NEVER AGAIN BEGINS WITH EDUCATION! Sign, share, attend Board of Education Meetings! Get Involved!
THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED JEWISH AMERICAN HERITAGE EDUCATION!
Yesterday, I spent nearly the entire day at NYU Langone undergoing screenings and medical appointments as a cancer survivor. Meanwhile, I was being attacked online for advocating for our Jewish American Heritage Month petition.
Why the Israeli flag on my profile? Why bring religion into schools? Why supposedly try to convert children to Judaism? Nobody needs it, go home and study it yourself! Some comments were outright hateful and threatening. This is precisely why EDUCATION matters!
Jewish American Heritage Month is about our HISTORY, not RELIGION! It’s about combating antisemitism, racism, and ignorance through education.
My mother survived a Nazi ghetto. I experienced systemic antisemitism in schools, universities, and employment before coming to America as a political refugee.
Do you really think I came this far to surrender to hatred? No ! I will continue fighting for my dream — for us, for our future generations.
I still believe just like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s and I still for a long time I have had a dream about racial equality, freedom and justice for all, that stigma that Jews have horns will be no more! That 1938 will be no more!
Our petition started 09/18/25, signed by 800+ supporters (and still growing), was presented and our Goal #1 "Recognition of Jewish American Heritage Month of May like NYC schools" was approved by a 6-0-3 vote during the last FLBOE meeting on October 30, 2025. Watch & Share the official FAIR LAWN BOE MEETING - LIVE STREAM start at 2h20m
But despite its significance, JAHM has yet to be incorporated into the curriculum of Fair Lawn schools.
Our Goal #2 remains. We have respectfully requested and awaiting a response from "the Superintendent to incorporate appropriate activities to celebrate JAHM of May and to officially implement it in our curriculum, in accordance with 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Legislation 18A:35-4.36a and in compliance with NJ DOE: “It’s more than a month; it’s about integrating Jewish American Heritage Month (May) into K–12 Social Studies.”
This petition will stay active until our final goal is achieved. We encourage everyone to keep contacting the decision makers and let them know why this matters to you and our community. Every message helps us move one step closer to lasting change.
FLBOE boardmembers@fairlawnschools.org
Dr. Rui Dionisio, Superintendent of Fair Lawn Schools rdionisio@fairlawnschools.org
SIGN & SHARE this petition link to show your support for a diverse and inclusive education that honors Jewish American Heritage Month in our schools.
Let’s teach our students together at school and home that inclusion and respect begin with understanding — and that every child, regardless of background, truly belongs.
Get involved and show you support in person during FLBOE meetings
Next is today October 29, 2026*++ Thanks to Marcy Reiz Running for Fair Lawn BoE for posting PSA FOR MEETING and thanks for your courage, for speaking up in your suppport for our petition during Oct 30, 2025 FL BOE meeting, and for defending us against antesemetic and bullying attacks on social media.
Everyone, If you're unable to attend, you may send a comment on the Google Drive tonight. It will be read during public comment at the meeting.
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