'Kick a Jew day' ends in suspensions for 10 Florida students

2) In Gym, when getting dressed, it`s evident that most Jewish boys have been circumcised In fact, approximately 70% of white, non-Hispanic males in the U.S. are circumcized. In the U.S., circumcision is not necessarily an indication of being Jewish. I am not Jewish and both of my nephws--ages 18 and 12 are circumcized.

My own idea of an appropriate punishment--in-school suspension until they write a twenty-page paper on why this kind of action is wrong. This will take at least a week. Make it a hand-written paper so they can't simply cut and paste from the internet. This way, the kids reflect on the actions and suffer an aversive consequence. Still, I am shocked. I taught for 3 years at a pretty tough high school and I don't believe something like that would have happened there.

Don Boston i see you mentioned Sudan ,so tell us about Omar Al-Bashir the butcher who massacred millions of infidels in Darfur ,we wait your reply?

Hey Pieboy in Vancouver why would you want to kick a Jewboy,any specific reasons ,please elaborate ?

Kick & Slap a Christian every other day !

How about a Christian being able to marry a Palestinian from the West bank and then reside in East Jerusalem?

despite bigotts like you most Jews have normal relations with their fellow non Jewish countrymen. There are many interfaith dialogues and activities in Australia looking to understand and live in peace with each other. Your ilk would be the last thing we need here.

1) Jewish kids are absent from school on Jewish Holidays, every kid takes a day off when he can get it 2) In Gym, when getting dressed, it's evident that most Jewish boys have been circumcised 3) Kids also talk among themselves

... And most jews are Semitic like Arabs, like it or not. And the term "AntiSemitic" is thus an asinine misnomer, coined by an ant-Jew no less, as Jews and Arabs are BOTH Semitic, both with Semitic languages, like it or not. Jews are native to the Middle East and claim but a TINY part of it as their one state, like it or not! The cause of continuing Jew-hate is the simple odds that Jews are very few, while those of the faiths they contradict are huge in number, like it or not! ** Well said. The more closely-related people are, the more they're at each other's throats. That's something Darwin discovered in nature. Besides, hatred was born in the Middle East.

So do the schools. Why was principal left alone. She is responcible for Anti - Semitism on school grownds as the bully who expressed one. Anti - Semitism is a word for hatred of Jewish people to death. Keep on denying it, Anti - Semite you are.

How many times has it been said that if the Palestinians would refrain from trying to blow up buses and cafes, they wouldn't have to endure such hardship. Yes, that hardship is necessary because they try to use ANYONE as a terrorist, even a 67-year old granny. Furthermore, Jews who attack Palestinians are prosecuted. Read the news, it's printed here. Truth is so inconvenient for you.

Southpark actually makes very powerful anti-discrimination statements. Unfortunately, some people are either as dumb as fence posts, or else have been brought up with so much hate at home, their die is cast.

Trying to twist it into anti-Israel, as always. Show evidence of "anti-Gingerism." Do thugs paint equivalents of swastikas on their holy place, for example. Furthermore, what rights are not afforded Palestinians and Christians in Israel. Oh, I'm sorry the right to blow up buses of schoolchildren is not afforded anyone.

I wish to see all jews having the same good feeling that you have toward other minority people. You are good example of Muslim in the West

This is not a joking matter .As a muslim living in the USA I absolutly take offense to the ignorant and hateful things kids and people do. I myself experienced some of the pain the jews did therefore I expect the free and conscious jewish people to include not just anti jewish acts but all kinds of dicriminations regardless of religion or race. I hope one day we all accept each other as equal human beings and live in peace and harmony

If I were a Jewish parent in Naples, Fla., I would tell my kids: Never, ever let anybody push you around because you are Jewish, or for any other reason. I would tell them, stand up for who you are. I would say resist. I would encourage them to sign up for martial arts training. I would advise them to be alert for any signs of racial slur or actions. I would contact other parents and demand that school administrators deal with this issue in a public manner, with a public meeting, letters to all parents and students, and beef up human-rights awareness. I would not let this pass.

They're kids and they don't know better... Hey, Foxman why don't you go after "kick ginger day"? Much to do over nothing..a little counseling and education and everything should be okay..

