Call me skeptical but something sounds a bit fishy, but it's fascinating as well.
The document refers to Nazis only as “goyim” – a term for non-Jews some people argue is offensive.
Emily
Green, who used to teach at the same Beis Rochel girls’ secondary
school, now chairs the Gesher EU organisation which supports
ultra-Orthodox Jews who want to leave the community.
"It's not
uncommon to be taught non-Jewish people are evil in ultra-Orthodox
Jewish schools. It is part of the prayers, teaching, their whole ethos,”
she said.
Describing it as a form of “indoctrination”, Ms Green
added: “Psychologically, you become so afraid of the world out there
after being taught how dangerous and bad and evil non-Jews are, that it
makes it harder to leave.”
,,,
A spokesperson for Beis Rochel said that the worksheets would be amended
and apologised for any offence. However they argued the phrase “goyim”
was not offensive and accusations that they were indoctrinating children
were “without basis”. “The language we used was not in any way intended
to cause offence, now this has been brought to our attention, we will
endeavour to use more precise language in the future.”
But
then you have this, which is a plausible explanation,
But according to PR executive Shimon Cohen, speaking on behalf of the
school, the newpaper failed to understand the fact that, in context,
the term goyim explicitly meant Nazis.
He said: “The leaflet that the Independent refers to was handed out
on the 21 Kislev, when the Satmar Jews celebrate the rescue of their
founding rabbi from Bergen-Belsen.
“The questions were only talking about the specific event, but there
is no Yiddish word for Nazis. The suggestion that children are being
taught that non-Jews are evil is nonsense and simply false. They are
being taught that Nazis are evil.”
Three-year-old ultra-Orthodox Jewish children told 'the non-Jews' are 'evil' in worksheet produced by London school - Education News - Education - The Independent
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