by Chuck Tanowitz | Dec 7, 2016 | Newton, Newton North, School Committee |
When someone early on in a conversation, without prompting, tells you that there is nothing “sinister, evil or vile” happening, your immediate response is to assume that this is sinister, evil and vile.
The item in question is an ad promoting an “essay contest” that appeared in the Newton TAB last week asking Newton North students to submit a 200 to 400 word essay on Israeli/ Palestinian peace AND to list the sources that led them to their conclusion.
Prizes for the winning entries included hundreds of dollars in gift cards to “The Mall at Chestnut Hill”. The ad does not appear in the December 7 issue of the newspaper.
Joshua Resnek, the person whose email is in the ad, admitted that it was designed to unearth curriculum materials about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict that are being taught at North. He was sure to tell me that “there is nothing sinister, evil or vile” involved with
by Village 14 | Apr 13, 2016 | Newton, Newton TAB |
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