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Using Children for Israeli Propaganda
Engler, Yves
http://dissidentvoice.org/2017/04/using-children-for-israeli-propaganda/Date Written: 2017-04-27 Publisher: Dissident Voice Year Published: 2017 Resource Type: Article Cx Number: CX20647 Engler brings to light Canadian schools' practices that indoctrinate students with problematic colonial, Zionist views. Abstract: - Excerpt: Herding students to a weekday rally is a visible form of activism, but it's a small part of these schools' crusading for Israel. A recent Canadian Jewish News cover story titled "What to teach Jewish students about Israel?" detailed the growing importance given to classes on Israel at Jewish day schools. While students have long been "taught from a young age to see Israel as the land of milk and honey", in recent years Jewish day schools have ramped up their indoctrination in reaction to "anti-Israel student groups on campuses throughout North America." Head of Winnipeg's Gray Academy of Jewish Education, Lori Binder told CJN that Israel education is taught from junior kindergarten to graduation. But, "the crescendo I guess, is a full-year course for all our Grade 12 students in a course called Israel advocacy." Gray Academy's Israel advocacy course was set up eight years ago. Recently, the Combined Jewish Appeal Israel Engagement Initiative developed a program for Grade 10 students at Montréal schools called Israel Update and Vancouver’s King David High School organizes an annual trip to Israel for Grade 8 students. One of the five "Faces of Success" in a Federation CJA booklet promoting Montréal Jewish schools is a man named Oliver Moore, a graduate of McGill Law who works with NGO Monitor in Jerusalem. Moore is quoted stating: "My experience attending Jewish high school imprinted me with a Zionist ethic and a profound appreciation for Israel's importance. It troubles me that Israel is under constant political threat and that its legitimacy is questioned. What I find especially disturbing is that the language of human rights has been distorted to dispute its right to exist. That is why I've decided to go to Israel and examine this issue in depth, and when I return to Canada, to contribute to Israel advocacy." Subject Headings |