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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

This makes me sad and I hope it's not how most people feel. I joined a jewish sorority in college. I am episcopalian but grew up with many jews and always joke I'm a friend of the chosen people. Also, jews are 1% of the world's population, right? And less than 5% in the USA? Don't y'all get bored?  [/quote]

Why would this make you sad? You call yourself an Episcopalian--Episcopalians themselves apart from others to attend Episcopalian churches--does this make you sad? The existences of churches of specific denominations? Are you wringing your hands with worry over their bordom?
The "chosen people" line is a trope that non allies like to tell people that Jewish people say--they don't 
--a non Jew who is an ally of Jewish people in this era very deliberately[/quote]

She's not asking to attend Jewish services, but to attend a Jewish school.  Of course Episcopalians attend their churches and Jews their synagogues.  You use Episcopalian as an example, but you do realize that Episcopalian schools are welcoming to all faiths, including Jews.[/quote]

Jewish school only being open to Jewish kids is  not a problem. The school (in part) teaches people to be about (not just learn about) the faith. If you are not there to be about the faith it doesn't make any sense to be there. [/quote]

How is this different than Catholic parochial schools, where students prepare for First Holy Communion and Confirmation and learn about saints and sacraments and other Catholic things.  Non-Catholics attends these schools and sit out some of these activities. They also attend Mass and must not go up and take Holy Communion, but that doesn't seem to be an issue for the community.[/quote]

You are making the Jewish community sound bad.[/quote]

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