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Podcast: North Star with Ellin Bessner
Episode: 'I was gaslit continuously': Alexandra Lulka Rotman speaks out about her antisemitism battle with Toronto's school board
Description: In December 2021, at a Toronto District School Board meeting, Alexandra Lulka Rotman made a rare public statement after being accused by the TDSB of breaking their code of conduct. The story began in May, 2021, when a pro-Palestinian TDSB staff member sent out teaching materials that linked to sources supporting anti-Israel terrorist activities, including suicide bombings. Lulka Rotman subsequently spoke out against those materials—and wound up the subject of an internal TDSB report labelling her Islamophobic, and suggesting she be censured.
Since then, that TDSB meeting in December was the only time she spoke openly about the fi...