City sponsors school trips to Jewish Museum
BY ALEJANDRA
O’CONNELL-DOMENECH
The Department of Education
will organize more field trips
to the Museum of Jewish Heritage
for 8th and 10th grade students
in Crown Heights, Williamsburg and
Borough Park to combat anti-Semitism,
Schools Chancellor announced
on Jan. 15.
“As a former social studies teacher, I
know how important it is for students
to learn about the past in order to understand
the world around them,” said
Carranza in a statement. Since Dec. 23,
2019, there have been at least 28 anti-
Semitic incidents in the city, according
to numbers from the Anti-Defamation
League. Data from NYPD shows that
from 2018 to 2019 there was nearly a
20 percent increase in the number of
anti-Semitic attacks.
The museum visits are the second
prong in the DOE’s efforts to combat
the uptick in attacks after announcing
on Jan. 2. that they would equip New
York City public school teachers with a
new curriculum on the Holocaust.
DOE will foot the bill for the middle
The Museum of Jewish Heritage on the tip of Lower Manhattan.
school and high school field trips while
the museum will provide every public
school student over the age of 12 with
a fee ticket to the museum along with
three free tickets for family members.
The museum and DOE will continue to
work together to provide professional
development for teachers to help them
learn how to better deepen students
understanding of primary resources
related to the Holocaust.
Today’s inaugural tour, from 8th
grade students from P.S. 84 in Williamsburg,
takes place about a week
after Governor Andrew Cuomo in his
State of the State address directed the
Battery Park City Authority to expand
the museum to address the “disturbing
number of anti-Semitic and other discriminatory
attacks in New York.”
“The lessons of The Holocaust must
never be forgotten, said Carranza. ”
We’re committed to helping students
and school communities engage in
thoughtful and respectful dialogue,
and the Museum of Jewish Heritage is
instrumental in achieving that goal.”
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