Shylock boycott sends school down league
paisley_cross @ Sat Mar 01, 2008 7:35 am
I wonder if this will catch on? Refusing to answer questions on a school exam on the grounds of principle.
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Shylock boycott sends school down league
A Jewish school plummeted down the national league table after pupils refused to answer questions on Shakespeare because they believe he was anti-Semitic.
Nine girls at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School in Stamford Hill, north London, were given no marks for their national curriculum Shakespeare tests as a result of their protest.
The school's ranking fell from first to 274th in this year's table measuring the progress of pupils between the ages of 11 and 14.
Rabbi Abraham Pinter, the principal, said he was proud that the girls were prepared to face the consequences of their beliefs.
The view of Shakespeare as anti-Semitic stems from his portrayal of the money lender Shylock in The Merchant of Venice....
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A Jewish school plummeted down the national league table after pupils refused to answer questions on Shakespeare because they believe he was anti-Semitic.
Nine girls at the Yesodey Hatorah Senior Girls School in Stamford Hill, north London, were given no marks for their national curriculum Shakespeare tests as a result of their protest.
The school's ranking fell from first to 274th in this year's table measuring the progress of pupils between the ages of 11 and 14.
Rabbi Abraham Pinter, the principal, said he was proud that the girls were prepared to face the consequences of their beliefs.
The view of Shakespeare as anti-Semitic stems from his portrayal of the money lender Shylock in The Merchant of Venice....
(more)
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