US Hebrew School Lessons Shut Down For Being Too Damn Jewish

By
Omri Ceren
– August 24, 2007Posted in: American Politics, Democratic Politics, Jewish Politics, Multiculturalism, Political Islam

If we cared just a little bit more – or had just slightly more credibility on US Jewish issues – we would try to demagogue the hell out of this:

The first Hebrew language charter school in the United States was ordered to temporarily suspend Hebrew classes on Wednesday, while officials determine whether teachers are advocating the Jewish faith. Broward Schools Superintendent James Notter sent a letter to officials at the Ben Gamla Charter School in Hollywood, Florida, on Wednesday advising them to halt Hebrew classes until the school board could further examine the curriculum. Ben Gamla is in its first week of operation as the U.S.’s first Hebrew-language charter school, but school founder Peter Deutsch, a former Democratic congressman, said he told teachers Thursday to halt the classes. He said he shared Notter’s aim to ensure religion does not enter a publicly-funded school. “His goal and my goal are really exactly the same,” Deutsch said.

But that shouldn’t stop any of you who are so inclined. Here’s the “umm… that seems a lot like anti-Semitic hypocrisy” angle. Or, if you don’t want to one, may we suggest something like “of course the former Democratic congressman who’s supposed to be fighting for American Jewish education rushed to take all the blame and admit he was totally wrong – that’s exactly what CAIR would have done, except the opposite”?

Or, if you want to take the ADL-sanctioned “absolute separation between church and state” route – there’s this. Which is the same as this and this.

References:
* U.S. school stops Hebrew classes for promoting Judaism [Ha'aretz]
* CAIR Goes Back to School [Frontpage]
* Arizona Public Schools Teach Islam [LGF]
* Islamic Proselytization in US Public Schools [LGF]
* Spreading Islam in American Public Schools [LGF]

Previously:
* American Reform Judaism Still Failing To Transform Barnes and Noble Self-Help Section Into Vibrant Religion
* It’s Tuesday, So the ADL is Concerned About Evangelical Christians
* ADL Thinks Real Hard, Identifies Religious Threat to American Jews – Christians!

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