I'm not Jewish--but, I have Jewish neighbors. Their kids have friends from the local public schools (not mentioned earlier) and friends from their synagogue. Bar Mitzvah's were pretty well mixed from what I could see. I know that their friends from synagogue go to a variety of different schools. It's located kind of in a pocket of different boundaries.

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Perhaps, but it’s probably also that, apart from the religious institutions, there’s nothing in NoVa that’s obviously Jewish culturally, the way that MoCo has multiple delis and NoVa has all the Korean, Vietnamese, and Central and South American restaurants that announce that NoVa has large Asian and Hispanic communities.

And, Kabob places--mostly Afghani, I think.

Plenty of Chinese places, too. That's Jewish!

Perhaps, but it’s probably also that, apart from the religious institutions, there’s nothing in NoVa that’s obviously Jewish culturally, the way that MoCo has multiple delis and NoVa has all the Korean, Vietnamese, and Central and South American restaurants that announce that NoVa has large Asian and Hispanic communities.

And, Kabob places--mostly Afghani, I think.

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Anonymous wrote:Used to think it was Reston. That number seems very high. There are very few Jews in nova, but more than there used to be—more than before nova became a “thing” (for whatever reason).

Did you look at the report OP posted? NoVa now has more Jewish residents than suburban Maryland or DC, and they are younger as well.

Just strikes me as so bizarre.

You're struck in a mindset that existed 20 years ago. Times have changed. NoVa is now very, very blue, and more Jewish than MoCo.

Perhaps, but it’s probably also that, apart from the religious institutions, there’s nothing in NoVa that’s obviously Jewish culturally, the way that MoCo has multiple delis and NoVa has all the Korean, Vietnamese, and Central and South American restaurants that announce that NoVa has large Asian and Hispanic communities.

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Anonymous wrote:Used to think it was Reston. That number seems very high. There are very few Jews in nova, but more than there used to be—more than before nova became a “thing” (for whatever reason).

Did you look at the report OP posted? NoVa now has more Jewish residents than suburban Maryland or DC, and they are younger as well.

Just strikes me as so bizarre.

You're struck in a mindset that existed 20 years ago. Times have changed. NoVa is now very, very blue, and more Jewish than MoCo.

Rodef does a very good job of nurturing the kids’ friendships. Neither child of mine had many Jewish friends at school in APS but both made a couple of really good friends at religious school.

I think about a half dozen of DCs classmates from Hebrew school are with him at TJ.

Its really scattered. A lot of the increasing population has preschool aged kids. There are pockets around synagogues so Near JCC/ OT; Falls Church/ Arlington Near Rodef, Alexandria near Agudas/ Beth El-- with the first one have probably the largest group.

My kids are in the Edison pyramid. My brother's kids go to Lake Braddock/Fairfax.

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Asian Jews? If not, no.

TJ?

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Anonymous wrote:Used to think it was Reston. That number seems very high. There are very few Jews in nova, but more than there used to be—more than before nova became a “thing” (for whatever reason).

Did you look at the report OP posted? NoVa now has more Jewish residents than suburban Maryland or DC, and they are younger as well.

Just strikes me as so bizarre.

I would say as a Rodef member Haycock has the biggest elem population because it’s adjacent. We are in Arlington zones for Yorktown and there are some but it is definitely a scattered and smaller group. My kids have friends from religious school, and attend a Jewish sleepaway camp, and have a mix of friends from school but most of those are not Jewish. It hasn’t seemed to hurt them but it’s not the same feel as Bethesda or Rockville for sure.

How exactly would you know, public schools aren't reporting a breakdown of kids by religion that I'm aware of. (mine are private, so i could be wrong)

Scattered, Arlington, Falls Church near Rodef or Mclean are your best bets, also Mantua/Woodson but you are still talking about a few Jewish kids per class, if that. I know of what I speak. Rodef draws from a number of schools. The Mantua area is near Olam Tikvah and the JCC, but still probably not more than 5 percent.