Rampant acts of antisemitism have occurred at Origins High School in Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn, according to advocates.
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In yet another alarming accusation of antisemitism in NYC schools, Jewish advocates say a Brooklyn high school is riddled with hate and discrimination, including death threats against Jewish teachers, swastikas drawn on walls and other concerning claims of harassment.
Elected officials, advocates and staff from Origins High School in Sheepshead Bay detailed the disturbing list of antisemitic incidents at the school during a press conference on Sunday. The New York Post first reported the story.
Dov Hikind, a community advocate and former Assembly member, discussed how one teacher at the center of the claims “lives in fear” going to work each day.
“Should anyone live in fear of going to work? Especially if you’re working at a public school?” Hikind asked. “At a public high school that our tax dollars pay for everything?”
Hikind also alleged that Origins students have repeatedly made antisemitic remarks like “kill the Jews,” to the point where the statement has become an unofficial slogan throughout the school.
Some students, he noted, have also walked out of class doing the “Heil Hitler” salute that Nazis typically use.
The incidents are the latest of many antisemitic events and accusations that have been occurring in NYC schools since the terrorist group Hamas attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, leading to the ongoing war in Gaza. Antisemitism exploded around the city and country in wake of the terrorist attacks, with the NYPD reporting a surge of antisemitic incidents citywide — and schools around the Five Boroughs reporting more incidents of anti-Jewish behavior.
‘Banks does nothing’
One Origins staff member allegedly filed 15 complaints to school officials in an effort to remedy the ongoing harassment at the school. Hikind and other advocates said Sunday that those complaints fell on…
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