Glencoe schools for non Jewish kids

[US-Traveller]

Glencoe according to the last community survey I saw was less than half Jewish (around 40% as I recall). There are several Christian churches within the community. There are definitely Catholic families in Glencoe and I know of two LDS "Mormon" families living in the community. There is a good amount of religious diversity. It has also been my perception that the North Shore has been losing many of its strongly Jewish communities.

[edsg25]

Originally Posted by chitown85

Back in the 1950s, Glencoe had housing covenants which forbid sales to Jews and Blacks. Other housing covenants existed for Italians and Hispanics. Glencoe became Jewish in the late 1960s early 1970s after Wilmette. Perhaps a lot of the Jewish people you met were in Wilmette, Northbrook, Glenview, and Highland Park.

Historically Highland Park and Deerfield have been Jewish and still are Jewish.

Buffalo Grove not until the 1980s and into the 1990s as well as the northern portions of Arlington Heights, Palatine, and a part of Wheeling. At this point, Buffalo Grove has followed the trend of AH and Wheeling and is less Jewish than in the 1990s.

Skokie has a large percentage of Orthodox Jews, but is also far less Jewish than until the mid 1980s.

actually Highland Park has been strongly Jewish far, far longer than Deerfield. Indeed, few Jews lived in Deerfield in the 1950s and early 1960s, a time when Highland Park was strongly Jewish.

Highland Park was the most welcoming of communities to Jews. Before WWII, there were some Jewish summer home compounds in the city and that atmosphere led to it becoming the most enduring suburban community for Jewish life in Chicagoland.

I agree with you about Skokie. Along with the super orthodox (mostly, I believe, around Dempster and Crawford, centered in Timber Ridge), Skokie still has a good sized older Jewish community in many of the larger condo buildings. In the more typical, mainstream Jews, those with families in single family homes, I think Devonshire stayed more Jewish than much of the village...I don't know if that is still true today.

Among communities not mentioned, one would have to put Northbrook on the list of places with a strong Jewish community. Evanston traditionally has had a good sized Jewish population, but in Evanston it tends to be far more integrated in the community at large. It would be hard to find any area in Evanston that has a "Jewish feel" to it, but years ago (again in the post-WWII era) southwest Evanston (west of Asbury, south of Oakton) had a good sized Jewish community.

[edsg25]

Originally Posted by US-Traveller

It has also been my perception that the North Shore has been losing many of its strongly Jewish communities.

that would definitely be true of west Wilmette

[chitown85]

The Jewish population is more spread out in the suburbs than 30 years ago. In 1980, the heavily Jewish areas were Evanston/Skokie, Highland Park/Northbrook. Jews were starting to move into Deerfield, Glencoe, Wilmette, and Glenview. Also, smaller numbers to Wheeling/Prospect Heights/Buffalo Grove.

By 2000, Highland Park/Northbrook/Deerfield remained #1 and Buffalo Grove #2. By 2010, major declines everywhere except for Highland Park/Northbrook/Deerfield. Lots of young Jewish families moving to Vernon Hills, Mundelein, Grayslake area now. And a few into DuPage County even.

[Robert R.]

By the way, Skokie Country Club in Glencoe, has quite a few Jewish members. I am a member. We don't 'exclude' anybody. It is however not a heavily Jewish club, mostly Christian backgrounds.

[drss01]

It's all diverse. There is a mosque in northbrook, mosque in Deerfield, mosque in Evanston etc etc, I doubt anyone will feel excluded.

[Larry Siegel]

Originally Posted by chitown85

Jews and Italians are generally shut out of the big hedge fund firms in NYC. Read a book called the Wolf of Wall Street, it's a true story. The film Boiler Room is based on the firm in the book.

That's ridiculous. The largest hedge fund is Bridgewater, headed by Ray Dalio (Italian). The second largest is AQR, headed by Cliff Asness (Jewish). I could go on and on. I don't need to read a book about it, I work in the industry.