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Philadelphia public schools have an antisemitism problem — where does Shapiro stand?
Originally published at The Mercury
An unsettling report dropped over the holiday break. The civil rights division of the U.S. Department of Education found that Jewish students suffered severe and prolonged antisemitism while attending Philadelphia public schools — and the school district failed to protect them.
The report not only detailed the extensive abuse but also highlighted the school district’s lackluster response. A group representing about 250 Jewish families provided federal investigators with extensive evidence of antisemitic harassment, including stories of swastika graffiti and Hitler salutes. Despite the “repeated, extensive notice” by the federal agency, the school district “has not demonstrated its fulfillment” of its legal obligation to protect students, resulting in a settlement between the district and the federal government.
Racial and religious rhetoric has inspired Gov. Josh Shapiro to speak up in the past.
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