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Your house, your rules. Find a nice way of telling them and dispose of it.
I'm a vegetarian and I often buy and cook some of my own food when I visit by brother and his wife, whose diet is totally unlike mine. They've never thrown my food out because it's "their house" and the "rule" is to eat meat.
The OP simply needs to remind her in-laws that her child is being raised Jewish (I assume) and isn't to be fed meat or shellfish. Simple.
Since you said you don't keep kosher they're probably under the impression you just don't like pork. Are they supposed to be mind readers? And if you don't keep kosher why the objection to bacon? It's mighty tasty stuff.
I can see you're in NZ. Do they even know what kosher is? You're probably thefirst jewish person they've ever met, almost certainly the first who keeps kosher.
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Maybe the child is being raised Jewish I think bringing the bacon in was quite ignorant.
Being Jewish doesn't mean no bacon. Jewish plus kosher means no bacon, but the O
p told her family she doesn't keep kosher.
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Says who? I have two friends who married Jewish girls and neither are raising their children Jewish.
That is the Jewish religion. Your heritage is passed through your mother. If you have a child born with a Jewish father and Christian mother, the child is not recognized as Jewish. He or she must convert to the faith.
So your friends who married Jewish girls, have children that would be recognized by the faith.
So I don't keep kosher, but I do my best to avoid eating pork.
The in laws are staying with us, and have apparently bought bacon (and put it in my refrigerator). They, of course, know I'm Jewish, and have always made an effort to not serve pork when I'm over at their house. Which is really more than I've ever asked for, though if I knew pork chops were on the menu, I would make other dining arrangements.
Anyway, should I be offended by this bacon? I assume it means they'll be attempting to feed it to my two year old while I'm at work.
If you aren't really kosher and haven't made it clear to them what that means and what the rules in the house are, then there is no reason for them to think that some bacon in the fridge would bother you. It sounds like the pork for you is not a hard and fast rule to begin with, so I don't think it's fair to blame them for the bacon. Let's face it - bacon is really really good stuff, and it's understandable that they would want to introduce the baby to it. My Jewish mother was the first (and so far only) person to give my son bacon. She just wanted to see him enjoy it (but it was a disappointment - the texture made it impossible for him to chew it up enough at that age, so he just chewed and chewed and eventually spit it out).
Says who? I have two friends who married Jewish girls and neither are raising their children Jewish.
Says Jewish LAW!
Doesn't matter, if their Mom is Jewish, they are Jewish. Only TWO ways to be Jewish, have a Mom who is Jewish, or convert. Doesn't matter if you are practicing or not.
So yes, your two friends kids are Jewish as well.
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Long answer, nobody knows, but there are several suggestions:
Um, I know.
G-d said of the "beasts of the earth" (AKA mammals) that to be kosher they MUST have cloven hooves and chew their cud.
Pigs DO have cloven hooves, but don't chew their cud, so they are not kosher, while cows, deer and bison are fair game.
Fish must have fins and scales, so tuna is fine, but catfish or crab isn't.
Birds that forbidden usually include scavengers or birds of prey, but chicken, duck, geese, and turkey are fine.
Also some insects such as locusts are kosher as well (if your really hungry!)
All other insects, rodents, reptiles and amphibians are off limits.
Also, no drinking of blood (despite what Nazi Germany circa 1940"s thought), no eating of the sciatic nerve, no eating inner fat (brown fat), no meat and daily (specifically boiling the kid in the milk of the mother), and separate kitchen ware (pots pans, plates, utensils, etc...) for meat and dairy; just to name a few.
Now I don't keep kosher, but I do eat kosher foods, I just don't have two sets of dishes, and I do eat cheese on my chicken (my old Rabbi and I argued over this very point, the new one somewhat agrees with me.), since chickens have no milk, they should be ok together.
That was probably WAY more than you wanted to know, lol.
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I think bringing the bacon in was quite ignorant.
