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[Jim Guthrie]

From: Jay Weigel

>The priest of my parish in my late teen years felt we should understand
>Judaism and Jewish practice better, and this resulted in a series of
>exchanges with the youth of the local reform temple (I would have preferred
>the conservative synagogue, but their rabbi demurred) in which we attended
>each other's services, youth group meetings, etc.

Back in the day at St James St James (Hi Raewynne!) we'd have a joint service 
with the local synagogue once a years. It was easy to do in Morning Prayer Days.

In the 1990s, the Rector decided to try to revive it -- but it DEFINITELY didn’t 
work in the context of a Eucharist, and some found it offensive, even as they 
has been really enthusiastic about what they had experienced 30 years before. 
But the rector, who was young enough and a relative newcomer to TEC had never 
been in the church  in MP Days, and was simply unfamiliar with how this had all 
worked. It was embarrassing.

When I was in Elementary school in Lynbrook, West End School was about 50% RC, 
30% Jewish and 20% everyone else. When Our Lady of Peace RC school opened in 
1955, the ration turned to 10% RC, and the same relative ratio as everyone else, 
and one wing of the school turned into administrative office for the school 
district. Classes were really deserted during the High Holy Days after that, 
too. I remember the teachers saying to heck with it and sending us all home at 
10 in the morning!

Cheers,
Jim