The students, who had stayed after school, were called into a room, where they found the swastika. As the students saw it, another student made a Nazi salute gesture, according to a letter sent to families Monday.
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The incident is just the latest in a series of antisemitic incidents in schools, said Andrea Freedman, the president and CEO of the Jewish Federation of Ottawa. She traces an increase in incidents to May 2021. At the time, there was an escalation of hostilities in Gaza. “Parents are not equipped to handle this. They see their children being harmed, but don’t necessarily have the advocacy tools,” she said.
Many in the Jewish community are calling for the school board to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of antisemitism.Article content In an open letter to the school board in September as the Jewish community approached the High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, the OCDSB acknowledged that its relationship with the community was “in need of repair”.
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