
一家国际教育组织要求一群犹太教育工作者在前往意大利参加学习会议之前签署一份谴责以色列的声明,据一份报告称。
An international education organization demanded a group of Jewish educators sign a statement condemning Israel before traveling to Italy to attend a study conference, according to a report.
据《以色列时报》报道,来自美国和以色列的约100名犹太教师在被要求谴责犹太国家后,取消了原定于本月晚些时候前往意大利雷焦艾米利亚地区参加学习之旅的计划,以学习雷焦艾米利亚教育方法——这种教育方法长期受到犹太幼儿园的欢迎。
Around 100 Jewish teachers from the US and Israel scrapped the study trip to the Reggio Emilia region planned for later this month to study the Reggio Emilia Approach — a style of education “long embraced” by Jewish preschools — after being told to denounce the Jewish state, the Times of Israel reported.
该令人震惊的声明是由一些与东道主意大利组织雷焦儿童(Reggio Children)有关联的家长抗议的结果,他们因犹太教育工作者据称支持以色列和以色列国防军而反对其参与。
The shocking statement was the result of a protest by some parents associated with the host Italian organization, Reggio Children, who objected to the Jewish educators’ participation over alleged support for Israel and the Israel Defense Forces.
教师们被要求签署一份承诺书,内容为:“我与加沙的占领以及在被占领土以及世界各地[ sic ]对儿童和人类权利的侵犯保持距离。”2023年10月7日,哈马斯对大约1200人(主要是犹太人)实施了大屠杀,这引发了加沙战争。
Teachers were told to sign a pledge saying: “I distance myself from the occupation of Gaza and the violation of children’s and human beings’ rights in the occupied territories as well as in every place [sic] in the world.”Roughly 1,200 people, mostly Jews, were massacred by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023, which set off the war in Gaza.
曼哈顿日校校长佩沙·克莱特尼克表示,参与者据称因对以色列的支持而被进行画像,随后被要求签署该声明。
Manhattan Day School head Pesha Kletenik said participants were allegedly profiled over support for Israel before being asked to sign the statement.
“我们的身份被公开,我们的个人和机构社交媒体资料被审查并被描述为显示我们对以色列和以色列国防军的支持,”克莱特尼克在一份声明中表示。
“Our identities were made public, and our personal and institutional social media profiles were reviewed and characterized as demonstrating our support for Israel and the IDF,” Kletenik said in a statement.
华盛顿特区米尔顿·戈茨曼犹太日校的梅丽莎·戴维斯表示,该承诺书是“全球反犹主义涟漪效应”的结果。戴维斯在一份声明中表示,取消的旅行“对我们社区在短期内是一种损失——我们的老师,进而他们的学生将无法因这次经历而得到丰富”。
Melissa Davis, of Washington DC’s Milton Gottesman Jewish Day School, said the pledge was the result of “the ripple effects of global antisemitism.”Davis said the abandoned trip was “a loss for our community in the near term — our teachers, and in turn, their students will not be enriched by this experience,” in a statement.
该报道还称,东道主组织当时也在起草另一份声明,呼吁“学校非军事化”,但在参与者决定不参加之前。
The host group was also drafting another statement calling for “militarization out of schools” before the participants decided not to attend, the outlet reported.
该声明发布之际,意大利的反犹太主义持续上升,根据当代犹太人文献中心的说法,犹太人可以被接受的社交空间正在缩小。
The statement comes as antisemitism in Italy continues to rise, with social spaces where it is acceptable to be Jewish having shrunk, according to the Center of Contemporary Jewish Documentation.
去年的一项调查发现,大约15%的意大利人认为针对犹太人的袭击是“可以理解的”。
A survey last year found about 15% of Italians view attacks on Jews as “justifiable.”
意大利政治家伊万·斯卡尔法罗托批评了这一要求,并表示要求“犹太人以犹太人的身份与以色列政府的政策保持距离”本身就是反犹太主义。
Italian politician Ivan Scalfarotto ripped the requirement and said asking “Jews, as Jews, to distance themselves from the policies of the Israeli government is antisemitism.”