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Chicago Public School Board President resigns over ‘antisemitic’ social media posts

Mitchell Ikenna Johnson, appointed just a week ago, has stepped down after his messages were circulated online

By Eliana Jordan

2 min read

Former Chicago Public School Board President Mitchell Ikenna Johnson resigned on Thursday after his antisemitic social media posts were circulated online. (Photo: Screenshot via CBS)

Efi's Gyro in Montclair in New Jersey, with Greek flag bunting displayed outside (Credit: Google Earth)

TikTokker who mistook Greek flag for Israel’s in embarrassing viral blunder is charged with intimidation

By Daniel Ben-David

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The publisher has removed the textbook, but it is still available on Amazon and teachers still have the book in their classrooms

Gaza ‘military jihadism’ is justified, says GCSE school textbook

By Jane Prinsley

3 min read

The Chief Rabbi addresses King David pupils. The Jewish Primary School in Birmingham has faced difficulties since October 7 (Image: King David)

Revealed: How two Jewish schools faced campaign of fear on October 7 anniversary

By Jane Prinsley

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A Jewish Student has been assaulted near the University of Michigan (Credit: Getty Images)

Jewish student attacked near University of Michigan

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JY13HW JY13HW Happy students have received their exam results in high school. They are cheering and celebrating.

Rob Rinder

Exam results are one thing but getting results in life is another

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Jewish pupils experienced a spike in antisemitism after October 7, with some reportedly targeted with Nazi slogans and iconography (Photo: Getty)

Pupils target Jewish boy with Nazi marching song

By Jane Prinsley

2 min read

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Keren David

Can you teach kids to spot fake news? Raygun at the Olympics suggests not

The Education Secretary wants to teach pupils about internet misinformation. But the problem is vaster than anyone can cope with

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August 11, 2024 11:54

Metaphorical: B-Girl Raygun of Team Australia competes at the Paris Olympics (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

NEU head seen posing next to October 7-backing activist – but claims he ‘did not know’ about his views

The activist’s controversial views were flagged to the union by the JC in April

By Rosa Doherty

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August 5, 2024 16:31

Daniel Kebede, right, posed with Saed Erziqat, left, the Palestinian teachers union boss, at an event in Buenos Aires (Photo: @habibi_uk Twitter/X)

Teacher says picking on pupils to answer snap questions is like the ‘final solution’

Remark comes amid hard-hitting social media debate about educational techniques

By Jane Prinsley

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July 18, 2024 15:59

Phil Beadle said cold calling was “a totalitarian solution. A final solution, if you will.” (Photo Getty Images)

Brown University to change discrimination policies following Department of Education investigation

The Ivy League school signed a resolution with the Department of Education after eliciting criticism for lack of action over complaints by Jewish students

By Eliana Jordan

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July 10, 2024 13:22

Pro-Palestinian student protestors and activists rally at an encampment on the campus of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, on 29 April, 2024. (Photo by JOSEPH PREZIOSO/AFP via Getty Images)

Jewish groups protest Louisiana law requiring the 10 commandments in all classrooms

The move is as a result of activism by Christian parents’ groups

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June 21, 2024 14:18

WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 5: Activists display a representation of the Ten Commandments October 5, 2003 during a rally at the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. Christian activists gathered on Capitol Hill as the last stop of a five-state rally tour to call on the U.S. Congress and Supreme Court to allow the public display the Ten Commandments in government buildings. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

‘They told me October 7 was justified’: Jewish students reveal scale of antisemitism at universities

Accounts gathered from Jewish students lay bare the extent of the hatred

By Eliana Silver

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May 28, 2024 11:42

'My lived experience of antisemitism is erased,' said one student at the University of Oxford, where anti-Israel activists have clashed with police (Photo: Getty)

Ex-NBA star joins gala event to celebrate Jewish contributions to New York

The head of the New York school system praised American Jewish contributions to country as claims of rising intolerance in

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May 23, 2024 22:33

Honoree Amar'e Stoudemire (Shalom Burkis / Jewish Children’s Museum)

Charedi schools look forward to major boost over plans to remove entry cap

Faith free schools can only choose half their pupils on the basis of religion – but the government is proposing to remove the cap

By Simon Rocker

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May 7, 2024 10:52

Pupils at Lubavitch Senior Girls, a faith school in Stamford Hill

Teachers’ union votes to blame Israel’s ‘racist government’ for Gaza war

The education secretary warned the motion may cause ‘hurt’ for Jewish pupils and parents

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April 4, 2024 16:46

A striking teacher holds an NEU banner (Photo: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

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