Beverly Hills school board candidate Kim Lifschitz faced accusations of antisemitism this week after screenshots surfaced appearing to mock a trustee's visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall, while a separate controversy involving her husband's comments featured on a livestream by Twitch streamer Hasan Piker resurfaced.The screenshots show messages labeled with Lifschitz's name responding to a Beverly Hills Standard article documenting Beverly Hills Unified School District Board of Education member Russell Stuart's New Year's Day visit to the Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest sites. One message attributed to Lifschitz appeared to ridicule his kippah, a traditional Jewish head covering."Maybe he can bust out the kippah from his dress up trunk," the message said.Another message attributed to Lifschitz appeared later in the conversation, continuing the joke about Stuart's religious head covering, saying, "He probably used it to store his complimentary in-flight nuts."RIHANNA'S BEVERLY HILLS HOME TARGETED IN BRAZEN DAYLIGHT SHOOTINGBeverly Hills Unified School District trustee Russell Stuart condemned the alleged remarks about his religious observance, telling Fox News Digital that mocking his visit to Jerusalem's Western Wall crossed the line from political criticism into religious ridicule.
(Russell Stuart)Stuart, whose family is Jewish, condemned the messages in a statement to Fox News Digital, saying political disagreements do not justify ridiculing religious practices."I found them deeply offensive," he said."My visit to the Western Wall was personal and meaningful to me.
Seeing a kippah described as something from a 'dress up trunk' turns Jewish religious observance into a costume and a punchline.""Anyone is welcome to challenge my votes, my positions or my work on the school board.Mocking my religious observance crosses a very different line," he continued.Lifschitz pushed back against the allegations in a statement to Fox News Digital, acknowledging that the...