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Jewish education event in Paris is overbooked

Some 6,000 young Jewish leaders applied for slightly more than 1,000 spots at a European education and youth assembly to be held in Paris. Those who lost reserved spots at next week\’s conference will be the first invited to the next event of the European Council of Jewish Communities, according to a statement by the organization. The participants from across Europe will converge on Disneyland Paris April 3-4 for the ECJC\’s inaugural Jewish Education and Youth General Assembly.

Student files ‘hostile environment’ complaint against York

A York University student filed a complaint with Ontario\’s Human Rights Tribunal alleging the university tolerated an environment hostile to Jews. Sammy Katz claims that he and other students were subject to physical and verbal abuse at a pro-Israel event on the university\’s Toronto campus in February 2010.

The Berlin Wall of education

The first line in the letter I received from my local school district screamed: “Our children need your help now!” Apparently, the district is facing yet another round of budget cuts from Sacramento and is turning to parents to “raise at least $1,000,000 by the end of March … TO PROTECT TEACHER JOBS.”

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