Instagram account 'organized in antisemitism' lists Jewish high school students in Northern Calif
An Instagram account calls on followers to identify Jewish high school students in Northern California’s Marin County.
The account is associated with the Redwood High School in the city of Larkspur, 13 miles north of San Francisco. It named Jewish students in the county and called on followers to contribute the names of other Jewish students there.
“Redwood students organized in antisemitism,” read the message on redwoodhs_soas, which has since been removed, the Mercury News reported. “We currently composing a google doc of Jews in the district. Hit us up if you want to help.”
Redwood Principal David Sondheim told parents in a letter that the school is “treating this incident as hate-motivated behavior and will discipline any student found to be responsible to the full extent possible, up to and including expulsion.”
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“My daughter was told all Jews and Israelis deserve to go to hell and used other hateful language,” the student’s father, Mark Gilbert, said in a post on Nextdoor. “I am happy that the teacher and principal took swift action regarding this horrible incident.”
Principal Katy Dunlap said she and another staff member contacted the family of the student who made the remarks. She declined to say if further action was taken.
The anti-Jewish incidents come as all Marin high schools are in the process of adopting anti-racism and ethnic studies curricula. This week, Tamalpais Union High School District trustees adopted an anti-racism resolution and officials formed a 100-person task force to help create anti-racist and social justice policies.
Marin parents Mara Menachem and Jennifer Katz said the plans do not include studies of the Jewish culture, which is an ethnicity as well as a religion.
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