Three Jewish students were expelled from a Virginia school after their parents complained about the school’s failure to respond to repeated instances of antisemitic harassment, a lawsuit filed Tuesday claims.
One of the children, an 11-year old student at the Nysmith School for the Gifted, was allegedly targeted with “severe and pervasive” harassment for being Jewish, with students calling Jews “baby killers,” and saying “they deserve to die because of what is happening in Gaza,” according to the lawsuit. When the girl’s parents brought the incidents to the headmaster’s attention, they were told their daughter needed to “toughen up” before all three of their children were expelled from the school mid-semester.
