A New York women's basketball player and her coach have been expelled from the team after they reportedly made anti-Semitic remarks toward the opposing team during a game last week. The opposing team was a Jewish private school.
of The incident has come to light According to a statement released by the school system and the mayor of Yonkers, New York. CNN. An investigation into the situation is ongoing and more people may be involved than originally thought.
Yonkers Public Schools Interim Superintendent Luis Rodriguez and Mayor Mike Spano released a statement Sunday saying, “Yonkers Public Schools and the City of Yonkers would like to express our deepest condolences to the students and community at Leffel School. I sincerely apologize for my offensive remarks.” The girls basketball team during a recent game between Roosevelt High School and Early College Research. ”
“Overall, we do not and will not tolerate hate speech of any kind from our students or community. Semitic rhetoric is abhorrent, inappropriate, and inconsistent with the values we have set for our young people.”
The game in question was between the Leffel School and Roosevelt High School Early College Studies girls varsity teams. During the third quarter of the match, a number of Reffelskool players were injured due to what was described as “the opposing team's physical style of play,” the report said. Editorial published In Lion's Roar, a newspaper run by Jewish school students.
Leffel High School decided to end the game early because Roosevelt High School players allegedly spewed “anti-Semitic slurs and abuse” at us.
“While it is never acceptable to attack a team because of a school's religious affiliation, especially with the current war in Israel and the rise of anti-Semitism worldwide, this is something for me and many members of my team to do. It felt very personal,” the editorial continued.
Anti-Semitism has been on the rise since Hamas launched a surprise attack on the Jewish state on October 7, killing 1,200 Israelis and abducting another 240.
According to reports, more than 2,000 anti-Semitic incidents have been reported in the Middle East in the last two months. Anti-Defamation League.
This means that anti-Semitic rhetoric has increased by 337% since the start of the conflict.
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