D.C. suburb stirs controversy by mandating Palestinian folktale as required first grade reading

D.C. suburb stirs controversy by mandating Palestinian folktale as required first grade reading

A book that centers on Palestinian identity is drawing controversy from some Jewish parents in the Montgomery County, Md., public school system after it was assigned to first grade students as required classroom reading, Jewish Insider has learned. The book,“Tunjur! Tunjur! Tunjur! A Palestinian Folktale,” written by Margaret Read MacDonald, aims to convey a message to children that there are consequences for taking things that don’t belong to t…