{"id":2239143,"date":"2024-05-07T12:54:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T16:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-moves-discussion-from-antisemitism-on-college-campuses-to-k-12-schools\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T12:55:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T16:55:20","slug":"house-moves-discussion-from-antisemitism-on-college-campuses-to-k-12-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-moves-discussion-from-antisemitism-on-college-campuses-to-k-12-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"House shifts focus from antisemitism in college to K-12 schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhouse-moves-discussion-from-antisemitism-on-college-campuses-to-k-12-schools%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2239143&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Leaders from three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-education-lesson-from-covid-lockdowns-school-choice-is-imperative-for-every-child\/\" title=\"The Education Lesson from COVID Lockdowns: School Choice Is Imperative for Every Child\">public <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/calif-gov-newsom-announces-2b-plan-to-reopen-schools-by-spring\/\" title=\"Calif. Gov. Newsom announces B plan to reopen schools by spring\">school districts<\/a><\/a> are set to testify before Congress, \u2064shifting focus from college campuses to K-12 schools regarding \u2063antisemitism. Representatives\u2062 from Berkeley, CA, Montgomery County, MD, and New York City will address the House Committee on Education and the \u200dWorkforce about accountability in combating antisemitism\u200b affecting American education. \u2064The hearing\u2064 aims to examine free speech issues and criticisms of Israel in these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/how-biden-is-trying-to-turn-election-offices-into-partisan-get-out-the-vote-operations\/\" title=\"How Biden Is Trying To Turn Election Offices Into Partisan Get Out The Vote Operations\">left-leaning districts<\/a>\u200b with \u2064strong Jewish community ties.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Leaders from three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/public-schools\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>public school<\/a> districts will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/07\/us\/house-gop-antisemitism-education.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>testify before Congress<\/a> Wednesday as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>House<\/a> shifts its focus from antisemitism on college campuses to K-12 schools nationwide.<\/p>\n<p>School leaders from three public school districts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/california\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Berkeley, California<\/a>, Montgomery County, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/maryland\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Maryland<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/new-york-city\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>New York City<\/a>, will answer questions from the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The committee has previously questioned leaders at colleges and universities about antisemitism on campus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Education and the Workforce Committee will address antisemitism in K-12 schools,\u201d\u00a0Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) said. \u201cThese schools must be held accountable. House Republicans will use every tool available to end this scourge of antisemitism that is destroying American education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>David Banks, chancellor of New York City Schools; Enikia Ford Morthel, superintendent of Berkeley schools; and Karla Silvestre, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/san-francisco-officials-declare-acronyms-racist\/\" title=\"San Francisco Officials Declare Acronyms Racist\">school board president<\/a> in Montgomery County, will testify before Congress on behalf of their districts. Questions will likely center on free speech and if certain criticisms of Israel can be perceived as antisemitic.<\/p>\n<p>These three school districts are in left-leaning areas and have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-prepping-for-art-career-with-shady-dealer\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden prepping for art career with shady dealer\">strong ties<\/a> to the Jewish community. In recent months, they have all had some controversies, making them targets for Republicans on the committee. <\/p>\n<p>A New York City elementary school used a map of the \u201cArab World\u201d with the country of Israel labeled as \u201cPalestine.\u201d In Berkeley, some teachers have called Israel\u2019s war against Hamas \u201capartheid\u201d against Palestinians. One Montgomery County teacher included the phrase, which some have condemned as antisemitic,\u00a0\u201cFrom the river to the sea, Palestine will be free,\u201d in her email signature.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple lawsuits have been filed in relation to antisemitism and Islamophobia in these school districts. The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit that argued Montgomery County violated the First Amendment by suspending the three teachers who vocally supported the Palestinian cause.<\/p>\n<p>The Anti-Defamation League and the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law filed a federal complaint against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/05\/07\/us\/berkeley-schools-israel-hamas-war.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Berkeley public schools<\/a> for Jewish discrimination. <\/p>\n<p>One teacher named in the complaint, Becky Villagran, wears a \u201cFree Palestine\u201d pin to work and was cited in the suit for biased teaching for asking her students to answer the question, \u201cTo what extent should Israel be considered an apartheid state?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m Jewish, my mom is Jewish, I grew up Jewish,\u201d Villagran said. \u201cI\u2019m not antisemitic. That makes no sense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we had just been studying apartheid for three months,\u201d she continued. \u201cThe timing was just right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She also showed her students a movie that critiqued Israel in order to spark debate, later giving her students articles that countered that notion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong>CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat I want to see is a stop to this double standard,\u201d said Susan Tuchman, a lawyer for the Zionist Organization of America, a conservative group that also filed a complaint against Montgomery County schools. \u201cYou have got to treat the harassment and intimidation and bigotry against Jews in the same forceful way, and they are just not doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Education is also investigating increased antisemitism since the Oct. 7 attacks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaders from three public school districts, Berkeley, CA, Montgomery County, MD, and New York City, will testify before Congress, shifting attention to K-12 schools from college campuses regarding antisemitism. 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