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L.A. teachers sidestep BDS resolution in decisive union vote
A resolution to support the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement in the second-largest teachers’ union in the country met a quiet demise Thursday evening, defying a trend among public school boards that accelerated after the Gaza-Israel war last May.
Duxbury football coach fired for team’s use of antisemitic slurs
“In short, this was a systemic failure,” school officials said.
Virginia’s largest school system votes down inclusion of non-Christian holidays
The vote followed a months-long campaign by Jewish, Muslim, and Hindu leaders to get four new minority holidays on the school calendar
This school principal refuses to call the Holocaust a fact. A Jewish youth group is fighting back.
The program will allow students to experience a virtual tour of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp system.
Day schools open with safety precautions, plans for closures
“No one knows what tomorrow’s going to bring,” one day school administrator said. “But we are very grateful to be open in person now.”
Jewish schools across the country are opening in-person — but planning for a second wave
“Assigning seats will allow for better contact tracing if G-d forbid it may be necessary.”
Controversy lingers after N.J. school agrees to reprint yearbook with alleged hate symbol
“As a parent, I’m happy that they are reprinting the yearbook. But as a Jew I’m very disappointed.”
Coronavirus aid for Jewish day schools caught up in DeVos debate
“The Department’s new policy will direct districts to allocate additional resources and services to wealthier private-school students.”
NY Times article on anti-Semitic bullying spurs readers to spill their stories
“It became painfully to me that in their eyes I was different, less than, and the jokes were not jokes.”
Jewish Mother Removes Son From German School Due To Classroom Anti-Semitism
Comments such as “It’s as hot and humid as Auschwitz in here” or “you Jew” are common, she said, noting that her son’s Jewish identity is not public.