Back to school should not mean back to fear for Jewish students
It’s back to school time and many Jewish families are worried about much more than just shopping for new shoes and school supplies. They are concerned that their children may not be safe because they are Jewish.Alongside math and reading, school is where children learn where they fit into society and whether the surrounding adults will protect them, but the recent rise in antisemitic threats and violence is putting all of that in jeopardy.According to the New York Police Department, antisemitic hate crimes increased by 8.5% in New York City in the first seven months of 2026.
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It’s back to school time and many Jewish families are worried about much more than just shopping for new shoes and school supplies. They are concerned that their children may not be safe because they are Jewish.Alongside math and reading, school is where children learn where they fit into society and whether the surrounding adults will protect them, but the recent rise in antisemitic threats and violence is putting all of that in jeopardy.According to the New York Police Department, antisemitic hate crimes increased by 8.5% in New York City in the first seven months of 2026. The majority of hate crimes in the city were anti-Jewish, despite Jewish New Yorkers being only a tenth of the population.ANTISEMITISM CONTROVERSY ERUPTS AT ELITE NY HIGH SCHOOL AFTER ISRAEL FLYER FOUND IN URINALBut it’s not just a New York problem.Recent FBI statistics show that, although Jews only make up only 2% of the U.S. population, they were the victims of 16% of all reported hate crimes and nearly 70% of all religion-based hate crimes.And 10% of those crimes happened in schools.
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- It’s back to school time and many Jewish families are worried about much more than just shopping for new shoes and school supplies. They are concerned that their children may not be safe because they are Jewish.Alongside math and reading, school is where children learn where they fit into society and whether the surrounding adults will protect them, but the recent rise in antisemitic threats and violence is putting all of that in jeopardy.According to the New York Police Department, antisemitic hate crimes increased by 8.5% in New York City in the first seven months of 2026.
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