The non-denomination prayers would strike any Jew, except for a “Reform” of their so-called “Classical” wing, as being strictly Protestant. Everyone understood it as such, Jews and Catholics who were serious about their children’s religious upbringing avoided public schools. In the example cited above, note the language. Have you ever heard a Jew in Hebrew use the word “Thee” (an archaic English form with no equivalent in Hebrew)? In fact, did you ever hear of a Jewish school starting the day with such a prayer, in English. Indeed, most frum Jews never use the word “god” since to us it refers to someone like Thor or Zeus or some goyish entity. While most Jewish schools start with davening, our davening is totally different than their “prayers”.
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