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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do the Muslim posters have Jewish friends? We are Jewish and don't have Muslim "friends". DS's best friend's nanny is Muslim so we do see her often but we've never discussed political or religious issues. DS has a few Muslim
families at his school and again- everyone is respectful but we've never reached out to them on a social level before.

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Not the OP -- but the answer is yes. I was born and raised on the east coast and my best friends in HS and college were Jewish, as well as lots of my grad school friends. My dad was born and raised in India and came here in the 70s and his best friend from work is Jewish and they always talk about how similar certain traditions and values are -- kosher/halal, pork etc., the emphasis on education etc. It helps that none of us are political people with strong views on the middle east because then I don't think the friendships would last; I loved hearing about friends' birthright trips, but you have to be open minded enough to be willing to hear it. Unfortunately some of my extended family lives in North Am. but acts like they're still back in the old country -- only being friends with other Muslims etc. They were born and raised here and cannot imagine that I choose to have Jewish (and Christian, atheist etc.) friends. I, on the other hand, can't imagine how you go from K-12 here and decide you won't talk to someone if they don't share your exact same faith.[/quote]

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