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LOCAL Kaiserman JCC
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CEO Alan Scher
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LOCAL Professor Rejects
Award from
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She says institute
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Volume 134
Number 33
Published Weekly Since 1887
Central Bucks
Parents Worry About
Antisemitism JARRAD SAFFREN | JE STAFF
About 50 Jewish parents in the Central
Bucks School District are worried about
what they see as antisemitic comments
made at recent school board meetings.

Th ose parents are talking in private
about statements made by board members
and other parents. All of them have taken
place within the past year, the parents
said. Last school year, as buildings reopened,
board members and other parents made
exaggerated comparisons between COVID
restrictions, like masking, and Nazi Party
policies in 1930s Germany. Some of the
comments were made on Facebook, too.

Also last school year, some students and
parents lobbied the board to give students
off for Diwali, the Hindu lunar new year
holiday that occurs each fall. During
public discussion about which holidays the
district gives off for, board member Leigh
Vlasblom said the following, reported
See Antisemitism, Page 12
Elizabeth Bloom, owner of Home Grown, partners with Marlyn Schiff and other Haverford
businesses. Courtesy of Elizabeth Bloom
Small Business Saturday
About More Than Money
SASHA ROGELBERG | JE STAFF
THIS SMALL BUSINESS SATURDAY,
area Jewish-owned businesses are
concerned with more than just good deals
and discounted products.

Between the growing convenience of
online shopping and Black Friday sales
from big-box retailers, small businesses
are looking for ways to edge out compe-
tition from the likes of Walmart and
Amazon. “Jeff Bezos doesn’t need any more
money. Th e small business around
the corner from you defi nitely does
to survive,” said Tina Dixon Spence,
founder and owner of Philadelphia child
clothing boutique Buddha Babe. “Th is
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