Sender of anti-Semitic texts to N.M. classmate is suspended
Jewish Journal
May 29, 2012
A New Mexico high school student was suspended for sending hundreds of anti-Semitic text messages to a Jewish classmate.
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bully
Opinion: Bullying and the house of horrors
Jewish Journal
April 18, 2012
The shocking news came over the Passover holiday. Five young men, all Jews, were found in a basement, bound together nearly naked, covered in welts and smeared with honey, hot sauce and flour. When they were rescued, the victims were shivering and described as having “horrified and fearful looks on their faces.” Where was this house of horrors?
Letters to the Editor: ‘Bully,’ Wall Street, Tom Tugend’s award
Jewish Journal
March 29, 2012
Thank you for bringing so much attention to the important issue of bullying (“The Battle to Get ‘Bully’ Seen by Those Who Need It Most,” March 23).
‘Bully’ documentary to land in theaters unrated
Jewish Journal
March 26, 2012
The Weinstein Co. on Monday said it has decided to release its documentary \”Bully\” without a U.S. film rating after failing to persuade the Motion Picture Association of America to change to one that is less restrictive.
The battle to get ‘Bully’ seen by those who need it most
Danielle Berrin
March 21, 2012
At Sioux City Middle School in Iowa, 12-year-old Alex Libby is the odd-man-out. Seen by his peers as different, he has golden hair, gentle eyes, a wide, flat nose and permanently puckered lips. Together, they might seem to express something both pouty and vulnerable, sweet and sad. Kids are not so kind. “People call me fish face,” he blankly tells the camera in the new documentary “Bully” by filmmaker Lee Hirsch. “I don’t mind.”
Q&A with an expert on bullying
Danielle Berrin
March 21, 2012
Ron Avi Astor, the Richard M. and Ann L. Thor Professor in Urban Social Development at USC, has been studying the epidemiology of school violence for nearly 30 years. In 1997, he moved his family to Jerusalem for one year to run the first-ever large-scale comprehensive school violence survey in Israel, with his partner, Hebrew University of Jerusalem professor Rami Benbenishty.
How to tame your bully
Jewish Journal
July 22, 2011
In the dictionary, a bully is defined as “a blustering, quarrelsome, overbearing person who habitually badgers and intimidates smaller or weaker people.” It sounds likes an accurate definition, but it’s not absolutely true. Sure, there is always the stereotypical, all muscle and no brains guy walking around punching lockers and dunking kids in trash cans. And every school has the beautiful yet snobby rich girl who cheats on tests and calls everyone insulting names.
Bullying of LGBTQ teens discussed at NCJW event
Ryan Torok
June 1, 2011
During a panel discussion at the National Council of Jewish Women’s (NCJW) Los Angeles office in April, education experts highlighted the pervasiveness of bullying in schools, saying a disproportionate number of gay and lesbian students are victims.
‘Beat the Jew’ high school to get tolerance education
Jewish Journal
November 1, 2010
A high school where a group of students played a highway chase game called \”Beat the Jew\” will study a new tolerance curriculum.
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