Tag: Leffell School

The U.S. Department of Education is investigating the Yonkers Public Schools in New York for discrimination following an incident where girls basketball players insulted Jewish opponents with antisemitic slurs and pro-Palestinian rhetoric.
Jewish high school students, including Kate Glick and Ellianna Pell from The Leffell School, participated in the Center for Initiatives in Jewish Education's Hackathon in Brooklyn, where they competed to solve real-world problems faced by the Jewish community in Israel.
A coach has been fired and an investigation is underway after a public school basketball team used antisemitic slurs during a game against a Jewish day school in Yonkers, New York.
The varsity girls basketball coach at Roosevelt High School in Yonkers, New York, has been fired, and a student has been dismissed from the team after players on the team used antisemitic slurs during a game against a Jewish day school.