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by Dion J. Pierre / The Algemeiner The Sequoia Union High School District in the Bay Area region of California has settled a lawsuit which accused its officials, faculty, and staff of racially abusing Jewish students over a period of years which began after an explosion of hatred set off by Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, massacre across southern Israel. Announced on Wednesday by The Deborah Project, the terms of the resolution are completely public, with the parties agreeing to a paym

by Dion J. Pierre / the algemeiner Another California public school district has been accused of allowing antisemitic discrimination and harassment in a disturbing new civil lawsuit filed by The Deborah Project, a legal advocacy group that has contested a slew of similar cases across the state. The victim in the case is Eden Horowitz, a female Jewish student from Alameda County who says the San Leandro Unified School District (SLUSD) stood down while students and instructors

By Jarrad Saffren / Philadelphia Jewish Exponent The National Jewish Advocacy Center and the Deborah Project have issues with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights. Both Jewish groups have filed a lawsuit alleging that the office did not craft a serious agreement with the School District of Philadelphia to eradicate antisemitism in the district. The suit also says that OCR neglected to “enforce even that inadequate agreement,” according to a press release

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus / Jewish News Syndicate Public school K-12 educators claim that they are being “censored” for expressing their views about Israel in the classroom. This argument fails for multiple reasons. After a decade of using legal means to battle antisemitism in education, lawyers at The Deborah Project are confident that one of the most effective tools that educational institutions can use to ameliorate the issue is also one of the most misunderstood. Therefore