Our Own Worst Enemies: Sowing Jewish Fear in Teaneck By Doron Hindin | May 27, 2021
Last Shabbat, Jews were scared in Teaneck. If we adequately take stock and resolve to be stronger in the future, we can mend our missteps and lead in the struggle across America for Jewish identity, Jewish security, and shared U.S.-Israel values.
About 250 vehemently anti-Israel protesters demonstrated in our town on the Teaneck Municipal Green on Shabbat afternoon. With Israeli and American flags in hand, I arrived at the demonstration at 2:15 p.m., along with Miriam Rapaport-Hindin, our children, and three others.
We were unsure of where to stand until a police officer kindly directed us to the south lawn, which was safely arranged to accommodate the pro-Israel counter demonstration. One other pro-Israel demonstrator was already there, a righteous Christian from New York who explained that “as the Jews of Teaneck are observing Shabbat, I’m standing up for them
May 25, 2021 at 11:25 AM
SPARTA, NJ – Students at Helen Morgan School had a special event to conclude their One Book One School. The celebration included guests, essay contest and the planting of a seedling from the Salem Oak, a 565 year old heritage tree that was uprooted and fell in June 2019.
They had finished reading the “Wishtree” by Katherine Applegate and were joined by guests board of education members Kim Bragg, Jennifer Grana, Niamh Grano and Rob Zywicki, Sparta Mayor Christine Quinn, Sparta Interim Superintendent Patrick McQueeney, Freedon Superintendent Matthew Beck, Sparta Historical Society members Marjorie Strohsahl and Renee Ferguson, Helen Morgan School PTO representative Melanie Zywicki.
The University Park Undergraduate Association unanimously voted to implement a land acknowledgement on Wednesday, a policy long in the making.
The acknowledgement was crafted with the help of Penn State s Indigenous Peoples Student Association. It s meant to acknowledge that Penn State s campuses are located on the original homelands of the Erie, Haudenosaunee, Lenni Lenape, Shawnee, Susquehannock, and Wahzhazhe Nations. It is important to acknowledge the history of displacement that led to Penn Stateâs establishment. It is crucial for us, as the University Park student government, to reflect and address the complicated past of exploitation of Indigenous peoples by our University so that we remain educated representatives of Penn State, the acknowledgement read.
Earlier this month,
The CABE Journal (see page 11) published a portion of an article by our own Zach Schurin entitled “Native American Mascots: An Emerging Legal Landscape” that examines the legal issues that Connecticut schools with Native American team names and mascots should consider.
This is Part 2 of the article. Part 1 can be found
Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 was the cornerstone of President Lyndon Johnson’s historic civil rights efforts. While Title VII prohibits discrimination in employment and is perhaps the most familiar part of the law, Title VI of the Act applies to programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance and therefore applies to virtually every public school in the country. By its text, Title VI provides that “[n]o person in the United States shall, on the ground of race, color, or national origin, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to dis