In an attempt to fight anti-Semitism, local officials turn to high schoolers
The schools chancellor, borough president, the city’s first lady and other local officials gathered in a fourth-floor classroom of Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School in Borough Park Friday morning to discuss anti-Semitism and hate crimes amid a spike in incidents across the city and country.
The school is part of a new Department of Education initiative to boost resources to curriculums teaching the historical context and current effects of anti-Semitism for middle and high schools in Williamsburg, Crown Heights and Borough Park, three neighborhoods with large Jewish populations.
About two dozen students in the 10th grade history class sat down in groups and discussed their experiences with discrimination.