Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 08:20     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is a difficult moment for Jewish students, whether they are in high school or college. I don't think I would want to put my Jewish kid in a Catholic school where they would be an outsider from the outset. Now more than ever, it is so helpful for Jewish kids to have Jewish friends and peers. I suppose if you supplement with Jewish camps or other types of involvement, it could be ok. Talk to other Jewish families at the school and find about their experience.


This is over the top. No one is questioning the Jewish faith. People are appalled at the way Israel is decimating the Palestinians. Many Jewish people are shocked and appalled as well


DP and I don't think it's over the top at all. I'm also a Catholic. Are people equally appalled at what the Palestinians did to the Israelis? I know I was pretty appalled. I mean, how can you look at what is going on at places like Columbia and argue that it's not a difficult moment for Jewish students? They have my support, and I have taught my Catholic children to support them as well.


Some of us are more appalled by the prospect of 14,000 Palestinian children dying of starvation and Israel not letting humanitarian aid to save them than the college students exercising the first amendment right to advocate stopping the war.

But Israel is a government, many Jews are also against the atrocities happening in Palestine, and people don’t conflate the actions of government with that of people who practice the Jewish faith.
Anonymous
Post 05/21/2025 08:11     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
Anonymous wrote:The constant required religion classes at Catholic school get old very quickly if you are not Catholic.


A key question is how your family will feel about the constant Catholic religious content, which will vary a little from school to school. As a Protestant family, we would be OK with it. I do not have any idea how it would feel if we were Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, or Muslim though. We have been told that Jesuit operated schools often are more tolerant, but not sure if that is true.
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 20:24     Subject: Re:Jewish Kid at Catholic School
I'm the immediate PP and I forgot to mention I have children at both Visi and Gonzaga. They would never (and have never) had an issue with a student of another faith. Why would they?
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 20:22     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:This is a difficult moment for Jewish students, whether they are in high school or college. I don't think I would want to put my Jewish kid in a Catholic school where they would be an outsider from the outset. Now more than ever, it is so helpful for Jewish kids to have Jewish friends and peers. I suppose if you supplement with Jewish camps or other types of involvement, it could be ok. Talk to other Jewish families at the school and find about their experience.


This is over the top. No one is questioning the Jewish faith. People are appalled at the way Israel is decimating the Palestinians. Many Jewish people are shocked and appalled as well


DP and I don't think it's over the top at all. I'm also a Catholic. Are people equally appalled at what the Palestinians did to the Israelis? I know I was pretty appalled. I mean, how can you look at what is going on at places like Columbia and argue that it's not a difficult moment for Jewish students? They have my support, and I have taught my Catholic children to support them as well.
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 19:58     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
Anonymous wrote:This is a difficult moment for Jewish students, whether they are in high school or college. I don't think I would want to put my Jewish kid in a Catholic school where they would be an outsider from the outset. Now more than ever, it is so helpful for Jewish kids to have Jewish friends and peers. I suppose if you supplement with Jewish camps or other types of involvement, it could be ok. Talk to other Jewish families at the school and find about their experience.


This is over the top. No one is questioning the Jewish faith. People are appalled at the way Israel is decimating the Palestinians. Many Jewish people are shocked and appalled as well
Anonymous
Post 05/20/2025 17:20     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
This is a difficult moment for Jewish students, whether they are in high school or college. I don't think I would want to put my Jewish kid in a Catholic school where they would be an outsider from the outset. Now more than ever, it is so helpful for Jewish kids to have Jewish friends and peers. I suppose if you supplement with Jewish camps or other types of involvement, it could be ok. Talk to other Jewish families at the school and find about their experience.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 11:21     Subject: Re:Jewish Kid at Catholic School
^ next 3 years
Systemic theology too

I think that broad understanding of different religions is essential to be fully educated.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 11:19     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
Anonymous wrote:The constant required religion classes at Catholic school get old very quickly if you are not Catholic.


AT our HS--it's really just Freshmen year.