So are we to understand from your self serving diatribe that you support "Kick a Jew day"?

One day in school suspension only, and that's it? Are they for real? Who's running the school board down there, the ghost of Joseph Goebels? A more fitting punishment would be at least three days out of school suspension and a mandatory lecture on the Holocaust by a Holocaust survivor, and maybe, just maybe these kids will learn something.

"In the "Kick a Ginger Day" attacks, nobody was seriously hurt and no arrests were made." how ridiculous is that! I'm ginger myself and I can tell you when I went to school there was more then one "kick a Ginger Day", although there was no need to organize it via Facebook. did I get hurt?yes,as you do on a schoolyard.Was that a matter for the Police or the school board?no,and why should it be?!it was the 70s&80s,children weren't yet packed in cotton wool like the today's breeds.bloody children single out all sorts of "minorities" to bully, that is pretty normal¬ different when it comes to Jews.But children's behaviour isn't political,no need to cry out 4 the Ginger Anti-Defarmation league,the police or severe punishment!show them that it is not okay,but also no biggy,cause it really ain't. Even today, as a ginger you are occasionally singled out (by "grownups") and made fun off.I never thought about calling the police for that matter...

A simple, undeniable truth: the solutions are known. Goodwill and fellowship stemming from love will defeat all the war mongers. And everyone here knows that.

Totally agree with you.

They knew because most - not all but most - European Jews retained physical traits of others of the Middle East. Mainly darker hair, often curled, and so on. Yes there are light skinned and light haired Jews AND Arabs, and Kng David of the Jews is said to have been a red-head. But most Jews retain Mediterranean features which are generally different from typical North European features, like it or not. And most jews are Semitic like Arabs, like it or not. And the term "AntiSemitic" is thus an asinine misnomer, coined by an ant-Jew no less, as Jews and Arabs are BOTH Semitic, both with Semitic languages, like it or not. Jews are native to the Middle East and claim but a TINY part of it as their one state, like it or not! The cause of continuing Jew-hate is the simple odds that Jews are very few, while those of the faiths they contradict are huge in number, like it or not!

Most likely no-one was actually kicked. But your freind Paul is a real turkey. Does nature really make them that way? "Life has its inherent dangers." For instance; 'Kick a Jew Day'

Suisse, according to you, the West Bank seems to be a paradise. You are so clueless that's it's almost funny. I suggest you take a trip there and see the mansions and mercedes fleets for yourself. And dont worry, you'll see plenty of IDF soldiers - and not on TV.

and one really doesn't need to wonder why this sort of thing happens with our children. Pathetic.

A simple, undeniable truth: the solutions are known. Goodwill and fellowship stemming from love will defeat all the war mongers. And everyone here knows that.

Mr. Silverman, perhaps it was their names that gave them away? There are many perfectly good names that might hint at a person being Jewish. Goldstein, Cohan, Silverman.....etc. We should all get along no matter whether we keep our religion to ourselves or are open about it.

...members of Israeli security forces were killed in the last twenty years. This does not include those who died when denied medical attention. Equal to: kill a Palestinian Arab a day, kill an Israeli Jew a week, kill an occupation soldier a fortnight.

In fact, this in combination with the other anti-Israel/anti-Jew goings on is a hopeful sign that Americans are finally coming to their senses.

A number of months ago we had a "Slap a Jew" day at a local middle school... It was all over the media. I can tell you the school district here was much firmer with those dumb kids than the Naples school folks. This kind of crap isn't innocent "kid stuff" - it's the attitudes and feelings of their parents being demonstrated out in the open. A one day in-school suspension is laughable. It should have been at least a week, with daily instruction in the history of antisemitism. These young pukes need a reality check. And by the way, I feel just as strongly about the "Kick a Ginger" day stuff, too. Bullying is bullying, and singling out Jews is antisemtism.

"israeli wrong policy in Palestine is the cause.." And what what the cause of 6 million Jews exterminated by Europeans during WWII? How did the Jews cause that?

everyone i speak to here in sydney dislike jews, unfortunately they don't separate the good from bad, to them they are all bad, i have to keep reminding them there a good as well, this leads to this, they are disliked because of their lies and deciept and their treatment of us gentiles.

