Pride & Prejudice

Not in Heaven · Jun 15, 2023 · 40m

In early May 2023, a number of parents whose children attend Bialik Hebrew Day School in Toronto wrote an open letter to the school claiming that the institution's "sweeping effort" to introduce gender-identity topics (swapping haggadah references of "sons" to "children", for example) is "unacceptable and cannot be tolerated." The letter-writer states that a significant number of parents are "opposed to the unilateral imposition of a gender identity curriculum."

The stage of this relatively polite battle of ideas is the most secular Jewish elementary school in Toronto, indicating that debates…