Ohr Kodesh

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Anonymous wrote:I actually view the decorum as a positive. Don't you want kids?

Yes. Exactly. That is the problem with TI. They don't want kids in the service and are pretty hostile to young families. Synagogues without young children die.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Thanks for the observations. I wonder if they have enough families for a Hebrew school? Website says that they have one but perhaps like some other local synagogues, it's small. Seems unsual though, given that they have a big preschool!

We are looking to switch from Tifereth Israel precisely because OK has a much larger religious school - and is more pro-kid than TI which skews Boomer and anti-kid. The choices you make as a parent are different than those if you were joining a synagogue as an empty nester or single person. OK has a pretty good sized Hebrew school program. Yes, there are a lot of day school families and Israeli families who prefer MoEd to Hebrew school - but there are enough families with young kids to have a good-sized Hebrew school.

OP here. Thank you!