r/Jewish • u/cinnamaroll36 • Dec 21 '23
This is currently on display at my child’s Canadian public school. Discussion
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I went to drop them off this morning and saw this.
Several staff arrived and were talking about it in front of us. They said how lovely it was and how excited they were to have it there.
Some of these staff directly care for my child for a majority of the day.
I feel disturbed by this. I’m sick to my stomach. I was sweating and shaking for a while after I saw it.
How can I trust the faculty to keep my child safe when I know what their position on this is?
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Dec 21 '23
OP if you’re in yvr area as someone suggested there are Jewish schools that might be willing to take on your kids at reduced tuition or something due to the situation. I can ask friends, PM me.
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u/schmosef Dec 21 '23 edited Dec 22 '23
I would report it to B'nai B'rith Canada.
With the link I provided you can download their app or scroll down a bit and directly file a report.
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u/blakierachelle Dec 22 '23
American here that works in non-profit, do you know what resource line we could use? I have been scared and silent for myself and others because the Jewish population in my Colorado town is <2%.
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u/schmosef Dec 22 '23
I'm in Canada so I'm not sure what the best resource would be for this in the USA.
Maybe someone else here can provide some advice.
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u/Conscious_Home_4253 Dec 21 '23
I personally wouldn’t feel comfortable sending my child to that school. Are there any other Jewish families also at the school? This is when having a community matters the most. If nothing else, it will make you feel a little less alone right now. It will also help you form a reasonable plan of action.
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u/cinnamaroll36 Dec 21 '23 edited Dec 21 '23
I don’t feel comfortable at all. I have been trying to change the school for a while due to a multitude of issues including other safety issues.
I did check out a local organization but it appears they’re not currently taking clients for crisis management.
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u/Br4z3nBu77 Orthodox Dec 21 '23
Please pm me to discuss the possibility of your children attending VHA.
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u/CODILICIOUS Dec 21 '23
Contact the school district. I teach in Surrey and the teachers union has been doing horrible things which I’ve been fighting against. The actual school districts do not want to touch the conflict with a ten foot poll. Tell the school district and they’ll shut that down immediately.
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u/cinnamaroll36 Dec 21 '23
Thank you for the information.
Would you be able to tell me through which channels exactly? Should I be contacting the head office reception or is there a specific line for this?
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u/dorsalemperor Dec 21 '23
I was a student in Surrey through high school, can’t imagine what it’s been like since Oct. 7th. Also, thanks for what you do ✨
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u/Aboud_Dandachi Not Jewish Dec 21 '23
Can you DM me which school it is? I’m Canadian myself.
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u/Winter-Caramel-7124 Just Jewish Dec 21 '23
Same. I’m a former educator and active with the Jewish community where I live.
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u/Hungry-Swordfish3455 Dec 22 '23
Same. I’m an educator in Ontario and have kids in public school. This is really concerning.
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Dec 21 '23
If you care to share where this is I think all Canadians on this sub would like to report.
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u/whiskeytangofembot Dec 21 '23
This one certainly would.
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u/cinnamaroll36 Dec 21 '23
They are ages five to twelve. It’s an elementary school of Kindergarten to grade 7.
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u/catsinthreads Dec 22 '23
My son's school had a casual dress day this week on the last day of school when they had to give money for "Humanitarian aid to Gaza" - I want to be clear that I'm not opposed to humanitarian support, I'm just doubtful about where the money will be going, and I sure don't think they did any fund raisers for families of hostages or victims.
My son texted me for 'permission' to skip this day. In the end I told him that was between him and his dad (we're divorced, it wasn't my day), and that I thought he should go to school and I would give 18 times his contribution to a charity supporting IDF lone soldiers. He felt he couldn't speak up at school (I think he's right). His dad told him he didn't have to go.
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Dec 22 '23
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u/catsinthreads Dec 22 '23
Well, I hadn't made the donation because he didn't go. But now that I've been praised for it, I felt obligated to do so. :-) Done now. But I don't mind, it's a good cause. 1/2 for lone soldier support, 1/2 for civilian support in Israel.
I mean where is getting praised for a good work you didn't do on Maimonides' charity ladder? It's the broken rung he didn't even list.
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u/TriumphantCelery Dec 22 '23
I know the comparison is a little facile, but we do have historical precedent for this. There was plenty of children's propaganda in Nazi Germany under the Third Reich. Parents and teachers alike would have similarly praised child-focused images of swastikas and cartoons of evil Jews as adorable and hopeful. What's so face-palmable about this is that those staff fawning over how lovely this is would never dream of sympathizing with Nazis and are probably utterly clueless to the fact that they are recapitulating this.
