My son attends an inner city primary school and is in year 1. As I am Jewish, DH (who is not) and I are bringing him up in the faith, although only loosely. He is the only Jewish child in his school of 600 or so kids; which if I'm honest, does concern me a bit. During bathtime last night, he relayed to DH something that had taken place during a class discussion on religion earlier that day. My DS put up his hand to say that he is Jewish. A little girl subsequently put up her hand to say that her older brother had told her that Jews don't believe in God, which had obviously upset him a little. At first I brushed this aside as nothing, but DH's negative reaction caused me to reflect. I don't think the comment itself is so offensive, but given that the girl is from a devout Muslim background, I think it would be naive to think that there wasn't an anti-semitic sentiment behind it, coming from the girl's brother at least. DH, who works in education, ran it past a couple of heads who both confirmed that they would view it as a 'racist incident', and potentially involve the parents, but I'm not sure I would see that as helpful. I spoke to his class teacher who was sympathetic and didn't try to play down the incident, but said that they had little influence over what happens at home. Should I take this further; and if so, how? TBH, I don't want his Jewishness to become an issue at school.
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