The schools appear to have been careful not to refer to the event as a “protest,” describing it in their communications as a “communal prayer” and a “student-led communal Shacharit.” Their messaging about the reason for the demonstration, too, has been vague. The emails viewed by Jewish Currents do not mention Mamdani’s criticism of Israel or his condemnation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the two major points of tension between the mayor and the Jewish establishment.
Despite the cautious tone, it is hard to read this mustering of day-school students outside Gracie Mansion as anything other than an act of protest against Mamdani, and an implicit charge that he poses a particular threat to observant Jews in the city. “It is time for us to stand up and be heard,” the email to Ramaz parents read. “It is time to show up proudly as Jews, as New Yorkers, and as Zionists.”
Using kids as political pawns eh?
Let me get this straight - they think Mamdani is a threat to Jews, but it’s somehow a good idea to send their own children to his house?
no, it’s entirely performative “fear”
Is this not terrorism?
They’re white and part of the status quo, so no
It would be terrorism if a mosque sent their worshipers to protest the genocide in front of the White House
Despite the cautious tone, it is hard to read this mustering of day-school students outside Gracie Mansion as anything other than an act of protest against Mamdani, and an implicit charge that he poses a particular threat to observant Jews in the city. “It is time for us to stand up and be heard,” the email
amazing how fucking racist they are, the mask is hanging by a thread
There is no such thing as religious education. Only secular institutions should ever be accredited.
If it’s during school hours, go after them for truancy?
school-sanctioned field trip unfortunately. could maybe get the adults on not having enough chaperones
If there are any students that are made to do this against their will call it what it is fucking kidnapping
The fact they’re cautious about it already means they lost, Mamdani should invite other high schools to brings students over and create an “inter faith student seminar” or whatever, dare them to make fools of themselves using kids as shields, also students from ultra segregation environments tend to be extremely shy around mainstream kids
Guarantees the only person likely to misbehave is some deranged zionist adult screaming at children
Invite other high schools and just turn it into a lunch party. Offer drinks and snacks. Hang out. Chill vibes.
My partner went to a catholic school and they tried to make them do this too, in protest of gay marriage
Most of the kids who went were just doing it to get out of class
What I’ve heard is the French encourage high-school students to protest on a regular basis but for things like affordable education or better wages etc. I like the way they think
Yeah they structure those things like that on purpose. When I attended catholic school, we had to either make a small white cross to symbolize a “baby” “killed” by abortion, or write an essay explaining why we were pro-choice. Most kids made the cross because 8th graders hate writing essays, but it has the knock-on effect of making them think that they actually did it for the stated reason. Super gross.
I was the only kid in my whole grade who wrote the essay and my nickname in school was “baby-killer” for the rest of my tenure there.
could you do a spoiler tag and give a content warning for anti-abortion please
Anyone else remember the Covington High School kid (Nicholas Sandmann)? He was briefly the target of a lot of anger as the face of an anti-abortion protest, and he was there as part of one of those BS Catholic school events. He wasn’t the one running the show or even particularly important to it, and he was literally a child, but he happened to be the one caught on camera.
It didn’t help that the most widely circulated pic of him smiling looked like trollface irl(almost as close as that high school kid punching that zionist looking exactly like the pepe winding up for a punch)
Remember that kid that layed out the pro ice kid in the hallway at that high-school? Wonder how he’s doing, i hope he is doing well.
Ah that’s actually who I meant I mixed up the shitty kid being pro-ICE with them being a zionist, been a while since I saw the video itself
Well let’s be real here, the venn diagram of being pro-ICE and being a zionist is a perfect circle.
i’m sure there are anti-ice zionists, ice is happening here where they have to see it. israel is over there
For real
