Dual Loyalty in Zionist Schools: Meet the Anonymous Author of the Forward Article
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In February 2020 an anonymous article appeared in the Forward by a teacher in several Zionist Hebrew Day Schools, claiming they teach dual loyalty to Israel and that they need to stop. The article was met with derision, condemnation, and even denial of the author's existence. Meet the author, who no longer teaches in such schools and is safe from reprisals, as he tells us his full story. SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE I’ve taught at six Jewish day schools. They’re preaching dual loy...
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