From The Seesaw on The Jewish Daily Forward
My Wife and I Don’t Know Where to Send Our Daughter….
My
wife and I are both half-Jewish. I was raised more observant than she
was, but both of us very much felt and feel American first and Jewish
second. We are currently debating whether we should send our daughter to
a Jewish pre-K and kindergarten program or to a public one. Pros? Give
her a Jewish community and identity that she could build on throughout
her life. Cons? Costs a lot of money; She wouldn’t be as used to the
elementary school, where the classes are located, as those who took them
there; She will enter school with the idea that being Jewish makes her
different somehow instead of something that you do after or in addition
to regular school. Maybe a Shabbat sing-along would be enough?Continue reading.
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