(JEWISH GROUP) Families alerted about middle school student's Nazi salute

Families of students at Amherst Regional Middle School are being notified about an antisemitic incident that occurred Monday when a student gave a Nazi salute during class — the latest in a series of incidents that have occurred at area schools in recent years.

On Monday evening, interim Principal Michael Sullivan sent an email to caregivers and the middle school community that the administration received information “that a student performed a Nazi salute in one of our classes today.”

“We are saddened and disturbed by this hateful act, which is unacceptable and violates the values of respect and inclusion that we strive to uphold in our school community,” Sullivan wrote.

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In Northampton last spring, some 85 parents, clergy and concerned community members wrote a letter to Superintendent Portia Bonner and the School Committee alerting officials to a number of antisemitic incidents their Jewish children were experiencing at Northampton High School. The complaints were far-ranging, from using “Zionist” and “Jew” interchangeably to telling Jewish and Israeli students with friends and family of Israeli hostages that their loved ones deserved to die.

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