Jewish schools across the UK have been increasing their security as a result of safety concerns among parents.
All schools should teach children about antisemitism to tackle hate incidents across society, a Jewish education leader has suggested.
On Friday, some Jewish parents decided to keep their children out of school due to safety fears, while a small number of Jewish schools closed their doors. Rabbi Meyer told the PA news agency: “I am deeply troubled that in 2023 we are talking about higher fences and people hiding their Jewish identity when they are walking through the streets.“It plays into a much wider question as to what is happening educationally in schools around the country around teaching about antisemitism and ensuring that extremists and terrorists are not given support.”
Mr Lewis added that the school – which already has four security guards, high fences and CCTV cameras – is introducing a “parent security rota” to increase adult presence around the school. The Jewish education leader highlighted the “positive story” of British schools teaching about the tolerance of all religions and minorities.
Education Secretary Gillian Keegan, schools minister Nick Gibb and skills minister Robert Halfon have asked school and college leaders to “respond swiftly” to discriminatory incidents – including antisemitism.
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