Jewish families across the Bay Area say they've been disturbed by the anti-Israel rhetoric tolerated in K-12 classrooms — and the failure to understand why their kids feel attacked and isolated.
In the weeks after Hamas' deadly cross-border attacks on Israeli border towns and Israel's ensuing bombardment of Gaza, a seventh-grade Jewish student at Roosevelt Middle School in San Francisco grew accustomed to seeing her classmates display their support for Palestinians. Students wore shirts that read 'Free Palestine' and 'All eyes on Gaza.' But it was more of a background hum until spring, when things took a sharper turn.
' 'Unfortunately, what I think is happening now is we are stuck with simple slogans that put people in camps, that remove all nuance and complexity in what is one of the most complex conversations around religion, identity, politics and nationhood,' he said. 'I think there are sometimes mistakes and administrators can do more. But it doesn't mean there is mal-intent.
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