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Lowell, Mass., did it right confronting anti-Semitism. Not so right when Manhattan dealt with distortions on Israel. Thirty miles north of Boston, a school board member uttered an anti-Jewish slur on a live television show while a Saturday Night Live cast member vaguely joked about Israel’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution. The flap in Lowell commenced last week, February 24, when Robert Hoey Jr., a 66-year-old member of the Lowell School Committee, said: “We lost the k—, oh, I mean the Jewi...

Two-time Palestinian hijacker Leila Khaled, a member of a designated terrorist group, is scheduled to speak on April 23 at... Never mind that Orthodox practice would allow for this graft, much more important, is that the picture presented to the viewer is classic antisemitism. Dressed in black and closed-minded (with one of them literally named Israel), the message is that these Jews are both peculiar and bigoted. Any stereotyping is dangerous. But the Orthodox community often gets the brunt of...

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Following his use of the word 'kike', Lowell School Committee member Bob Hoey has made a rambling "apology" on Facebook Live

“Words and actions have consequences, and public officials must be held to the highest of standards,” Boyd said.

Lowell School Committee Member Who Used Anti-Semitic Slur Resigns - Chelmsford, MA - Robert Hoey used the slur on live TV when referring to the district's former chief financial officer.

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Lowell School Committee member resigns after using anti-Semitic slur on TV By Travis Andersen Globe Staff,Updated February 26, 2021, 4:23 p.m. Email to a Friend Robert Hoey Jr., 66, a retired correctional officer, announced his resignation in a Facebook video, clad in an Army sweatshirt while standing between two slabs of rock, since, he said, he’s caught between “a rock and a hard place.” “As of today, I’m resigning from the Lowell School Committee,” Hoey said, on...

Lowell mayor calls for school committee member Robert Hoey’s resignation after using anti-Semitic slur Updated Feb 26, 2021; Lowell Mayor John Leahy is calling for the resignation of Robert Hoey from the city’s school committee after he used an anti-Semitic slur to describe a former colleague on a live public access television program. On Thursday, Leahy called for a special joint meeting of the Lowell School Committee and City Council to consider his motion for the immediate resignation o...