Do students attend CES Jewish Day School if they are not Jewish?

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I hope not. I enroll my kids in a jewish school because I want them to make predominantly jewish friends, and to be in an environment where jewish people are the majority.

Wow, that's quite telling. Is this how most feel?

It's not remotely surprising. That's why people of specific faiths and traditions send their kids to those schools - not to have a diverse experience - to have a curated one. That's why it's a private school. It's the same for Catholic Schools, all-male, all-female schools, etc. (Though I suppose the Christian schools are more likely to proselytize and therefore try to attract non-believers.)

I send my kid to a Catholic school and am happy that there is diversity, even though we are practicing Catholics. Private school is enough of a bubble...would prefer my kid be exposed to people of other faiths and ethnicities. But I see what you are saying here.

There is diversity within Judaism - different forms of practice (reform, conservative, orthodox) and many different groups/nationalities (Sephardic - Ashkenazi - Israeli - Argentinean - Ethiopian...) Not to mention interfaith families.

If you want religious diversity beyond Judaism there are lots of other schools for that. This one has Jewish in the name. It's frankly mystifying that anyone would expect Judaism would not to be a key component of their mission.

I don't think anyone here is saying that the didn't expect Judaism to be a key component. The OP was just asking if non Jews are welcome.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I hope not. I enroll my kids in a jewish school because I want them to make predominantly jewish friends, and to be in an environment where jewish people are the majority.

Wow, that's quite telling. Is this how most feel?

It's not remotely surprising. That's why people of specific faiths and traditions send their kids to those schools - not to have a diverse experience - to have a curated one. That's why it's a private school. It's the same for Catholic Schools, all-male, all-female schools, etc. (Though I suppose the Christian schools are more likely to proselytize and therefore try to attract non-believers.)

I send my kid to a Catholic school and am happy that there is diversity, even though we are practicing Catholics. Private school is enough of a bubble...would prefer my kid be exposed to people of other faiths and ethnicities. But I see what you are saying here.

There is diversity within Judaism - different forms of practice (reform, conservative, orthodox) and many different groups/nationalities (Sephardic - Ashkenazi - Israeli - Argentinean - Ethiopian...) Not to mention interfaith families.

If you want religious diversity beyond Judaism there are lots of other schools for that. This one has Jewish in the name. It's frankly mystifying that anyone would expect Judaism would not to be a key component of their mission.

I don't think anyone here is saying that the didn't expect Judaism to be a key component. The OP was just asking if non Jews are welcome.

At what age are you looking to enroll? For what purpose? If you're jumping in at Kindergarten with full intentions to learn all the Hebrew and Torah because you love the rich tradition - that sounds promising.

If you're applying for High School and are surprised that there are no Friday night sports games or social events and your kid feels behind in Hebrew and left out culturally - perhaps this is not a fit.

I'm sure the admissions office can sort this out.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I hope not. I enroll my kids in a jewish school because I want them to make predominantly jewish friends, and to be in an environment where jewish people are the majority.

Wow, that's quite telling. Is this how most feel?

It's not remotely surprising. That's why people of specific faiths and traditions send their kids to those schools - not to have a diverse experience - to have a curated one. That's why it's a private school. It's the same for Catholic Schools, all-male, all-female schools, etc. (Though I suppose the Christian schools are more likely to proselytize and therefore try to attract non-believers.)

I send my kid to a Catholic school and am happy that there is diversity, even though we are practicing Catholics. Private school is enough of a bubble...would prefer my kid be exposed to people of other faiths and ethnicities. But I see what you are saying here.

There is diversity within Judaism - different forms of practice (reform, conservative, orthodox) and many different groups/nationalities (Sephardic - Ashkenazi - Israeli - Argentinean - Ethiopian...) Not to mention interfaith families.

If you want religious diversity beyond Judaism there are lots of other schools for that. This one has Jewish in the name. It's frankly mystifying that anyone would expect Judaism would not to be a key component of their mission.

I don't think anyone here is saying that the didn't expect Judaism to be a key component. The OP was just asking if non Jews are welcome.

At what age are you looking to enroll? For what purpose? If you're jumping in at Kindergarten with full intentions to learn all the Hebrew and Torah because you love the rich tradition - that sounds promising.

If you're applying for High School and are surprised that there are no Friday night sports games or social events and your kid feels behind in Hebrew and left out culturally - perhaps this is not a fit.

I'm sure the admissions office can sort this out.

To answer your question, the OP said they were considering for MS and HS. Our Catholic HS doesn't have Friday night games or practices either and we like that. People can adjust to cultures if they are motivated to.

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There are technically Jewish students who may not practice/believe in the religion. But the Judaics curriculum is pretty extensive, so I think only families with a vested interest apply.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I hope not. I enroll my kids in a jewish school because I want them to make predominantly jewish friends, and to be in an environment where jewish people are the majority.

Wow, that's quite telling. Is this how most feel?

No.
Only Orthodox cult members signed a Jew.

It's no different than going to any other religious-based private.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I hope not. I enroll my kids in a jewish school because I want them to make predominantly jewish friends, and to be in an environment where jewish people are the majority.