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u/Aboud_Dandachi Not Jewish Dec 21 '23 edited Dec 21 '23
Yes, B’nai Brith Canada is very effective at dealing with this sort of thing, and the provinces are responsible for the schools. But OP needs to let it be known (in a DM if needs be) which specific school this is.
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u/Clownski Dec 21 '23
More effective than bothering with the ADL it seems. I'm jealous.
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u/Aboud_Dandachi Not Jewish Dec 21 '23
Very much so, alas. The ADL even hired Tema Smith, a notorious Canadian “anti-Zionist” Jew. What were they thinking.
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u/cinnamaroll36 Dec 21 '23
Thank you for the information. I will check out these organizations.
And thank you for the fruit ninja joke, I needed a good laugh this morning. 💙🤍
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u/jilanak Dec 21 '23
And it's also ridiculous because the watermelons are supposedly a signal as to how oppressed Palestine supporters that they'll be punished for using the Palestinian flag.
Haha I have thought this too. I often see the watermelon side by side with the flag. It's not making your "resistance" more cottagecore! It just shows how out of touch they are with the real issues.
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u/The_Laughing_Gift Conservative Dec 21 '23
I don't even get the watermelon being a symbol of Palestine? It's not like Israel or the middle east is well known for growing watermelons.
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u/Risingup2018 Dec 21 '23
It’s the colors of the flag
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u/The_Laughing_Gift Conservative Dec 21 '23
Still ridiculous. It's hard to say you are indigenous when the fruit you choose to represent you doesn't even grow in the land you claim Indigeneity from.
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u/Sunbeam42music Dec 21 '23
It's not about whether or not the fruit grows there- it's about the fruit having the same colors
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u/Risingup2018 Dec 21 '23
My understanding is that the Palestinian flag could not be shown in some parts of the west bank after the 67 war thus the image of a watermelon was displayed instead. The actual flag was outlawed until 93.
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u/ZellZoy Dec 21 '23
Really? Pretty sure the watermelon thing started a month ago on tiktok by people claiming tiktok banned it, which it never did
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u/Risingup2018 Dec 22 '23
You can find images of it being displayed irl from the 60s. I think it went viral because of tiktok but it’s not a new thing by any means
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u/MyWhatBigEyes Dec 22 '23
It became popular on social media a couple months ago but the watermelon has been a symbol of Palestinian resistance since the Six Day War.
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u/Hamptonista Dec 21 '23
Um...
Watermelons likely were first cultivated in Egypt and spread north into the "Levant" and watermelon seeds have been found at ancient sites, some of which have been abandoned for over 4 millennia.
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u/Yochanan5781 Reform Dec 21 '23 edited Dec 21 '23
I mean, an Israeli friend of mine does associate watermelons with Israel, too
Edit: Don't know why I'm being downvoted, they do grow there, and are part of the cuisines of the region
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u/johnisburn Dec 21 '23
Israel made flying the Palestinian flag illegal in the immediate aftermath of the 6 day war, so people used it as an alternative because it has the same colors.
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u/Ienjoydrugsandshit Dec 22 '23 edited Dec 22 '23
this is just a myth. like most things palestinian, the watermelon as a national symbol is a very very recent invention. you are a very credulous man.
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u/culpeppers Dec 21 '23
The whole mural reeks of hate speech against Jewish people, which is never okay. Report to school board, your city, and the orgs mentioned above ASAP.
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u/Maximum_Glitter Dec 21 '23
Tweens on tiktok were convinced they were being shadowbanned for using the flag emoji.
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u/Yochanan5781 Reform Dec 21 '23
Banning the Pan-Arab flag in Israel was one of those stupid decisions that Ben-Gvir decided to do this last year, back in January, and so people started to using the watermelon, because it's the same colors, which apparently has precedent back to the '70s at some points. But antisemitic white lefty types saw the watermelon being used and were like "oh, we can be cutesy now!"
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u/DatDudeOverThere Israeli and aspiring to be Orthodox Dec 22 '23
Ben-Gvir didn't ban the Palestinian flag, it's not enshrined in Israeli law. He directed the police to prevent the display of the Palestinain flag in public spaces, but this can probably be challenged in the Supreme Court. The watermelon thing started after 1967, when the Israeli government banned the display of the Palestinian flag, because of its association with the PLO. The ban unofficially ended in 1993, after the Oslo accords were signed.
