JERUSALEM POST
Time to draw lines and defend them
by Caroline Glick
February 29, 2016

At a certain point you just have to know when draw a line in the sand. Sloan and Guy Rachmuth, Jewish parents in Durham, North Carolina, reached that point in 2014 when they opted to walk away from their local Jewish day school and home school their two children. The Rachmuths pulled their children out of the Lerner School when they concluded the school would not abide by its commitment to assist “all students in developing a positive Jewish identity and pride in their Jewish heritage.” As committed Zionists, the Rachmuths were dismayed to see that far from fulfilling its commitment, the Lerner school was cultivating a learning environment that questioned the legitimacy of the Jewish national liberation movement and of the State of Israel. Perhaps the turning point was when the school took down all the maps of Israel from the classroom walls. READ MORE