Virulent Antisemitism in NYC Education Department

 

New York City education department office sends out anti-Israel toolkit that included ‘antisemitic language’

Apr 6, 2025 3:00 pm By Robert Spencer

The mainstreaming of Jew-hatred is a concerted and multifaceted effort.

NYC education department investigating after office sends out antisemitic toolkit

by Luke Tress, Times of Israel, April 5, 2025:

NEW YORK — New York City’s department of education on Friday said it had launched an investigation after a department office sent out an anti-Israel toolkit that included “antisemitic language.”

“Today, a troubling oversight was brought to my attention, in which an offensive political toolkit was hyperlinked in one of our published newsletters,” New York City Schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos said in a statement. “The inclusion of this toolkit violates our policies on political neutrality and uses hateful, antisemitic language.”

The link to the toolkit was sent out in a Spring newsletter from the department’s Office of Student Pathways on April 1. The office prepares public school students for post-school careers.

In the newsletter, beneath an icon for the Holocaust Center for Humanity, were resources for “facilitating supportive conversations.” One of the resources was a link that read, “Scripts to contact representatives.” The link led to a Google doc titled “Stop Gaza Genocide Toolkit,” from the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights, according to images that Jewish teacher advocates shared with The Times of Israel.

The toolkit surfaced after a source in the public school system shared the newsletter with the EndJewHatred advocacy group, said Michelle Ahdoot, an activist with the group. EndJewHatred publicized the newsletter, leading to the chancellor’s statement.

“Israel is on a total rampage of death and destruction,” the toolkit said, urging readers to call Congress to protest.

“There will be NO REST for Congress while they fund and enable genocide. Blood is on their hands,” the document said.

The document included images of protests, information about “money from pro-Israel groups,” protest graphics for social media, links to flyers to print out and information about attending protests.

“Israel is mass murdering Palestinian families with our tax dollars,” the document said.

The toolkit backed the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement targeting Israel, calling for boycotts of companies including McDonald’s, Disney and Domino’s Pizza, as well as the Israeli companies Ahava, SodaStream and Elbit. A graphic showed the Sabra hummus company’s logo dripping blood over the word “killer.”…