High School Discontinues Video Presentation After Critics Call It Anti-Semitic

[Behind the Aegis]

THIS IS THE JEWISH GROUP!

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork)– An outcry in Rockland County has resulted in the pulling of an offensive history presentation.

Critics called it anti-Semitic and wholly inaccurate and the school district is now owning up to its mistake.

Clarks town South High School discontinued the video last week. The video presentation explained why Jews were persecuted in the ancient world.

“A couple thousand years ago, it was the Jews who were the zealots,” the cartoon video explains.

“The chutzpah, to show a video and produce a video that suggests that Jews were at fault for the persecution they faced?” Yossi Gestetner of the Orthodox Jewish Public Affairs Council told CBS2’s Lou Young.

The video was shown in three 9th grade social studies classes last month as part of a lesson about Judaism and Christianity in the Roman Empire.

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Any wonder why anti-Semitism is still prevalent despite protests it isn't?

[Mosby]

1. Just shows why we need to remain vigilant

I think there should be an investigation on how this ended up being shown to school kids.