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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ok.  I am jewish.  My wife is jewish.  I would have a huge HUGE problem with this.  Mostly because Bible camp is about proselytizing.

At the Jewish camps we sent our daughter too, there was no proselytizing.  Instead, it was just living life according to jewish rules.  At it is Jewish camp, not Torah camp.  I would have a problem sending my DD to something called Torah camp.

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Yes, I agree.

I am atheist.  I have sent my kid to a preschool run by a church, a camp run by a faith based school, the JCC and the YMCA.  All have been fine, although I admit I chose the denominations carefully.

But Bible school is different.  It's purpose is to create Christians.  I wouldn't send my kid there any more than I'd sign him up for Religious school at the local shul, an activity whose purpose is to transmit Judaism

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No, not all are like this. I attended several Protestant bible camps as a kid, and they were all about teaching bible (old and new) stories to kids who might not already be getting them at home. Also lots of crafts and singing. You can look at this as proselytizing, but it sure seemed more like education.

FWIW, my parents also sent me to a Jewish preschool.[/quote]

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