US EditionBeverly Hills Schools Opt Out of Displaying Israeli Flag
The resolution includes displaying Israeli flags during Jewish Heritage Month and other measures amid an 893% rise in antisemitic incidents over the past decade, officials said.
- This week the Beverly Hills Unified School District voted to display Israeli flags on all its campuses, approving the measure by a 3-2 vote with displays starting next year during Jewish Heritage Month.
- Amid a recent rise in campus antisemitism, officials said the move aims to help Jewish students feel safe, while the Anti-Defamation League reported an 893% increase in incidents over the past decade.
- The resolution requires Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration, educator training, adoption of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance working definition, designates Oct. 7th as a Day of Remembrance, and mandates Israeli flags be displayed off flagpoles by BHUSD.
- Several board members and community activists reacted as public protests arose, school board president Rachelle Marcus and Amanda Stern voted against the measure, and officials revised wording to support the `Jewish community` instead of the `Jewish state`.
- The move intersects with debates over antisemitism legislation as California lawmakers consider measures following challenges to the recently suspended ethnic-studies requirement, while Beverly Hills Vice Mayor John Mirisch calls flag display a 'no-brainer' for the Jewish-majority community.
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Beverly Hills superintendent overrules plan to display Israeli flag on campuses
The Beverly Hills schools superintendent overturned a school board plan to display Israeli flags on all campuses during Jewish American Heritage month, citing fears about school safety.
Beverly Hills schools opt out of displaying Israeli flag
Public schools in Beverly Hills will not display the Israeli flag in recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month in May, the superintendent announced on Thursday, citing the safety of students and parting with the district board’s vote on the issue earlier this week. “Until further notice, no flags will be displayed on our campuses other than the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the State of California,” Superintendent Alex…
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WINBeverly Hills school board narrowly votes to fly Israeli flags in effort to combat antisemitism
(JTA) — The Beverly Hills Unified School District will display the Israeli flag in all of its facilities during Jewish Heritage Month starting next year, in an unusual move that split the school board in the ritzy and heavily Jewish enclave within Los Angeles. School board president Rachelle Marcus voted against the resolution that passed on Tuesday, citing fears that the flag could cause schools to become targets. Another board member, Amanda S…
Beverly Hills School Board Votes to Display Israeli Flags
(The Center Square)—The Beverly Hills Unified School District voted this week to display Israeli flags on all its campuses. After the recent incidents of antisemitism on campuses, BHUSD approved a proposal to fight antisemitism by displaying Israel’s flag around schools and other district facilities. “This is a time right now that Jews are being killed and slaughtered on the street, and threats are happening,” said Sigalie Sabag, a BHUSD board m…
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