When security is the norm, even for our kids
For many Jewish communities, security at schools and synagogues has become routine. But the normalisation is horrifying.
I was driving past a local school the other day. As I sat idle, waiting for the traffic light to turn green, I watched a teacher walk through the playground.
A thought crossed my mind.
At a Jewish school, you’d never be able to see a teacher walk through the playground. You’d never see climbing equipment and swings, hopscotch markings or tennis courts. Because our children are surrounded by fences with metal criss-crossed in a diamond pattern so you can’t see through the gaps. Fences so high, with spikes on top, that people can’t climb over them.
They high-five and wave to armed security guards when they walk through those gates.
And nothing, I repeat, nothing has changed since I was a kid walking or driving into my school. The same school my children attend now.
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