“…there had been pressure from their founders & donors not to accept her because of her mother. This was after she had been interviewed by program reps, who led her to understand that she had been accepted, and requested that she pay her deposit...” /1 https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-israel-gap-year-program-applicant-rejected-because-of-non-jewish-mother-1.9703607

Putziger was “shocked” when she was notified... “When you have people questioning your Jewish identity, it really affects you”… The experience has been so devastating that she no longer lights Shabbat candles or participates in Shabbat family dinners... /2

Once again, I want the people who think this is ok to tell me how excluding Jews from Interfaith families, and especially those of patrilineal descent, does *anything* to strengthen our community. Because mostly, I hear stories like this. And they’re devastating. /end