Massachusetts Principal Apologizes After Antisemitism Lesson Left Non-Jewish Students Feeling ‘Unseen,’ ‘Less Safe’

The apology to Diamond Middle School families followed antisemitic incidents that included neo-Nazi graffiti, anti-Israel vandalism, and a student’s warning about growing Jew-hatred at the school.

A Massachusetts middle school principal apologized to seventh-grade students after some families complained that a lesson on antisemitism and the Holocaust left them feeling “unseen” and “less safe.”

The email message from William Diamond Middle School Principal Dr. Johnny Cole, of Lexington, Massachusetts, was sent to families following a presentation that connected Holocaust education to contemporary antisemitism — at a time when hatred of Jews has reached unprecedented levels in the U.S.