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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Aren’t there a lot of synagogues in Atlanta? It isn’t like my old neighborhood in MoCo where we passed a synagogue every other block but you definitely have more choice than a lot of other cities. In any event, what type of school is your dc looking for and what are their stats? A lot of the schools on the Hillel list are very competitive and very few kids get into them (Yale, Columbia etc). But there are others that are more accessible (e.g., Muhlenberg). Of course, there is Brandeis which is about 50% Jewish and Boston University (not sure of the percentage but it is very popular). University of Delaware is supposed to have a strong Jewish community. My dd chose a small LAC bc she felt at home there and loved the academics but now really feels the absence of a strong Jewish community. There are Jewish kids at her school but no one on staff to bring them together and no building or room where they can hang out. Not that she would go there all the time - it’s just nice to know it’s there if she needs it. Lots of the big state schools have thriving communities and from what I’ve heard from friends, kids appreciate the warm dinners at Chabad and tend to gravitate there more than Hillel right now (but this is anecdotal). [/quote]

If she is homesick and thinks she'd feel comforted by it, she can go to the nearest temple, and talk to the rabbi - they will connect her with a family where she can go for shabbat dinner and passover seders if she isnt' going home. My family did this - we had all sorts of interesting people at our table through the years.[/quote]

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