That doesn’t mean it has to be 100% Jewish. What is wrong with you. Seriously.

My kids are at JDS. The Jewish component is the reason I send them there. It means my kid can play baseball on Sundays. It means my kids will be able to have kosher or vegetarian options at school functions, play dates, etc. It means school events are not scheduled on Shabbat. It means no school on the holidays and enjoying a late start after YK.

Every year parents complain that they are not jewish but they’ve enrolled their child in the JCC preschool. They are annoyed with all of the closures due to the holidays. They are annoyed by the no meat rules. The reasons they are annoyed are the reasons I choose to sent my kids to a jewish school.

I can’t imagine a non jewish person wanted to study Toshba. I love that my kids celebrated all of their friends bar/bat mitzvah. I love that they have minyan in school. In the lower school, music was interwoven with the prayers. There is so much of the day devoted to Judaism.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I hope not. I enroll my kids in a jewish school because I want them to make predominantly jewish friends, and to be in an environment where jewish people are the majority.

Wow. Expand your horizons maybe?

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Anonymous wrote:There are technically Jewish students who may not practice/believe in the religion. But the Judaics curriculum is pretty extensive, so I think only families with a vested interest apply.

That was supposed to say "There are ethnically Jewish students..."

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Anonymous wrote:We live very close to the school. We've heard mixed things but still considering looking. FWIW, we are white but not Jewish. This would be for both middle and high schools.

Two related questions:
Can non-Jewish kids gain admission?
What is the social environment like if you are non-Jewish?

never heard of this in any day school in NY, FL or here. sure you can apply, maybe you'll get in, maybe you'll enroll. but most are there to have hebrew and judiasm front and center in their schooling and lives. Math and reading curricula are second, not even sure what materials they use.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I hope not. I enroll my kids in a jewish school because I want them to make predominantly jewish friends, and to be in an environment where jewish people are the majority.

Wow, that's quite telling. Is this how most feel?

feels like a troll post at 15:00 who sock puppeted a bigoted response at 15:01 and then more sockpuppeting to come.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I hope not. I enroll my kids in a jewish school because I want them to make predominantly jewish friends, and to be in an environment where jewish people are the majority.

This makes me sad and I hope it's not how most people feel. I joined a jewish sorority in college. I am episcopalian but grew up with many jews and always joke I'm a friend of the chosen people. Also, jews are 1% of the world's population, right? And less than 5% in the USA? Don't y'all get bored?

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I hope not. I enroll my kids in a jewish school because I want them to make predominantly jewish friends, and to be in an environment where jewish people are the majority.

This makes me sad and I hope it's not how most people feel. I joined a jewish sorority in college. I am episcopalian but grew up with many jews and always joke I'm a friend of the chosen people. Also, jews are 1% of the world's population, right? And less than 5% in the USA? Don't y'all get bored?

Why would this make you sad? You call yourself an Episcopalian--Episcopalians themselves apart from others to attend Episcopalian churches--does this make you sad? The existences of churches of specific denominations? Are you wringing your hands with worry over their bordom?
The "chosen people" line is a trope that non allies like to tell people that Jewish people say--they don't
--a non Jew who is an ally of Jewish people in this era very deliberately

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I love the Jewish community I grew up in (non Jew) but I wouldn’t want to send my kid to jds. I’d want my kid to learn about Judaism other ways ie visiting friends and seeing them practice. My thoughts on Israel would also likely outcast us. There’s no racial diversity either from what I’ve seen.

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I hope not. I enroll my kids in a jewish school because I want them to make predominantly jewish friends, and to be in an environment where jewish people are the majority.

Wow, that's quite telling. Is this how most feel?

feels like a troll post at 15:00 who sock puppeted a bigoted response at 15:01 and then more sockpuppeting to come.

It does read that way (first and second post both read kind of off), but if you were going to sockpuppet wouldn't you wait more than a minute in between? But also if not a troll, OP posted without even reading the FAQ on the school webpage which is also weird although maybe I overestimate how much effort people put into their posts

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly, I hope not. I enroll my kids in a jewish school because I want them to make predominantly jewish friends, and to be in an environment where jewish people are the majority.

This makes me sad and I hope it's not how most people feel. I joined a jewish sorority in college. I am episcopalian but grew up with many jews and always joke I'm a friend of the chosen people. Also, jews are 1% of the world's population, right? And less than 5% in the USA? Don't y'all get bored?

Why would this make you sad? You call yourself an Episcopalian--Episcopalians themselves apart from others to attend Episcopalian churches--does this make you sad? The existences of churches of specific denominations? Are you wringing your hands with worry over their bordom?
The "chosen people" line is a trope that non allies like to tell people that Jewish people say--they don't
--a non Jew who is an ally of Jewish people in this era very deliberately

She's not asking to attend Jewish services, but to attend a Jewish school. Of course Episcopalians attend their churches and Jews their synagogues. You use Episcopalian as an example, but you do realize that Episcopalian schools are welcoming to all faiths, including Jews.