The rabbi said a social media post and a statement from the Simon Wiesenthal Center are responsible for narratives that circulated Thursday, stating that men boarded the bus and shouted slurs and threats at the children.
School buses waiting for students outside a West Rogers Park school on Nov.11, 2022.at on their school bus near West Rogers Park was not an act of antisemitism, the school’s CEO Rabbi Menachem Levine said Friday.
On Wednesday, Levine said when the students shouted at the same group of people again, a person in the group motioned for the bus to stop. The bus driver opened the door, “which they shouldn’t have done,” and primarily one bystander screamed and “cursed” at the kids, he said.Levine said there is one parent who said her son thought the men made a Nazi salute as the bus was driving away.The children were reasonably shaken up, Levine said.
On Friday, the Simon Wiesenthal Center updated its statement, explaining why they released it. According to the update, the center’s report was verified by two parents and police officials investigating the student allegations.Chicago Tribune editors' top story picks, delivered to your inbox each afternoon.“We were told this was a hate crime,” the center stated in the update. “Later in the day, the school released a statement refuting what the children had reported.
The school also issued a statement to parents and staff Friday clarifying that footage showed it was an “unfortunate bus incident,” not one involving hate or threats.
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