I’m Jewish at a Christian high school. It’s taught me a lot about who I am.
The student choir stands harmonizing beneath a glowing wooden cross suspended above the stage, their voices blending together as the lyrics glow across the projector at the front of the auditorium. Around me, most of…
Assessment
This first-person account from a Jewish student at an Episcopal high school in Florida offers a personal look at religious minority experience within a majority Christian environment. The writer describes choosing the school for academic reasons while navigating daily participation in Christian worship practices. What is at stake here is the tension between institutional religious identity and individual belonging, a dynamic many Jewish families face when selecting private schools. The piece gives texture to that choice through lived experience rather than policy debate.