Daily Podcasts Video Research

School Israel trip turns ‘terrifying’ for LA students attacked by Israeli teens

JL;DR SUMMARY A school trip from Los Angeles' Milken Community School experienced a distressing incident in Tiberias during Israel's Independence Day celebrations when local Israeli teens attacked the students with pepper spray. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Jewish EducationStudent SafetyMilken Community SchoolTiberiasConflictYom HaatzmautIsrael TripCommunity TensionsRegional InstabilityPepper Spray Attack

Places mentioned

Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"The group had visited Hostage Square in Tel Aviv earlier in the trip; they spent Yom HaZikaron in schools in the Galilee, experiencing the day of remembrance alongside their Israeli peers."
Tiberias, Northern District, Israel
"The Jewish day schools Israel trip took a frightening turn Wednesday when local Jewish teens attacked the students at a public Yom Haatzmaut celebration in Tiberias."
Los Angeles, California, United States
"Sarah Shulkind, the head of the Los Angeles school, said in a letter to parents that 11 boys and girls were taken to a hospital after roughhousing with shaving foam escalated into a violent confrontation."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 50713
Cairo Source ID 35
Retrieved 2025-05-02 05:30:58 UTC
Curated 2025-05-02 08:31:47 UTC