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[quote=Anonymous]Gan parent here.  I'm Jewish so I had no issue sending my child to the Gan.  Here is what I can tell you about the Gan in the per-COVID times.  They will tell you that they welcome all but are unapologetically Jewish.  They celebrate Shabbat every Friday.  The food served is Kosher.  (Basically it means that it is lacto-ovo vegetarian)  They teach about the Jewish holidays in addition to teaching about all the things you would expect in a preschool.  Many times the lessons are incorporated into the Jewish holiday.  For example, the kids planted seeds and the seeds were parsley that would be ready to harvest in time to use on the Passover table.  My son's class had 2 kids who didn't have at least one Jewish parent.  All the kids participate in all the activities.  They learn the Jewish prayers for Shabbat and other songs in Hebrew as well as in English.

They don't celebrate stuff like Halloween but they did do things for Thanksgiving.  There is a winter break at the same time the public schools have.  Spring break coincides with Passover.  Depending on the year September/October has many extra days off because a bunch of Jewish holidays fall in these months.  This year they fell on weekends so had the Gan opened up there would have only been one or two days they were closed for holidays.

The Gan did no open up this fall.  I am hoping that they reopen in January.  I love the place.  It is ware and welcoming to all.  My son loves it and from what I can tell the Jewish stuff is not very heavy handed but I might have a skewed perspective on that.  My husband isn't Jewish and he is ok with what they were teaching our son.

If you want to chat more, I would be happy to try to connect offline.  
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