I know it can seem like ADL is overreacting, but really Collier County (Naples FL) has a very aggressive Christian right. Last month a "pep rally" for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes (many in the Naples high schools are members) filled up a high school football stadium. There's a town in Collier County called Ave Maria which advertizes itself as a "Catholic community" where the grocery store won't sell condums. A group was handing out Bibles to students in the high schools until ACLU and Americans United for Separation of Church and State got involved. Sometimes you just have to take a zero tolerance point of view.

You want examples? There are plenty. Every single day, the IDF harasses millions of WB Pals and I'd be surprised is a single day ever passed without an IDF or settler shooting at or beating a Palestinian. Some Zionist Jews believe they have the right to take property from Pals simply because they are Jewish and the Pals are not. Zionist troops ordered to destroy 1 home often tear down numerous nearby homes. In 2002, the IDF destoyed the entire refugee camp in Jenin because of an attack by few on IDF, leaving 1000's homeless. This is virulent racism. Blacks in the US continue to suffer far greater discrimination than any US Jews. Things have improved greatly over the last 50 years, but it would be very hard to find a US black over age 20 who has not been beaten, had hateful threats yelled in their face or been harassed by police because of his/her race. US Jews have few if any such stories. Also, Kosovo, Rwanda, Sudan, etc.

I guess the old addage that an idiot is born every minute applies to you. If you have time could you please tell me why was there anti semitism amongst the arabs in 1920's,30's,40's,50's and on and on.Why did the grand mufti of Jerusalem meet with Hitler to design a plan to bring the gas chambers to British Mandated Palestine? There was no Gaza problem..there was no Lebanon War. And while you are at it what was the reason for the Inquisition,the pograms and the Holocaust? Treatment of palestinians you say...like I said an idiot born every minute.

Americans have finally turned into baboons. My family has been here since 1747, I'm a Navy vet, former Mr. USA and I've come to loathe the behavior of my average fellow american. They're apathetic, lazy, self-indulgent and typically out of touch with reality. I can't stand it here anymore. My wife and 7 children have decided to move to Israel in the Spring. Enough is enough: the moral decay here is unprecedented. Goodbye US, HELLO ISRAEL!!!

To determine if a crime took place, one must know only what happened...to determine if a hate crime happened requires an understanding of motive. In this instance, I find it prudent to trust that the school officials...who actually interviewed the "kickers"...executed the appropriate level of punishment.

...thanks Chris. Yes I've learned a hell of a lot from teaching in Inner City London and Glasgow before that. I've learned that the kids are out of control, that they are unhappy, as they themselves admit, there are no boundaries. I used to think as you do, but I realised that the majority of good kids, academic and non academic alike are suffering, and I mean suffering.Bulleying causes irepairable damage to children, in some cases it results in suicide. I side with the victim, you support the perpetrator because they have suffered either sociologically or economically. You would claim, "They know not what they do". I think, having been brought up in the slums of the Gorbals. that they know exactly what they are doing. And it is always the innocent who suffer. Check out Violence in the Classroom. BTW Haaretz. Please allow me the right to respond this time.

How on earth do they know the kids are Jewish you ask? What is wrong with displaying our culture I ask and what happened to not only tolerance but Unity?

Yep excluding pupils from school who have clearly shown anti social behaviour without actually addressing that behaviour really does work and of course you are right. Afterall just look at all the stabbings in your part of the world and who perpertrated them. Yep you got it mostly kids who were excluded from school. But then you are such a font of wisdom

Who fly the plane into World Trade Center. Who Shot up Fort Hood. WE are not talking about Israel and the Pal but what is going on here in the United STates,

anti-Semitism at it's fullest. The students and parents of these students should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. These type of actions reflect home situations.

What do you pretend to know about life of Arabs in the West Bank? Do you know they are one of the most funded and wealthy groups of people on earth? There are PLENTY of overweight WB Arabs and NO starving ones! Have you seen their mansions and ranches, loads of new Mercedes cars and massive building projects first hand? Are you even faintly aware that most hardly ever see IDF soldiers except for on their TV sets? The IDF hardly even sees, never mind enters, most Arab towns and villages in the West Bank - for years! There are plenty of security checks on the Tel Aviv side of the Green Line as well, inconveniencing a lot more people than West Bank Arabs and Jews. And did you ever stop to see that suicide bombing and other terror is the most brutal collective punishment there is? Try living there even just a bit, and see for yourself before spewing the standard oil-soaked media spin lies.

from being spite on. Chased down the street by bat carrying nuts yelling you killed Christ. The only difference I se the kicking was for only one day. If A Jewish child hit back how much susension would they get from the school???????

