Colorado: Cherry Creek students, parents say anti-Jew incidents have become common

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Colorado: Cherry Creek students, parents say anti-Jew incidents have become common

Post by JohnUbele » Wed May 10, 2023 6:43 am

"...Swastikas etched on the bathroom walls, students doing Hitler salutes, pennies being thrown near Jewish students, and students telling Jewish people to "go back to the gas chambers."

These are some of the antisemitic experiences that students, parents and teachers shared during the May 8 Cherry Creek School District Board of Education meeting.

"This is what is happening in the hallways of your schools," said resident Rikki Mor. "Our kids do not feel safe. Our kids are scared to say they're Jewish for fear of retaliation."

"That is why we are here. This has to change," she added.

Mor was among a crowded room of people who gathered at Cherokee Trail High School. Many described instances where students experienced antisemitism within Cherry Creek Schools and expressed feeling unsafe..."

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Post by JohnUbele » Fri May 12, 2023 8:34 am

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'Rampant' antisemitism in Cherry Creek Schools has parents and students worried

"...Kids throwing pennies on the floor and telling Jewish students to pick them up. Students yelling to Jewish students that "Kanye was right and that Hitler did not do a good enough job." Jewish students finding Nazi symbols scribbled on their schoolwork. Students performing Nazi salutes in front of Jewish students.

Those are just some of the incidents Jewish students say they’ve endured at Cherry Creek Schools where they’re increasingly the targets of antisemitic behavior, according to parents and students. They crowded into the auditorium at Cherokee Trail High School on Monday night to share their experiences with school board members.

More than 250 families signed a letter sent to the superintendent asking for change. It said one family said the antisemitism and harassment is so constant that one mother has told her children not to tell anyone they are Jewish.

The board meeting came a week after an incident at Campus Middle School. On April 28, after a presentation on the Holocaust, some students drew swastikas on their arms and legs. When district mom Rikki Mor saw the photos, she posted on Facebook about it. Within days, she’d heard from 300 families sharing their concerns with many describing their own encounters with antisemitism in Cherry Creek schools — the fourth largest district in the state in Arapahoe County..."

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