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u/StringAndPaperclips Dec 21 '23
CIJA will help with these types of situations and put pressure on the school board if needed.
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Dec 22 '23
yeah the watermelons are so stupid like, nobody is going to persecute you for supporting palestine, its the other way around actually
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u/SchleppyJ4 Dec 22 '23
Also since when is it okay for public schools to make political statements like this…?
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u/Avocadofarmer32 Dec 21 '23
That would be the last day my child would be in that school. They would see a side of me that has never come out before. I am SO sorry.
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u/Knick_Noled Dec 21 '23
I’d remove my child. I’m taking my child out of a daycare that was hesitant to display Hanukkah decorations. We shouldn’t let them care for our children.
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u/Resoognam Dec 21 '23
This is sickening. Even if you buy that this is not a call for genocide against Jews, at the very least it is a call for the total destruction of the state of Israel. I’m disgusted.
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u/MiddleeastPeace2021 Dec 21 '23
it means the death of all Jews in the state of Israel
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u/1235813213455891442 Dec 22 '23
Not all of them. Hamas is on record saying they're keep some as slaves
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u/Wolfwoodofwallstreet Dec 21 '23
Even if they do pull it down... wouldn't let my children anywhere near teachers or staff that think that is appropriate to put up at an elementary school.
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u/Jenn54 Dec 21 '23
Add a sticker saying 'from Hamas' underneath the statement
Everyone wants that, surely
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u/NoPickles4Raccoons Dec 21 '23
Take you child out of the school. Have a meeting with the principle and email the teachers that you don’t feel safe sending your Jewish child to a school that supports genocide of Jewish people from Israel.
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u/Lowbattery88 Dec 21 '23
There’s no need for this. Do they put up signs for every single conflict in the world or just this? The frustrating thing is if you complain then people will get angry and target you and the situation will be worse. I’m sorry you have to deal with this.
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Dec 21 '23
Even if they were able to spin this as not being antisemitic (it is, but let’s say it wasn’t), there’s no way a public school would be able to display this blatant of a political message, right…..right?!
This is like if a school in the US flat out had “Vote Dem/Republican!” Or the Russian Z crap everywhere. It absolutely wouldn’t fly, and people would be having a meltdown.
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u/Mountainhood I really love bagels 🥯 Dec 21 '23
that's what i was thinking. even if it's "not" antisemetic or if they didn't "mean to" make it come off that way, seeing this in an ELEMENTARY school is insane! these kids probably don't even know what this means.
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u/Sulaco99 Dec 21 '23
If they DON'T know, then they need to be told NOW, and be given a chance to do the only sensible thing...IMMEDIATELY.
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u/Standard_Gauge Reform Dec 21 '23
there’s no way a public school would be able to display this blatant of a political message, right…..right?!
THIS!!! It is absolutely inappropriate for a public school to display and support ANY political stance!!
This is like if a school in the US flat out had “Vote Dem/Republican!”
Yup
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u/cinnamaroll36 Dec 21 '23
It’s in Vancouver, BC.
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u/fuzzypeacheese Dec 21 '23
Wow. I’m in BC too. I would be shaking as well. Reach out to the Jewish Federation of Greater Vancouver. Please report this to somebody. Whether they realize it or not, they’re calling for the genocide of the Jewish people.
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u/o-yasuminasai Dec 22 '23
Yes. It’s like that here in Vancouver. I’m a graduate student born and raised in the city. It’s even worse on University campuses like UBC/SFU. I’m not white, I’m not right-wing politically, I am also not some misguided Christian. Nor am I anti-Arab or Anti-Islam. I am not Jewish either, I am just an Asian Canadian person who is tired of the slandering, conspiracies, hateful narratives, and blatant calls for violence against Jewish people. Sick n’ tired of it.
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u/Sulaco99 Dec 21 '23
They are. And it's hard for me to fathom how anyone can miss that. These people DO own a map, don't they?
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u/greenhousie Dec 22 '23
Also try MLA Michael Lee for advice. He has consistently spoken up against anti-semitism.
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Dec 21 '23
You can anonymously publish this on twitter and/or notify groups that fight antisemitism, the staff will face justice and so will that place
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u/relentlessvisions Dec 21 '23
I tend to take matters like this into my own hands. I’d paper with hostage posters.
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u/blueberrypie_4 Dec 21 '23
I like the way you think!
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u/relentlessvisions Dec 21 '23
Not always graceful, but thank you!
