Steigmann takes a very clear and very political view of the Israel-Palestine question. It's not outrageous to be wary of that. He's self-aware of his partisanship, too, to the point that he offered to change his presentation for the school. Whether or not the school should have accepted such a compromise is for each to decide on their own, but the narrative portrayed by the Post and others is severely lacking in context.
Do you think the school has ever had a partisan speaker before, including current teachers or administration? If they want to eliminate partisanship around Israel/Palestine or any other conflict, that's fine. I just wonder who will be left to speak? Dan Carlin is too busy.
Sure I do. It’s about an article suggesting the silencing of Jews & suppressing education on the Holocaust in NYC schools because the speaker is pro-Israel…. What do you think it’s about?
I'm old enough to remember when NYC was called Hymietown.
Mas just calls it JYC.
Steigmann takes a very clear and very political view of the Israel-Palestine question. It's not outrageous to be wary of that. He's self-aware of his partisanship, too, to the point that he offered to change his presentation for the school. Whether or not the school should have accepted such a compromise is for each to decide on their own, but the narrative portrayed by the Post and others is severely lacking in context.
Do you think the school has ever had a partisan speaker before, including current teachers or administration? If they want to eliminate partisanship around Israel/Palestine or any other conflict, that's fine. I just wonder who will be left to speak? Dan Carlin is too busy.
OP still seems to think he was denied because he talks about the Holocaust. That's the problem I was highlighting. I'm not saying the school made the right choice.