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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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.[/quote]

Wow, that's quite telling. Is this how most feel?[/quote]

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.)[/quote]

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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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