{"id":202739,"date":"2026-04-19T20:06:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202739\/"},"modified":"2026-04-19T20:06:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T20:06:11","slug":"ugly-antisemitic-act-taints-nys-tony-scarsdale-hs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/202739\/","title":{"rendered":"Ugly antisemitic act taints NY&#8217;s tony Scarsdale HS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Flyers posted by tony Scarsdale High School\u2019s Israel Culture Club were torn down and dumped in school bathroom urinals in an ugly act of antisemitism, according to local officials and parents.<\/p>\n<p>The disturbing incident \u2014 which occurred in a Westchester County town that boasts one of the country\u2019s wealthiest and highest-rated public-school systems \u2014 unfolded Friday when flyers promoting the group\u2019s upcoming \u201cIsraelfest\u201d were trashed in the local high school\u2019s bathrooms as well as online.<\/p>\n<p>Scarsdale school-board member James Dugan denounced the loaded vandalism online.<\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39134138\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/scarsdale-high-school-1057-125987029.jpg\" alt=\"Scarsdale High School at 1057 Post Rd, Scarsdale, NY 10583.\" class=\"wp-image-39134138\"  \/>Scarsdale school officials are investigating an antisemitic incident at the local high school. Google Maps<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecent events have provided a profound teaching moment for me as a parent and have impacted me and my family,\u201d he said. \u201cAs a parent I will focus on healing my family. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut as a school board member, my focus will continue to be on our students, our schools, and our education program.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to district parents, Scarsdale High School Principal Kenneth Bonamo said the Israeli club\u2019s flyers were torn off walls, with many hurled into boy\u2019s room urinals, while an Instagram post promoting Israelfest prompted \u201cvulgar\u201d comments, including by a non-student. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:0.6484375;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"39134137\" width=\"383\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/james-c-dugan-president-scarsdale-125988065.jpg\" alt=\"James C. Dugan, president of The Scarsdale Board of Education, wearing a suit and an orange tie.\" class=\"wp-image-39134137\"  \/>Scarsdale school-board member James Dugan called the disturbing incident a \u201cprofound teaching moment.\u201d Scarsdale Public Schools<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese behaviors are unacceptable and more broadly should be disturbing to the entire school community for the intolerance they represent,\u201d Bonamo wrote. \u201cPlease be assured that we take these concerns to heart as we work to uphold our standards of conduct and community values.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He said some in the New York school community complained that the map of Israel on the club\u2019s flyer included \u201cdisputed territories as part of the State of Israel\u201d but said that was no excuse for the vandalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is a core conflict in this debate, one that is worthy of exploration in civil discourse,\u201d Bonamo said. \u201cBut responding in this way is still no appropriate.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Scarsdale Superintendent of Schools Drew Patrick addressed the incident in a separate letter to parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live in a time of rising antisemitism, political polarization and a degraded civil discourse,\u201d Patrick said. \u201cI want the community to know that we take these complex challenged seriously and work to confront them every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Flyers posted by tony Scarsdale High School\u2019s Israel Culture Club were torn down and dumped in school bathroom&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":202740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[3862,57,9,11,10,209,80306,5271,58,1628],"class_list":{"0":"post-202739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-antisemitism","9":"tag-metro","10":"tag-new-york","11":"tag-new-york-headlines","12":"tag-new-york-news","13":"tag-public-schools","14":"tag-scarsdale","15":"tag-schools","16":"tag-us-news","17":"tag-westchester-county"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=202739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/202739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/202740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=202739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=202739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=202739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}