How is it not to be Jewish at Sidwell

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I the only one reading this who doesn't believe that a tourguide said all of this? I mean, confusing the Quakers with the Shakers? Saying that the Quakers are mostly dead, so don't worry about them? This just doesn't sound plausible.[/quote]

Do you want her name? It was fall of 2006. She said and I quote," no, you don't have to be a Quaker ( to get in) because, first of al,l most of them are dead" "our family is not Quaker, we are Jewish and I as a mother am fine with my kids attending meeting....sometimes they have a good topc, sometimes they just day dream...I don't have a problem with that" At which ponit she adjusted her white Jackie O Chanel sunglasses.

The snarky comment ,"maybe she meant shakers" was someone cracking a joke on this site. I'm sure Jappy mother parent had no knowledge of the shaker movement or the wonderful furniture that they were known for any more than she had the manners to know what NOT to say at a public gathering.[/quote]

You probably don't know this, nor do you care, but the word "Jap" is both misogynist and anti-semitic.

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Hmmm. . .Sidwell is a Quaker school isn't it? Seems like Jewish kids would be in the minority.[/quote]

Well the Jewish parent tour guide who said to me ," no, you don't have to be a Quaker to get in because most of them are dead" seemed VERY comfortable in her assertion so much so she felt perfectly confident saying something like that to strangers on a parent tour.[/quote]

Did she also mention that they made nice furniture?

Seriously, I'm a Sidwell parent and I would guess that it's about 20% Jewish, with some variation between grades. That seems in keeping with the population interested in sending their kids to DC private schools. Sidwell doesn't close for Jewish holidays, but does have a "no major tests, no homework due, no new homework assigned" policy for the High Holidays and first night of Passover. They also have matzoh available in the cafeteria during Passover, but it gets eaten by everyone, not just the Jewish kids! OTOH, Meeting for Worship is mandatory (although if a family has a religious objection to attending they'll work with you), and Quakerism is included in some parts of the curriculum.[/quote]

What are the policies for Christmas and Easter?

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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Am I the only one reading this who doesn't believe that a tourguide said all of this? I mean, confusing the Quakers with the Shakers? Saying that the Quakers are mostly dead, so don't worry about them? This just doesn't sound plausible.[/quote]

Do you want her name? It was fall of 2006. She said and I quote," no, you don't have to be a Quaker ( to get in) because, first of al,l most of them are dead" "our family is not Quaker, we are Jewish and I as a mother am fine with my kids attending meeting....sometimes they have a good topc, sometimes they just day dream...I don't have a problem with that" At which ponit she adjusted her white Jackie O Chanel sunglasses.

The snarky comment ,"maybe she meant shakers" was someone cracking a joke on this site. I'm sure Jappy mother parent had no knowledge of the shaker movement or the wonderful furniture that they were known for any more than she had the manners to know what NOT to say at a public gathering.[/quote]

You probably don't know this, nor do you care, but the word[b] "Jap" is both misogynist and anti-semitic[/b]. [/quote]
as is the person who bumped this thread. let it fall back down to oblivion

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