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0 Education Antisemitism

Beverly Hills school board narrowly votes to fly Israeli flags in effort to combat antisemitism

Grace Gilson in JTA · 28 Aug

Beverly Hills Unified School District has decided to display Israeli flags in its facilities during Jewish Heritage Month, igniting a debate on whether such a measure, aimed at combating antisemitism, is appropriate.

0 Communities Antisemitism

Ottawa Jewish school trustee Nili Kaplan-Myrth resigns over ‘profound dysfunction’ in tackling antisemitism

The CJN Daily with Ellin Bessner · 6 Jun

Dr. Nili Kaplan-Myrth resigned as a trustee from the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, citing a toxic environment and systemic antisemitism within the board.

0 Education Holocaust

A Missouri school district could ban ‘Maus,’ citing concerns about whether it is ‘explicit sexual material’

Andrew Lapin in Forward · 14 Jun 2023

The Nixa Public Schools in Missouri are considering banning Art Spiegelman’s acclaimed Holocaust graphic memoir, "Maus," due to concerns it could violate a new state law against providing explicit sexual material to students, despite no parents having filed complaints.

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On a New Jersey school board, a microcosm of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is brewing

Adam Kovac in Forward · 9 May 2023

Sahar Aziz, a member of the Westfield Board of Education and a law professor at Rutgers University, is facing a complaint accusing her of antisemitism for critical social media posts about Israel.