.