Jewish households decry ‘rampant’ antisemitism by California college district in lawsuit

A gaggle of households in California have filed a lawsuit towards Sequoia Union Excessive Faculty District (SUHSD), accusing them of failing to guard Jewish college students from “rampant” antisemitism, discrimination and harassment by each friends and school members. 

“Antisemitism is on the rise and by some means turning into culturally acceptable,” Sam Kasle, a dad who filed the go well with, informed “Fox & Associates First” host Carley Shimkus. 

Kasle recounted an incident wherein his daughter was taught what he describes as “propaganda” by a trainer sporting “Free Palestine” attire.

Dad and mom of Jewish college students are accusing Sequoia Union Excessive Faculty District in Redwood, Calif., of failing to handle rising antisemitism by college students and workers.

In a vocabulary matching check, college students had been instructed to outline “Palestine” as a rustic that was formally acknowledged by the United Nations in 1947, Kasle mentioned. He additionally claimed the identical class included a definition of “Hamas” as a “a political social gathering persevering with the combat towards Israel.”

“When she introduced this as much as the trainer… he belittled her, made an instance of her,” Kasle alleged.

The lawsuit factors to a number of incidents just like the one described by Kasle, which started shortly after the Oct. 7, 2023 terror assault in Israel that killed over 1,200 folks and triggered a bigger battle with Hamas. For the reason that outbreak of the conflict, 1000’s of Palestinians have died, and protests and demonstrations have unfold throughout faculty campuses nationwide.

The lawsuit additionally alleges that SUHSD officers and lecturers distributed antisemitic supplies, made or tolerated anti-Jewish jokes and slurs, and even suggested Jewish college students to hide their non secular identities to keep away from harassment. 

It additionally alleges a swastika was etched onto the pavement of the Woodside Excessive Faculty’s campus. When district authorities had been alerted, they reportedly dismissed the image as “non secular image[s] from Japanese Buddhism” slightly than appearing towards the offender.

This rise in antisemitism isn’t remoted to the district, with a current report by the civil rights group StopAntisemitism displaying 72% of Jewish faculty college students within the U.S. really feel “unwelcome” on their campuses, and greater than half have been victims of antisemitic incidents.

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Kasle, together with different dad and mom, expressed frustration over the district’s lack of response.

“The administration mainly circled the wagons over the previous yr,” he mentioned. “And no matter their formal processes, they actually didn’t elevate a finger. Their primary duty is to not defend themselves or the lecturers, however to guard the youngsters.”

The Sequoia Union Excessive Faculty District didn’t reply to a request for remark, Shimkus famous.

EdSource reported that the district had not but been served with the lawsuit.