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[quote=Anonymous]I’m jewish. I have a 4th grader (and 2 older kids).  I would have no issue with this assignment. I actually think my son would enjoy it. Our school has a significant number of jewish families so admittedly i might feel a bit differently in another scenario if I worried about anti-semitism. I actually think there is more intolerance of people from muslim countries than anywhere else. I have seen and heard some awful things on the part of adults. I do believe that children do not stereotype about religion as much as adults. Obviously there are exceptions but most kids are genuinely interested in learning about others and are open-minded. My best friend growing up was muslim and it never occured to us that our relationship was anything outside of ordinary until middle school when someone else told us that our friendship was strange. Our relationship continues to this day. I had a group of boys playing here before Christmas and one of them noticed our menorah and asked about it. My son explained he was jewish and about Hanukkah and the other boys responded “cool”. Then one mentioned that he is muslim and doesn’t celebrate Christmas or Hanukkah. The boys didn’t skip a beat and asked him a few questions about islam. . The conversation was very respectful. [/quote]

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