Coming under fire from lawmakers, administrators from prominent school districts across the country defended their record on the handling of anti-Semitism while condemning hatred toward Jews and Israel.
New York City Public Schools Chancellor David Banks, Maryland’s Montgomery County Board of Education Member Karla Silvestre, and California’s Berkeley Unified School District Superintendent Enikia Ford Morthel appeared before the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education, which is a part of the House Education and Workforce Committee. Also testifying was American Civil Liberties Union Senior Staff Attorney Emerson Sykes.
