{"id":27744,"date":"2026-04-26T09:30:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:30:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=27744"},"modified":"2026-04-26T09:30:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T09:30:30","slug":"nyc-schools-probed-over-claims-of-antisemitism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biblelon.com\/?p=27744","title":{"rendered":"NYC Schools Probed Over Claims of Antisemitism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(The Center Square) \u2014 The Trump administration is investigating claims that New York City schools violated the civil rights of Jewish students by hosting seminars on Palestinian resistance.\n<\/p>\n

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The U.S. Department of Education\u2019s Office for Civil Rights announced Thursday that it has opened an investigation into the New York City Department of Education to determine whether it violated Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by discriminating against Jewish students.\n<\/p>\n

The investigation is based on complaints\u00a0that New York school officials recently allowed the group \u201cNYC Educators for Palestine\u201d\u00a0to hold\u00a0a series of teaching seminars focused on \u201cPalestine, Zionism, and Resistance.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

Federal investigators said the complaints allege that the group is teaching children as young as five about \u201ccontemporary and historical Palestinian resistance,\u201d that Zionists are \u201cgenocidal white supremacists,\u201d and to support the terrorist group Hamas and its \u201cmartyrs\u201d in the fight against Israel.\n<\/p>\n

Those actions \u201cteach and sow hostility and hatred towards Jewish students, potentially creating a hostile environment,\u201d the agency said, vowing to \u201cinvestigate these appalling allegations to ensure the equal treatment of all students.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

\u201cNo child should be taught by his or her teachers to hate their peers. Neither should Jewish children be taught that being Jewish somehow makes them inherently guilty or proponents of hate and violence,\u201d Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights Kimberly Richey said in a statement. \u201cDiscrimination has no place in our schools, and, unlike the previous Administration, the Trump Administration will not turn a blind eye to antisemitic harassment.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

In a statement, a spokesperson for the New York City Education Department said the agency has received the notice and is reviewing it, but said the group is \u201cnot connected\u201d to the city school system.\n<\/p>\n

On its website, the group has called on Mayor Zohran Mamdani to require the city\u2019s schools to include teaching about the \u201cethnic cleansing\u201d of Palestinians and \u201cwar crimes\u201d committed by the Israeli government.\n<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we head into the new year, Israel\u2019s genocide in Gaza continues, and the ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the West Bank persists,\u201d the group said in one post. \u201cThese realities underscore the urgency of ensuring that NYC Public Schools are led by leadership committed to truth, justice, and the protection of educators\u2019 and students\u2019 rights to teach, learn, and speak freely in pursuit of a more just future.\u201d\n<\/p>\n

The department\u2019s investigation is the latest in a series of disputes between the federal government and the nation\u2019s largest school district over President Donald Trump\u2019s agenda. The Trump administration previously withheld over $35 million in grants to the city after it refused to change transgender student policies. But the move was blocked by a federal judge, who ruled that the funding freeze was illegal.\n<\/p>\n

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