"A day cooling off followed by extra lessons on how your actions affect others, seems to me the right response rather than succumb to the hang draw and quarter them mob mentality." You really have no idea have you? Tomorrow, "Kick the shit out of Blacks", "Paki bashing day" or better still "Kick a teacher day" I've seen teachers punched and kicked by students with Dyspraxia, Dyslesia, ADHD, Autism and general everyday anger problems. Of course you are right, a jolly good talking too solves the problem. An apology prompted by middle Pastoral staff also helps maintain high standards of "other Worldliness". Most teachers have lost the plot. I suggest calling in the parents, Permanent exclusion if there is a history of bulleying and a clear signal from the Heads and Governors that Bulleying and Racism will be met with expulsion. Then watch the 90% good students flourish when they can actually learn something without disruption.Man. you're creepy.

In my view the originator of this pathetic anti-semitic outrage must be expelled from school and the rest must have at least couple of weeks suspensions. The morons that followed this idiotic suit must learn their lesson hard way so not to repeat it toward others.

Come and try to kick me!!!!!!

For kicking and beating Palestinians,keeping them from attending school,has any of those nut job settlers been charged for destroying families olive trees,remember folks you ask for in the Americas what you do not give here,so wake up to the fact people don't except it,they see the double standards.we know if we took a reserve and moved it to israel/palastine that we would be treated as second class gentiles by the Knesset.so when you treat others as you want to be treated you will see change.

If they did it out of sheer hatred than it is anti-semitic, but if they went and did it as a prank it is just plain stupid like the kick a Ginger episode. If they had kick a Canadian day in the states how would you react honestly, even if its a childish prank???

Just talk to any Israeli settler and it won't take you very long to realize that what the Rabbis are teaching Jewish children in the Yeshiva's is not different that what these young children came up with, so what is the big deal if kids in the US reversed the roles? Where is the lofty ADL with its outrage when Palestinian are being horrbily discriminated against on a daily basis in the occupied West Bank?

Its just plain stupid, a bunch of college kids and high school yuppies with nothing better to do are bored with their lives so they run around making kick a whateverday. A really sad case of affairs.

kick a talkbacker???? now that is lame you dont even know us from a bar of soap, BTW: Alot of talkbackers were in the Army and have training, so goodluck.

whats next kick a Black,an Arab,an Indian,A Chinese??? This is immaturity at its worst.

Can you please stick to the matter at hand.

It seems one can't go around kicking Jews any more without being accused of being anti-semitic.

and does the punishment fit the crime? A day cooling off followed by extra lessons on how your actions affect others, seems to me the right response rather than succumb to the hang draw and quarter them mob mentality. These kids were doing what kids do something stupid, they are being taught that doing something stupid has repercussions. Surely that is all that is required i this case and will act as a deterrent to others in this school.

Yeah yeah, it's only a joke - get over it...

Hey Mike. The ADL is a powerful lobby. Think of it like a gun. Better to have one and not need one rather than need and not have. Be thankful the State of Israel exists. When the Jews in Europe were being slaughtered wholesale, they had neither an ADL or a Jewish State on which to rely.

In America we get along by keeping our religion to ourselves. Obviously the red haired kids in California stood out, but how did the Florida students know these kids are Jewish? Remember your own school days? Anybody who stood out from the crowd was likely to get teased by the other kids and sometimes even bullied. What was it about these Jewish kids that made them so visible and targets?

Chris, there is a difference between organized kicking of gingers, and of Jews. You ignore the history and effects of anti-Semitism over the centuries. You would also by your reasoning ignore racial hatred against Blacks--same as gingers, you'd say. I agree with you that too much has been made of this, and that it is absurd to raise this to a criminal level. They were chastised--case closed.