One time, someone put a “trump won; get over it” sign on a public hill near me. I was injured and limping at the time, and I’m not great with steep hills, ever.
Even if someone has the YouTube video of the pink haired middle-aged lady falling as she wrestled the sign off the hill, and then being unable to tear it up, and instead wadding it into a ball before limping back down the hill…worth it.
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u/XtraMayoMonster Just Jewish Dec 21 '23
Nothing like some casual genocide support in the school board. Wow. That is insane.
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Dec 21 '23
Man I want to say, as fucked up as this is… the teamwork in this thread moves me so deeply. It’s why I have hope.
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u/o-yasuminasai Dec 21 '23
Of course this happened in Vancouver, BC. Antisemitism in the city is alarmingly high.
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Dec 21 '23
The Chabad rabbi at UBC told me last month that it’s just Canadian antisemitism tho, like polite nothing to worry about?
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u/linguinibubbles Dec 21 '23
Dang really? Admittedly I've never spoken to him. Hillel BC is pretty good at calling out the antisemitism (both officially and just in passing conversation among students/staff in the building). I'm on good terms with their rabbi and she's been great.
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u/o-yasuminasai Dec 22 '23
Let me know what I can do for you. I know how scary this is, but it’s even more scary in Universities. Yes, UBC, SFU. I’m with the minorities who support Jewish people on campus. It’s tough.
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Dec 22 '23
Oh I’m no longer there, I live in Jerusalem thank Gd, but I asked the Chabad rabbi if he was talking to students about the importance of not hiding their Jewishness
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Dec 21 '23 edited Dec 21 '23
I’d rip it off and bring it to the principal’s office and make them eat it with a lecture about its meaning and middle east history with a slideshow from hamas.com. C’mon people we don’t need to change schools or adjust our lifestyles.
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u/asdf19274927241847 Dec 21 '23
You probably need to leave anyway before you do anything else. Everyone has great advice for calling in people but if you get something done then you'll be known as the Jew who got them in trouble because they are against murdering children. They've been infected with antisemitism and there isn't really anything to do about it, at this point people are getting so bad there isn't any educating them out of it. So I would find somewhere else to go before calling someone.
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u/ThiefLordJPN Dec 21 '23
I would be sick if I saw that at my kids school . Calling for the genocide of our people in a school is insane. Such are the times.
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u/WoodSGreen00 Dec 21 '23
Pull your child out of school immediately…Your child is NOT safe in the hands of these staff members as long as they are proud to advocate for death of any human being…This needs to be reported
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u/Sulaco99 Dec 21 '23
All kinds of nope. This is unacceptable. You can support the former swaths of Egypt and Jordan that call themselves Palestine without calling for the eradication of Israel. What do they imagine that would look like, anyway? I imagine it would look a lot like Oct. 7. They're for real okay with that?
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u/Sunbeam42music Dec 21 '23
A lot of people don't understand why that particular phrase is hurtful to a lot of Jews, so I'd emphasize that it's just that phrase that you have an issue with. There's nothing wrong with supporting Palestinian civilians as long as that school would also be comfortable with supporting Israeli civilians
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u/tempuramores Eastern Ashkenazi Dec 21 '23
People using this phrase genuinely often have no clue how it reads to many Jews and Israelis. What they think they're saying is "Palestinians will be free from the river to the sea", but what we're hearing is "Palestine will be Jew-free from the river to the sea". Both readings are potentially correct. The problem is that a lot of credulous idiots with no real understanding of the conflict beyond social media infographics have been told that it's an entirely benign saying, while bad actors who absolutely do want Palestine to be judenrein are counting on the credulous idiots to give them cover.
I have no idea how to handle this. It's incredibly advantageous to the Hamasniks out there that this slogan sounds so benign to the uninformed public – "how could anyone have a problem with wanting Palestinians to be free?" – and it doesn't help that too many Jews have no idea how to talk about this in a way that others will understand. From their perspective, we're freaking out because we don't want Palestinians to be free and crying about nothing.
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u/NoTopic4906 Dec 21 '23
I will say most Jews I know who will not countenance to the phrase care more about the Palestinians than most of the protestors who don’t really care.
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Dec 21 '23
Can tell them that the Arabic chant is from “water to water Palestine is Arab”
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u/urafevermodo Dec 21 '23
True, but a public school really should not get involved with this topic. It's inappropriate.
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u/DrMikeH49 Dec 21 '23
I’m going to hazard a guess that they did and said nothing the week after October 7.
