NorthJersey.com
The Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey has called on the public to refrain from directing further malice toward a child and the student s family after a Tenafly school project about Adolf Hitler gained infamy online.
In a joint statement from several groups released by the federation on Wednesday, the organization said the project was completed by an 11-year-old student at Maugham Elementary School who has since endured ridicule and harm, which they do not deserve. Social media has sadly played a very negative role in this situation, the federation wrote on its Facebook page. We are aware that the surge in anti-Semitism in the country is troubling and unacceptable, but the vitriol surrounding this incident has been misplaced.