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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]no one wants tp talk about sela?!  DCUM gets some schools wrong, and this is one (Bannaker is another).[/quote]

There are so few students there it is easy to overlook. [/quote]

NP. There are few students at SS and their is a 4 page thread about that. In fact, they are saying they scored so low because it's a small school. Well, SELA managed to pull it off.

Congrats SELA!!! Well done is such short amount of time. [/quote]

No one talks about SELA because so few people want their kids learning Hebrew. Talk about a useless language.[/quote]

SELA will never receive the kudos it deserves because of the ignorance and undercurrent of antisemitism on this site.  [/quote]

I'm Jewish, and turned down a spot at Sela for my kid a couple of years ago because I don't think fluency in conversational Hebrew is all that useful. We're still sending our children to Hebrew school on the weekends. I assure you, it's not anti-Semitism that motivated my skepticism about the school's mission.[/quote]

I still find it so bizarre that Sela is 70%+ black.[/quote]

Why?  It’s a good school in a predominantly black neighborhood. Also, the brain benefits of bilingualism are about more then learning a functional skill.

I find the obsession this board has with Sela to have its roots in antisemitism. I’m not Jewish or a Sela parent I just find the tone DC parents have towards Sela to be odd.  Irrationally negative.

I wish them nothing but the best and am glad that they provide a good education to our city’s children. [/quote]

Agreed. [b]Not a Sela parent, but I've seen enough anti-semitic remarks on this forum when the school is mentioned. Like a PP said, it's an undercurrent, and it's very discouraging to see.[/b] I think it's great for kids to learn a language not of their own culture. It's encouraging to see the cross cultural bridges being built. And think of the college admissions and professional opportunities these children will one day have by being non-Jewish or even non-white children who learned Hebrew! Definitely something to stand out on college and job applications.[/quote]

And how do you know it's not anti-Zionist rather than antisemitism? I'm not Jewish but my husband is and we celebrate Jewish holidays. I've been to and worked in Israel. The issue with Hebrew is, in Israel it's a matter of actively discouraging English learning. I feel like a few Israelis brought their Zionist views here and started the school. It's not a kind of innocent lets celebrate world languages and history thing. Oh, no. [/quote]

Whackadoodle. Learning English is not actively discouraged in English in Israel in any form or fashion. While not an official language, kids learn English from third grade on. Sela was not started by Israelis - it's founding group is Jewish-American and African American, who perhaps believe Israel has a right to exist - but are hardly apparatchiks. At least one of their founding members is active in Peace Now. Sela is exactly about celebrating word language and history - even uniformed trolls persist in demonizing the school for reasons unknown. [/quote]

Get to know Hebrew Public, the nonprofit that helped start Sela and other Hebrew charter schools. Look at who funds it and why.

And if you want to boost Sela, why don't you start a new thread.
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