"hey Lintywaffle S T F U!!!!!" Come back when you can write a sentence that consists of more than one word, a feeble pun and an acronym. Oh and your exclamation key seems to have got stuck.

there is difference between xenophobic racist action and discrimination for difference in body parts which all people can have... so kick a black day or jew day or arab day is the same crimes because its racism... or kick a ginger, fat ass, midgets, kids with glasses day re the same a jew and ginger or arab and fat ass days cant be compared. i think one day should be enough but those kids must be thought that their attitudes re wrong and making fun of a person just because of his race religion is a serious crime more serious than making fun of color of the hair or shape of a body of a human-which is not a crime but disgusting attitude

Kicking Gingies, Jews, and who else? Blacks, gays, Catholics? One day suspension is absurd. The whole system is faulty, and requires a huge grass-roots work.

Systematic Antisemitism started by the roman empire,when the centurion shed his armour and dressed in cassocs...when you are dealing with civilized people that can listen to reason,you can dialogue and even make them change their racist views.When you are being attacked by irracional mobs,the only way is to hit back as hard as possible.Racism has nothing to do with Israelis positions apeasement of the bully will not make you safe,it will send you to aushwitz.Better die fighting...Go read the stories of treblinka and learn about an argentinian JEW CALLED SAMUEL BERLINSKY

Congratulations ADL and Naples school, on proving that South Park's hilarious stereotype of the overbearing, humorless, raving Jewish mother (Mrs. Broflowski, Kyle's mom) is too often accurate. Thanks for continuing to make life for American Jews more miserable than it otherwise would be.

"Anti-Semites Chris and Michael in the UK try to twist this against Jews." As usual people like Ki'emli accuse anybody who doesn't think exactly like them of being anti-semitic. How is a gentle joke about the ADL ignoring anti-Gingerism anti-semitic? Do you actually know what anti-semitic means, Ki'emli? Why do you cheapen the accusation by just throwing it around like confetti? People like you have reduced the significance of the word to zero. I imagine in your eyes anybody who's not Jewish or American is automatically anti-semitic. And if they're Jewish and remotely critical of Israel, like Goldstone, then presumably they're self-hating Jews.

To the kick a Jew day participants. Jesus was a Jew. Very soon you'll be draping tinsel on a dead tree in your living room to celebrate Jesus' birthday. You'll be down on your knees in church praying to this Jew. So kids - make up your minds. Or make up whatever you have that's a substitute for the mind you should have in your pointy little heads.

This incident is a joke and actually reflects the full integration of Jews into middle class America. To those of you who don't get the context, South Park is a hilarious and offensive comedy cartoon show. It featured an episode about "Gingers" in which Cartman, a transparently immoral but hilarious character, begins a pogrom against Gingers. Additionally, one of the major characters (loosely based one of the two creators) is Jewish. This character is always being attacked for his Judaism in ridiculous ways by Cartman, a morally repugnant but hilarious character. To have "kick a Jew day" as well as "kick a Ginger day" shows that American Jews are as well accepted as Gingers - a pretty American population. The ADL can only do American Jews like me more harm than good.

Naples has a way to go before it will be an inclusive town. As far as anti-Semitic activity is concerned there have been previous nasty little incidents like this. For example, last year a Jewish woman who lives in Naples and is active in PFLAG had swastikas painted on her garage. But, in fairness (or should I say in unfairness) its not just Jewish residents of Naples who can feel scarily outnumbered by conservative, heterosexual, Christian, white folks.

If this was kick an African American day or Muslim day the ACLU and JJ would of been there befoe the first kick was complete. My guess is that Chris's kid was the leader, teaching the hate. As for number 18 apa, maybe the kck an arab day will end when the arabs stp with kill a jew day. But we all know hat won't happen , they thrive on that.

of growing hatred of jews in the World.Israel needs to be realistic and live in peace with all its Arab neighbours.

u r so right.

Zio talkbacker day? Line up, line up, you can beat Hardman, SDHD and Petra if you really try, maybe even peter SM...

