On April 14, the Peel District School Board added Nakba Remembrance Day to its diverse calendar of “significant days”—sparking short-sighted objections from a group of Jewish parents. The alert decried the move as “marking a day of objection to an internationally sovereign nation” and asked parents to tell the school board to not “accept politics
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On April 14, the Peel District School Board added Nakba Remembrance Day to its diverse calendar of “significant days”—sparking short-sighted objections from a group of Jewish parents. The alert decried the move as “marking a day of objection to an internationally sovereign nation” and asked parents to tell the school board to not “accept politics […]
The post Opinion: Ben Murane, who heads the New Israel Fund of Canada, argues that while Nakba Remembrance Day may be difficult for Jews, it’s also important appeared first on The Canadian Jewish News.