A follow-up in The Post later that day focused on the outrage of local officials. Tova Plaut, an instructional coordinator for the department, has been especially vocal about what has happened at P.S. “This particular example speaks to why there needs to be systemwide training on how to recognize antisemitism,” she said. District 15 was “committed to making sure our students feel safe and supported at all times,” he wrote, perhaps somewhat ambitiously. “It would be devastating if the program were cut,” Lauren Katzman, the mother of a first grader at 261, told me.

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Persons: Dan Goldman, “, Tova, ”, Rafael T, Alvarez, ’, ” Lauren Katzman Organizations: Democratic, city’s Department of Education, Holocaust, Alliance, New York Peace Institute Locations: Boerum, Israel, nonexistence, P.S