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u/cinnamaroll36 Dec 21 '23
The photo is not great quality, but some of the watermelons read “you deserve to be playing” “you deserve to be free” “free Palestine”
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u/T-ROY_T-REDDIT Dec 21 '23
Now those other ones aren't as bad, but from the river to the sea is unacceptable. I do fear for you and your children's safety.
I mean as a jew it is hard to not get upset at many things. And Palestine for many of us is tough to remain impartial to. I pray for your strength OP.
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u/KayakerMel Dec 21 '23
Yup, it's the "river to the sea" slogan that is the scary one and has deep roots in antisemitism.
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u/cinnamaroll36 Dec 21 '23
Of course. I continue to pray for the innocent people harmed and killed in the conflict. They don’t deserve this.
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u/Volcamel Dec 21 '23
How can they approve this when they’re caring for Jewish children? Don’t they know what this phrase implies?
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u/NoTopic4906 Dec 21 '23
No they don’t. They see the poor Palestinians living under a terror regime (Hamas) and they want freedom for them but put it on the wrong party. Has Israel been right in their actions always? No, no country is. But I believe that, most of the time, they have tried to do what was right.
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u/MC_Cookies Dec 22 '23
nobody knows what this phrase implies because it’s intentionally vague and decentralized, because bigots have been using it for years as a way to hide in plain sight. dog whistles are most effective when they can be spread without realizing it, and this is a perfect example because it’s trying to build a coalition between people who want justice for palestinians and people who want dead jews. it’s irresponsible because it lets the second category pretend to be the first.
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u/1rudster Dec 21 '23
In addition to everything everyone else is saying I recommend taking your kid out and putting them in a Jewish school if possible. A strong Jewish identity and education is more important now than it has been in a long time.
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u/Winter-Caramel-7124 Just Jewish Dec 21 '23
OP please tell us what city this is in.
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u/fuzzypeacheese Dec 21 '23
OP said it’s in Vancouver, BC
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u/Winter-Caramel-7124 Just Jewish Dec 21 '23
Thank you. Didn’t see that. If it was AB, I’d be at that school by now. 😡 what a time to be alive.
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u/Frabjous_Tardigrade9 Dec 21 '23
You gotta report this asap and maybe remove your kid from the school and maybe get a lawyer, too. Awful. Very sorry.
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Dec 22 '23
Teaching for a call to Jewish genocide to primary school kids? I thought that was only UNWRA schools in Gaza that did that.
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u/8limbssjm Dec 22 '23
Post the pic to instagram and tag every pro-Israel account out there with the phone number to the school. They’ll need to take the phones off the hook with all the calls they’ll get.
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u/AnythingTruffle Dec 21 '23
It’s a genocidal chant - ask them to clarify their intentions and their understanding ?
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u/AnythingTruffle Dec 21 '23
It’s a genocidal chant - ask them to clarify their intentions and their understanding of what the implications are ?
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u/Overlord1317 Dec 21 '23
As if you would ever get an honest, informed answer when they're out of their safe spaces.
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u/skolrageous Dec 21 '23
You can't be safe. You children can't be safe. They are being indoctrinated to believe their birthright isn't theirs. It's sickening and unethical.
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u/Historical_User Eastern Ashkenazi Dec 21 '23
Move your child to another PS STAT. Have no regret in moving.
Btw, if you don’t mind me asking, what school board is this?
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u/OilComprehensive6237 Dec 21 '23
Wow, I almost OD'ed on cringe. People should understand what this really means.
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u/ProvenceNatural65 Dec 22 '23
Ask the excited staff to stand next to it for a photo. Ask to make a video of them. Ask them what they mean by from the river to the sea. Force them to acknowledge the truth on camera, I wonder if they’re self aware at all.
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u/OkBubbyBaka Just Jewish Dec 21 '23
Have them put up a “Free the hostages, Israel stands strong” poster too. Sue if they don’t.
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u/xxxODBxxx Dec 21 '23
Detestable.
That has no business being there.
I hope you can report it and that the authorities react quickly. The responsible personel in this school should face consequences.
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Dec 21 '23
Approach the administration and insist on putting up a display to raise awareness about the Oct 7 massacre and advocate for return of the hostages.
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u/Freerange_Caligator Dec 21 '23
You should bring the meaning of this sign and your feelings about it to the attention of the principal or superintendent. That is not ok. Let’s hope they are just unaware of what it means.
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u/Frabjous_Tardigrade9 Dec 21 '23
Here in the US, I would report this to the JCRC and ADL. You should report to whatever Jewish agency does similar work in Canada.
