My kid’s being bullied, antisemitism is involved and the school won’t help. What do I do?
Bintel says there's nothing worse than feeling like you can't protect your child. But don't despair — we've got lots of advice
Bintel says there's nothing worse than feeling like you can't protect your child. But don't despair — we've got lots of advice
The New York Times published a story Wednesday about a young woman named Paige who was subjected to anti-Semitic bullying and an inadequate response by school leadership at Marine Academy of Science and Technology in Highlands, N.J. The story prompted emotional responses and comments from readers, and tales of anti-Jewish bias all across the country….
(JTA) — A teenage boy in Victoria, Australia who allegedly sent threatening messages to a Jewish boy who had been forced to kiss the shoe of a Muslim student and to his mother has been charged for the threats. The boy, 16, was arrested by Victoria police and charged with stalking, harassing and threatening to…
(JTA) — The Jewish boy who was forced to kneel and kiss the shoes of a Muslim classmate has been sent threatening text messages. The messages were sent Friday after photos of the incident were splashed across the front pages of newspapers in Australia and around the world, the Daily Mail reported. The photo was…
Two things happened to me in first grade. Number one: I was minding my own seven-year-old business when a girl spit at me during recess. Number two, which took place right after that: my parents yanked me out of public school. It was 1968 and I’d recently been yanked from my home in Buenos Aires,…
About 70 percent of Jews voted for Clinton yesterday, and the election results came as a shock to many. But if you are a parent it’s not only your own feelings you need to process, there is also the daunting question about how to explain all this to your children. CNN commentator Van Jones got…
I’m a second-career rabbi, which means that before I worked in synagogues, I worked in secular businesses, restaurants and offices. There, I experienced and witnessed bullying and verbal abuse from managers and co-workers. But most of these incidents were reported to HR departments, and steps were taken to correct the problem and discipline the offender….
I remember poring over the Starr Report in 1998. A special excerpt was published in the Washington Post and as a eighth grader at the time it served as the sex-ed class my school didn’t provide. But what I most remember the most was the vitriol directed toward Monica Lewinsky, less for her actions than…
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