HoCoJAG and Temple Isaiah are proud to welcome Rebecca Schgallis of the CAMERA Education Institute to Howard County. Ms. Schgallis is an educator and renowned expert on K-12 antisemitism. She will be presenting information that every Jewish parent should know on Sunday October 20th at 9:30AM. The event is free, but registration is required. Please sign up here.
HoCoJAG sent a letter to the Baltimore Banner in response to an article that mistakenly indicated that Black men and women are most likely to be victims of hate/bias crimes. Although it’s a bad competition to win, Jews are actually most likely of any group to be victims of hate/bias crimes, both statewide in Maryland and locally in Howard County. The letter provides the detailed statistics and supporting resources to demonstrate this. We ask the Banner to help increase awareness of the severity and extent of antisemitism.
HoCoJAG sent this letter to the Columbia Association regarding a disgraceful anti-Israel display at this past weekend’s Columbia Lakefest festival. The ostensibly non-political festival focused on young children and featured anti-Israel propaganda from the Aya Montessori school. HoCoJAG expects CA to uphold the mission and values of James Rouse: a Columbia where all residents can feel safe, welcome, and included. Jewish children should not be subjected to sectarian anti-Israel propaganda that many will find antisemitic. Columbia must return to being a place where hate has no home.
*Note: Our original letter included a reference to the Howard County Arts Council. We edited this letter to remove all references to the Howard County Arts Council, as we learned they were not involved in this event. We apologize for this error.