There is no proof that there is virulent anti semitism in Florida either is there? As for this people with ginger hair were subjected to the exact same treatment that was meted out to Jews. Yet it is apparent that there are those who believe that because they attacked Jews they should have a greater punishment than when they attacked redheads. This cannot be fair in a democratic society like the United States where all men are equal under the law. It is probably different in Israel where Jews are accorded more rights than Palestinians or Christians but we are not talking Israel we are talking the United States.

What??? You already have a daily one of those.

Just having a bit of fun. Bit like these kids were doing. What is your stance on the Red Head question. Do you believe that they have the same rights as Jews, or are they beneath them?

There are certain categories of protected citizens in the U.S. Violations based on sexual orientation, religion, race etc. do carry stiffer penalties in this country. Red heads are not a protected category, although bullying of any sort is forbidden.

obsessed or what

Facebook has a lot of crazy days, including a "hug-a-Jew-day" It's all in good fun. This article didn't mention if the kids were actually injured, I'm sure they thought it was funny. And I don't believe that the kids who took part were racist.

Now if Israel would only stop their 60-year long kick-an-arab-day.

Anti-Semites Chris and Michael in the UK try to twist this against Jews. The fact of the matter is that there isn't any virulent anti-Ginger prejudice. People aren't, by and large, denied neither housing nor employment, and they aren't subjected to violent attacks because of their hair color. Prove me wrong by finding other examples where such behavior is pervasive.

"The answer - No ADL is not - they do not care about red heads. It is the Union for ReadHeads Fairness concerned. I know that Organisation for Stupid Brits concerns itself with "Kick a Stupid Brit Day"

So some are more equal than others then? We often suspected that this was the case, but I didn't realise it is official ADL policy to discriminate about the discrimination cases that they choose to represent. Afterall their mission statement on the front page of their website states quite clearly and you can go and have a look if you wish To stop the defamation of the Jewish people...to secure justice and fair treatment for all. Or is this not true?

if your ass would be kicked hard ? I would live to see it .

Can't you see the difference between the two cases (i.e. kicking redreheads vs. Jews)? Hatred for Jews can have long reaching consequences (have you forgoten the Holocaust)? I have not heard any institutaional or national hate backlash against redheads yet! Whereas the kicking readheads initiative looks like a silly game, the kicking Jews initiative could be born in ugly well knowns hatred feelings against Jews. I am surprised you can not see that.

The answer - No ADL is not - they do not care about red heads. It is the Union for ReadHeads Fairness concerned. I know that Organisation for Stupid Brits concerns itself with "Kick a Stupid Brit Day" Hope it helped.

It's nothing but a joke taken out of hand!

Such a reasoned argument pointing out where I am wrong to want the same punishments for those who attack someone for having red hair as for someone who attacks a Jew. What is wrong with that? Surely a person with red hair has the same feelings as a Jewish person. Or do Jews have more rights than the rest of Planet Earth?

As opposed to spending a week round each others houses playing on their Wii's laughing at the idea that kicking a Jew got them a week off school? Giving them a days suspension to cool off then lessons on how their actions can affect others is a much better way than ensuring this doesn't happen again. Being bored to tears in a room they don't want to be in will be a better deterrent than a weeks holiday I assure you.

poor buggers.

S T F U!!!!!

Jewish children in the Diaspora should learn about their heritage,should learn Hebrew,Judaica,SELF-DEFENSE AND MARTIAL ARTS...58 YEARS AGO,GROWING UP IN RIO,I WAS ATTACKED BY THE SCHOOL YARD BULLY.HE THOUGHT HE HAD ANOTHER EASY PRAY TO PUSH TO THE GROUND WITH A "CAPOEIRA" MOVE...I KNEW ABOUT THE DEFENCE TO THIS SPECIFIC MOVE...HE BECAME A CRIPPLE FOR LIFE,AND GAVE UP HIS BULLYING...

We have in NYC "kick a dysfunctional convert Day. Please come to participate

Perfectley adequate punishment which fits the crime.

That's absurd. Give them at least 7 days at home. 1 day in school won't teach them anything. They'll just sit around and laugh

found in America and around the world,they cost a dime a dozen and are plentiful,some are even world leaders and they don't get suspended. Get used to this behaviour,as the economic situation in the wealthy countries worsens,we will see alot more of this and worse by these braindead guttersnipes.

What was the punishment for the anti-Gingerite students?