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When religious conversion feels like historical betrayal

I want to honor my Jewish ancestors who died in the Holocaust but I converted to Christianity twenty years ago and feel like I abandoned them.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Changing faith traditions can create guilt about dishonoring ancestors who suffered or died for the beliefs we have chosen to leave behind.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Ancestors in faith — the continuing relationship?”

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