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

That's not true. Sometimes it's the best educational option in the area. Or very convenient geographically. Or the family wants to explore judaism a little. I know a family like that, 4/5 of the kids ended up Christian, one converted to judaism.

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It can't be convenient or the best educational experience if you have no use for it, that is an impossibility. You issue seems to be "why do they dare have their own little thing."[/quote]

"No use for it" is a rather subjective judgement. [/quote]

Ok now you are on the kick of going to have a slick comeback for everything, not in good faith. Your goal here is to irritate people who want to to have a practical discussion about Jewish schools as the way they are (and do not consider what they are doing wrong). [/quote]

You can certainly start your own thread for criticisms of Jewish schools, but I was responding to the topic brought up by the op. [/quote]

We get it, Jews are selfish,  not open like others. Thank you for your education of us this afternoon.[/quote]

Jews don't recruit and convert people.  If you want to be Jewish, it has to be 100% your choice and you'd need to convert.  It's a very different culture.  Also, many who choose a Jewish school tend to be conservative or orthodox and its a very different culture from reformed.[/quote]

You don’t need to be Jewish to want to raise your child in the Jewish culture. [/quote]

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