Exclusive | Clearly an attack Fifth case of NYC teachers getting anti-Israel materials in DOE schools

Hateful anti-Israel propaganda has slipped into city Department of Education literature and schools at least five times in the past two months, The Post has learned.In the latest instance, faculty members at a large Brooklyn elementary/middle school received an email Monday with the subject line: “How Much Jewish Wealth From The Black Slave Trade Was Used To Help Create Israel?” Among a dozen links to inflammatory texts, the email includes several articles branding Jews as former slave owners; a piece by Nation of Islam minister Louis Farrakahn claiming “Jewish behavior has ill-affected Black people and others;” and a Palestinian children’s workbook decrying “bullies called Zionists.”“It’s clearly an attack,” a Jewish teacher who received the diatribe in her DOE email told The Post.The incident is evidence of rising antisemitism in NYC schools and other educational institutions since the Israeli-Hamas war began on Oct.7, 2023, experts say.The emails came from [email protected], an encrypted account hiding the sender’s identity.The teacher asked that she and her “amazing” school, which she described as close-knit and harmonious, not be named.“There was never an issue with antisemitism — not once,” she told The Post, adding she wears a Star of David at work.“It wouldn’t be fair to drop such a stain on the school.

I would put my last penny on the fact that I don’t think it’s a person from the school” who sent the offensive missive.Like many other NYC schools, the Brooklyn school posts its teachers’ DOE email addresses on a public website.Two assistant principals were “horrified” by the cyber stealth, but the teacher has not discussed the emails with the principal — who did not address them with staff.It’s the latest in a series of anti-Israel attacks popping up in DOE communications.In early April, schools Chancellor Melissa Aviles-Ramos apologized after a 17-page “Stop Gaza Genocide Toolkit”  was link...