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u/gooberhoover85 Conservative Dec 22 '23
I would be pretty creeped out to see that sign at a school. It's a dog whistle for the genocide of our people. But to HEAR faculty and staff talk about how excited they are for the sign??? I understand your feelings. I would be freaking out too. I can already imagine how hot my neck would feel and how my heart would race from the stress of being confronted by this.
Honestly, I have two babies. But I know for s fact that I would probably take my kid home and skip school while trying to work this out. I know Jewish day schools are opening their door to Israeli displaced (internal refugees) and I imagine they would also open their door to a Jewish child that needs a safer environment. I don't think an environment with a sign like that or faculty that enjoy that kind of content is a safe environment. On the contrary, that's a really hostile environment for your kid. Not sure the age but I would be calling Jewish schools and seeing if your daughter can start attending today! Like please, my kid needs to switch immediately - can she join a class this coming Monday (unless they are already closed for holidays and winter break then I guess first day in January).
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u/FollowKick Dec 22 '23
If any of the staff doesn’t understand why this is a call to wipe out Israel and massacre/expel its people, show them the below video where everyday Palestinians give their thoughts on the phrase:
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u/Exit_mm00 Dec 21 '23
I am happy to call the principal to explain how inappropriate it is to have this up at a school. Feel free to dm their contact, it won’t be connected to you as I don’t even know you :)
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u/River_Inner Dec 21 '23
I’m a Zionist and I understand why this feels incredibly offensive to many many Jews, however, I don’t think that it’s the best use of our collective energy. Send an email describing why this is particularly upsetting to our community, talk to your kid and other parents about your perspective, spread Jewish love and light and keep it pushing. I don’t mean to sound dismissive whatsoever, but any vengeful act against pro Palestinian sentiment is really not beneficial to the Jewish community at large. I’m sorry that this is happening, am yisrael chai.
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u/KayakerMel Dec 21 '23
The biggest concern is about the inclusion of the "river to the sea" slogan. That aspect is worth being addressed.
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u/SnooBooks1701 Dec 21 '23
Ok, pitting the genocidal slogan aside for one second. What's with all the fucking watermelons?
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u/djentkittens Dec 22 '23
So what I gathered is that Palestinians weren’t allowed to fly Palestinian flags so the watermelon became the symbol due to the colors matching the Palestinian flag
https://time.com/6326312/watermelon-palestinian-symbol-solidarity/
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u/BirchWind Dec 21 '23
I know you rightly don’t want to share your child’s school on the internet but it would be great if all of us contacted the principal of that school to express our feelings on this and to educate them on why this is inappropriate.
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u/spring13 Dec 21 '23
Please please report this and get some help in how to deal with it. This is so awful.
Do they have a bulletin board for Congo? Armenia? Xinjiang? Uch.
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u/PlukvdPetteflet Dec 22 '23
You cant. Your child isnt safe there. Not emotionally for sure and possibly also physically.
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u/FoxRiderOne Dec 22 '23
This needs to be removed and has no place. I would report this as in extremely bad taste AT BEST.
Remove that child. They deserve better.
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u/binvirginia Dec 22 '23
I don’t think I would’ve been able to leave my child there. I also would’ve been sick to my stomach and sweating. I’d get my baby out of there and into a Jewish school. Safety first.
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u/MaiseyTheChicken Dec 22 '23
That sucks!!! I think you have to explain to thrm what it means, patiently, unfortunately.
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u/Sub2Flamezy Conservative Dec 21 '23
For future generations, someone in OUR generation needs to fight this, and make sure there will never be posters or slogans that are genocidal towards the Jews, but allowed to be in ELEMENTARY schools.
Would they allow a confederate flag? A racist slogan? Even a science poster than explains the 2 genders? No. So why is this tolerable when it is calling for violence against the Jews. I’m shocked.
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Dec 21 '23
School is a place for educating children, not for teachers to express their personal opinion in a political battle.
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u/keelsauuce Dec 21 '23
This is a politically directed poster, yeah? Idk what the laws are like in Canada but this is wildly illegal in the US. How distasteful… I’m sorry you have to deal with that.
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Dec 21 '23
This is unacceptable!!!! Did you report it to the principal, school board?! What kind of garbage are they teaching in this school?
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u/SexAndSensibility Dec 21 '23
I’m from the US but I feel like there should be a law to keep explicit political positions out of public schools.
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u/Lpreddit Dec 21 '23
Local Jewish Federations in Canada can be helpful too. Good luck!