The religion the next 4 years are World Religion, Ethics, Social Justice... they were some of my kids' favorite classes and while they are Catholic they had received very little Catholic education (ame from public school)/not regular church goers prior.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 11:18     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
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Anonymous wrote:OP you have lost your mind

It’s Catholic school they teach indoctrination into the church
They teach non science


This is absurd I am a Jew that grew up as the only Jew on a Catholic area no OP . Absolutely stupid of you to consider this


What on earth are you talking about? So Catholics don’t learn science? And we indoctrinate people? Honestly, more than anything else, I have found it’s much harder to be Catholic around Jews. I was at the JCC taking a class and I had some Jewish women question why I was there and how they would never set foot into a Christian center. This was the most unwelcome I had ever felt anywhere. My kids are in Catholic school and have a few Jewish friends in school who are invited to every event and birthday parties along with the rest of the class. Nobody has ever questioned why they are there.


+1
Had a similar experience.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 11:09     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
Anonymous wrote:I think the hail mary and our father prayers in religion class would feel very awkward, and attending mass.

Students can sit silently but respectfully during prayers and mass. This works fine for some students. Others are bothered or uncomfortable even with that, in which case Catholic school is not a good option.
Anonymous
Post 05/13/2025 10:57     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
I think the hail mary and our father prayers in religion class would feel very awkward, and attending mass.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 13:32     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
Anonymous wrote:We are Episcopalian and felt out of place at an all girls Catholic where families all seemed to know each other from church or the club or both. Didn’t mind the religion classes (Ethics was actually one of DD’s favorite classes), but don’t underestimate the ways in which Catholicism is part of every day life and interactions at the school.


And that will vary from school to school, especially in high school.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 13:30     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
Anonymous wrote:OP you have lost your mind

It’s Catholic school they teach indoctrination into the church
They teach non science


This is absurd I am a Jew that grew up as the only Jew on a Catholic area no OP . Absolutely stupid of you to consider this


Troll. Ignore posts that use the word "indoctrination" and those from people who obviously don't know that Catholic schools are very strong in science or that the Big Bang theory was first articulated by a Catholic priest.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 13:14     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:DD is finishing 7th grade in MCPS and we are looking to send her to private for high school. She's high achieving academically, but I think the "lost at sea" is catching up with her. We've been looking at other options, and she is definitely gravitating towards single-sex schools. I would love for her to have options beyond Holton/NCS. Do any of you have experience with being a Jewish student at the DMV Catholic schools? Does one feel like an oddball or is it not really a thing?

I would assume it varies based on the school. Right now we're open to them all (Stone Ridge, AHC, Holy Child, Visi) and would love to hear people's thoughts. My mother actually grew up Catholic and went to Holy Cross back in the day so I have a general sense of the cultural milieu. But how does a Jewish kid fit into that?


You are an idiot
AHC and Holy child are anti Jew period.
Maga haven
Not better than public at all do not teach science as well or math.
AHC academics are lower than Holy Child slightly better college acceptance however both teach to Catholicism which they should but you as a Jew should not want that for your kid.
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And no your child will not fit in
My child a Jew played soccer with AHC girls from age 10-18 those families are Jew haters. They are also racist.i can prove this by my a facebook as every day I see these people spewing online. Why have I kept them as a reminder to myself that ai did not pay enough attention when my kid played soccer with them.

My DD went to public school and MIT, her acceptances were CMU , Stanford etc. her peers from soccer York college, west Virginia University, no college, MC, a few Catholic small colleges etc..

Again find your brain.




You are blatantly lying. I have never in all my days seen anti Jewish behavior at a catholic institution. I’ve seen plenty of Jewish hate for Catholics and Christians, much to my chagrin.
Anonymous
Post 05/12/2025 13:10     Subject: Jewish Kid at Catholic School
Anonymous wrote:The constant required religion classes at Catholic school get old very quickly if you are not Catholic.


Gos forbid a catholic school requires Catholicism be taught.