Vandalism at Walt Whitman High School

From WUSA9, reporter Samantha Gilstrap. For the whole story go here. 

To stop antisemitism in MCPS, follow @wwhs_jews4change on Instagram. Jews4Change is a group of Jewish Whitman students who are pushing for their school to better support Jewish students and staff, and address the antisemitic climate at Whitman. There is going to be a walk out on 12/22 (or possibly 12/21 if there is snow on 12/22) at Whitman in the morning. Support and promote the walk out, especially if you have high school students. Go to it if you can.

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'Jews not welcome' graffiti found at Bethesda high school

For the second time in a month, Montgomery County Police are investigating antisemitic vandalism in the community.

Ninth-grade student Rachel Barold at Walt Whitman reached out to WUSA9 after receiving an email from her principal regarding the incident. 

She says she was with other students at the time the email hit her inbox.

"We all opened our phones at the same time and you could hears kids saying 'oh my god' check your emails. Everyone was in shock about what happened," said Barold.

She claims the graffiti comes directly after a school lesson on the Holocaust.

Barold said a petition for the Holocaust lesson was started after Jewish students at the school began noticing their other classmates genuinely did not know what it was.

Barold said this should never be happening, adding that Whitman has issues with xenophobia.

"People are forgetting and it's scary because if you don't remember what happened, history repeats itself," said Barold.

Barold is helping to organize a walkout on Thursday, December 22 with the group Jews4Change at Whitman to draw awareness to the issue.

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