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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog
So, DBB, would you be opposed to a Jewish affiliated university requiring all staff to be Jewish? I wouldn't. Judaism is complex (to me, as an outsider) and I feel that if someone wanted to attend a university that emphasized Judaism they wouldn't want to be taught by a bunch of Gentiles that don't understand the culture and religion.
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It depends what you are teaching. In a seminary or Yeshiva, obviously the faculty are all going to be of that faith.
In the middle would be topics like humanities. I could see a Jewish university wanting to emphasize the role of Jews in certain topics. However, if someone was knowledgeable about the Jewish experience in, say, world history, it should not matter whether they are actually a Jew.
I'm not sure, though, how you would "emphasize Judaism" while teaching business or mathematics or information technology.
And does the janitor need to be Jewish? And the receptionist? And the financial aid coordinator?
(incidentally, if you were to open a university in the US and hire only Jews, you would end up hiring very, very few non-whites, and you'd end up discriminating based on race whether you had intended to or not)