With around two thirds of all Jewish children now at faith schools, the nature, status and composition of such schools matters deeply to our community - and, by extension, to wider society. So, although the report of the Commission on Religion and Belief in British Public Life is entirely independent and carries no weight beyond that which others choose to give it, the issues it raises are nonetheless critical. But it is deeply flawed. The conclusion that faith schools may be "socially divisive and le(a)d to greater misunderstanding and tension" is baseless. More often than not, faith schools actually encourage a greater understanding of other religions than secular schools do. And the recommendation that they dilute their raison d'être by widening admission criteria and reducing the faith-based curriculum elements misses the point. Either they are faith schools or they are not. It is a perfectly acceptable position to argue against the whole idea of faith schools. But the idea that faith schools are fine, so long as they are just, well… not too faithy, is intellectually weak and disingenuous.