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Try not being a racist who only wants to live around certain groups of people. I'm jewish btw.
Uh, wanting to live around a certain group of people does not make one a "racist". If that were the case then everyone is a "racist", because everyone has some type of preference for neighbors, whether religious, ethnic, family type, income bracket, lifestyle, etc.
I'm with Nola on this one. I want a community with at least a plurality that's Jewish, not even a majority.
There are lots of reasons. One obvious one is school holidays. Schools can pick any number of holiday calendars that BOCES puts out and comply with the requirement of 181 days of instruction. Some of those emphasize Jewish holidays, and some don't. Another obvious non-racist reason is the availability and viability of synagogues. One of the attractions of Westchester County is the fact that synagogues are numerous and diverse. I always belonged to Westchester Reform Temple in Scarsdale. We tried to others (without dropping the WRT membership) and wound up returning to WRT full time. That's difficult in areas without a lot of synagogues. And returning to the schools there's no question that Jews invest more heavily in education and vote in budgets that provide for quality schools.
So those are non-racist reasons to want to live in at least a community with a significant and important Jewish population.
"reasonable taxes"? These areas have the highest tax brackets on LI!
Yes, reasonable taxes, when compared to many equivalent neighborhoods in Westchester. You see what I did, I took the OP's request in context. Obviously when compared to the majority of the US, or even less desirable parts of LI, the taxes aren't reasonable. But since we aren't talking about Atlanta, Charlotte, Birmingham, South Shore LI, or Suffolk county, that's really inconsequential to the topic.
Uh, wanting to live around a certain group of people does not make one a "racist".
Considering that Jews were once shunned from certain parts of Westchester until recently I'd venture to say that your comment is somewhat... "funny".
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If that were the case then everyone is a "racist", because everyone has some type of preference for neighbors, whether religious, ethnic, family type, income bracket, lifestyle, etc.
Not at all. You're so off the mark it's not even funny.
Not at all. You're so off the mark it's not even funny.
Good luck.
Really? So you have no preference whatsoever in terms of neighborhood? If I offer you a mansion in Scarsdale or a hut in Siberia, you have no opinion? If I offer you crack-dealing gun-firing neighbors, or nice, quiet neighbors, you have no opinion? If I offer you a neighborhood with rising property values or plummeting property values, you have no opinion?
Obviously you are full of nonsense, and do indeed have neighborhood preferences. There is nothing bad about having preferences for neighbors or neighborhood. There isn't anything wrong with a Jewish person preferring to be around other Jewish people; in fact it would be very odd if they didn't have such a preference (if they didn't care one way or the other, then what's the point of their faith-based identity in the first place?)
Larchmont has a strong Jewish Community in southern Westchester with close proximity to Manhattan.
Northern New Rochelle also has traditionally had a substantial Jewish Community in the 10804 Zip Code and has several thriving synagogues each with over 600 families. (Beth El and Temple Israel of New Rochelle).
Living in Southern Westchester (Larchmont, Scarsdale and New Rochelle), many Jewish families send their children to Beth El Day Camp, which is known to have a great reputation for camp for young children and known as a place where Jewish families who have previously moved from NYC meet at.
Larchmont has a strong Jewish Community in southern Westchester with close proximity to Manhattan.
Northern New Rochelle also has traditionally had a substantial Jewish Community in the 10804 Zip Code and has several thriving synagogues each with over 600 families. (Beth El and Temple Israel of New Rochelle).
Living in Southern Westchester (Larchmont, Scarsdale and New Rochelle), many Jewish families send their children to Beth El Day Camp, which is known to have a great reputation for camp for young children and known as a place where Jewish families who have previously moved from NYC meet at.
Don't leave out Young Israel of Westchester, in northern New Rochelle. Good Modern Orthodox congregation, which works well with my synagogue,Westchester Reform Temple, just over the border in Scarsdale.
I know this thread is from 4-5 years ago but I'm now searching with the same question... curious where you ended up and how you find the Jewish community there?
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