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    Jewish parents call for protection, sensitivity for their children in LA schools

    by Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times Nov 14, 2023 4 minutes
    People carry banners and flags in support of the Palestinian people as thousands march through downtown Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2023.

    LOS ANGELES — Jewish parents stepped forward on Tuesday to call on the Los Angeles Board of Education to take concrete steps to prevent antisemitism on local campuses, echoing a call for sensitivity and understanding that Muslim parents made several weeks earlier.

    Since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war last month, there have been accounts of student bullying at schools, insensitivity and a lack of understanding about the conflict — and instances of instruction seen as one-sided or age-inappropriate.

    Jewish and Muslim leaders have reported a in hate speech, discrimination, threats and some acts of violence across the state and country since Oct.. Israel's intense retaliatory bombing and invasion of Gaza have killed more than 11,200 people, two-thirds of them women and minors, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry.

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