The U.S. Department of Education announced on Thursday that it is investigating allegations of Jew-hatred within the New York City Department of Education.
The federal agency stated that it is investigating reports that employees at the New York City department held “Palestine, Zionism and Resistance” webinars.
Dominique Ellison, associate press secretary for the New York City department, told JNS that the department is reviewing the notice.
It is also probing allegations that a group called NYC Educators for Palestine, which Ellison told JNS was not connected to New York City Public Schools, is teaching children that Zionists are “genocidal white supremacists” and that Hamas should be supported.
Kimberly Richey, assistant secretary for civil rights at the department, stated that the allegations are “appalling.”
“No child should be taught by his or her teachers to hate their peers,” she said. “Neither should Jewish children be taught that being Jewish somehow makes them inherently guilty or proponents of hate and violence.”
The department is investigating whether the New York City department violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.
“Discrimination has no place in our schools, and, unlike the previous administration, the Trump administration will not turn a blind eye to antisemitic harassment,” Richey stated.
