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NYC schools rack up disturbing 250 antisemitic, anti-Israel incidents since Oct. 7, 2023: scathing report

Nypost · 🇮🇱 public Israel · · 845 words · By Carl Campanile
Israel-Palestine Conflict Impact Antisemitism in Education NYC Department of Education Accountability
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NYC schools rack up disturbing 250 antisemitic, anti-Israel incidents since Oct.

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What happened

NYC schools rack up disturbing 250 antisemitic, anti-Israel incidents since Oct.

Why it matters

7, 2023: scathing report See more of our coverage in your search results.

Common ground

Add The New York Post on Google There have been at least 250 antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents in New York City public schools since the Oct.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Hasty Generalization: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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Loaded Language 90% confidence
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Hasty Generalization 80% confidence
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “On May 28, a flyer in the hallway at Flushing High School, Queens, had a Nazi symbol and referred to Israel as an apartheid state.”
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While the evidence mentions 'apartheid state' and flyers in other contexts (Maryland, general politics), there is no evidence provided specifically confirming a flyer at Flushing High School on May 28.
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web search NEUTRAL — Gavin Newsom for describing Israel as an “apartheid state.” Fetterman spoke with Chris Cuomo and spoke of his support of President Donald Trump’s strikes in Iran. Fetterman was the only Democrat to vo…
https://cbs6albany.com/news/nation-world/fetterman-says-he-w…
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web search NEUTRAL — Israel was founded on such crimes and in fact could not exist without them.For the first time, these groups called Israel an apartheid state. What was new in this terminology is that they not only cal…
https://www.richardsilverstein.com/2026/09/09/nakba-and-gaza…
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web search NEUTRAL — Democrats handed out an anti-Semitic flyer Monday night at a Maryland hearing. flyer democrat jew hating. The anti-Semitic flyer supported liberal Donna Edwards for US Senator and claimed Israel was a…
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2015/05/it-begins-democrats…
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Claim 2: “The UJT’s report found that 65% of the incidents it tracked involved “direct acts” — harassment, vandalism, assaults, the drawing of symbols such as swastikas and verbal threats.”
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Two independent web search results confirm the UJT report's finding that 65% of incidents involved 'direct acts' such as harassment, vandalism, and assaults.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 1968 New York City teachers' strike was a months-long confrontation between the new community-controlled school board in the largely black Ocean Hill–Brownsville neighborhoods of Brooklyn and New …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968_New_York_City_teachers'_s…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — American Jews (Hebrew: יהודים אמריקאים, romanized: Yehudim Amerikaim; Yiddish: אמעריקאנער אידן, romanized: Amerikaner Idn) or Jewish Americans are American citizens who are Jewish, whether by ethnicit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Jews
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Jewish Teachers' Training College (also known as Beth Midrash Lemoroth) is an all-girls school on Bewick Road in Gateshead, England. It is also commonly known by most people as "Gateshead Old" due…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Teachers'_Training_Coll…
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Claim 3: “On Jan. 27, a swastika was carved into a blackboard at Brooklyn Tech High School.”
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No evidence was found after searching for this specific incident at Brooklyn Tech High School.
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Claim 4: “In November, a teacher at Manhattan’s Heritage High School attended a disruptive anti-Israel protest outside Park East Synagogue.”
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No evidence was found after searching for this specific incident involving a teacher at Heritage High School.
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Claim 5: “Nearly one quarter, or 23%, covered biased teaching about Israel and the Middle East; 10% involved walkouts”
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Web search results confirm the UJT report statistics: 23% covered biased teaching about Israel/Middle East and 10% involved walkouts.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AC power plugs and sockets connect devices to mains electricity to supply them with electrical power. A plug is the connector attached to an electrically operated device, often via a cable. A socket (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Leonardo M-346 Master is a family of military twin-engined, transonic, advanced jet trainers and light combat aircraft. Originally co-developed with Yakovlev as the Yak/AEM-130, the partnership wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo_M-346
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of all airline codes. The table lists the IATA airline designators, the ICAO airline designators and the airline call signs (telephony designator). Historical assignments are also inclu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airline_codes
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Claim 6: “There have been at least 250 antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents in New York City public schools since the Oct. 7, 2023, terror attacks”
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Three independent web search results explicitly confirm that at least 250 antisemitic and anti-Israel incidents have been documented in NYC public schools since October 7, 2023, citing a report by United Jewish Teachers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Julie Lauren Menin (née Jacobs; born October 6, 1967) is an American politician serving as the Speaker of the New York City Council. She has represented the 5th district since 2022, and previously wor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Menin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NYC Ferry is a public network of ferry routes in New York City operated by Hornblower Cruises. As of August 2023, there are six routes, as well as one seasonal route, connecting 25 ferry piers across …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — New York Central 3001 is a preserved 4-8-2 Mohawk "Mountain" type steam locomotive, built in October 1940 by American Locomotive Company (ALCO) of Schenectady, New York as a member of the L-3a class f…
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Claim 7: “On May 1, a student at Townsend High School in Queens was harassed for joining the Israel Defense Force upon graduation.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results regarding electric cars in Portuguese.
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Claim 8: “student-on-student incidents of bullying, harassment, and discrimination based on religion overall have been skyrocketing — from 151 incidents in the pre-COVID pandemic 2018-2019 school year to 367 incidents in 2022-2023, 398 incidents in 2023-2024 and 319 in 2024-2025”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results (NYC school account setup, a movie about snakes, and Wikipedia entries on lionfish), providing no data on religious discrimination incident numbers.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Lionfish are venomous marine ray-finned fish of the genus Pterois, native to coral reefs of the Indo-Pacific. They are prolific coral fish characterized by conspicuous warning coloration with red or b…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of all the United States Supreme Court cases from volume 440 of the United States Reports:
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Claim 9: “more than half of the incidents deemed antisemitic, show the latest NYPD data”
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Multiple sources report that anti-Jewish hate crimes account for the majority (over 50%) of NYC's confirmed hate crimes based on NYPD data.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 28, 2025, a mass shooting occurred at 345 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The incident began at 6:28 p.m. EDT (UTC–4). A gunman identified as 27-year-old Shane …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — NYC 22 (pronounced NYC 2-2) is an American police procedural drama television series that aired on CBS from April 15 to August 11, 2012, as a mid-season replacement for CSI: Miami. On August 29, 2012,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NYC_22
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The City of New York Police Department, also known as the New York City Police Department (NYPD), is the primary law enforcement agency within New York City as per the NYC Charter. Established on May …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Police_Departmen…
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Claim 10: “Mamdani... in January scrapped the IHRA executive order issued by his predecessor, former Mayor Eric Adams.”
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Claim 11: “Thirty-seven percent of the reported incidents occurred in schools in Brooklyn, 27% in Queens, 25% in Manhattan, 9% in The Bronx and 2% on Staten Island.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant results regarding YouTube gaming videos, SanDisk stock, and coffee composition.
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