Israel’s Education Ministry has rejected
a request to include a novel about a romance between a Jew and an Arab in the
high school curriculum, reportedly because of concerns it could encourage
assimilation.
Teachers had requested the
book Borderlife be included in the Ministry’s reading
list but its content was deemed unfit for high school students.
The Israeli daily Haaretz quoted a letter written by education
official Dalia Fenig as saying the book shouldn’t be included because teens
cannot grasp the “significance of assimilation.”
Reason
not specified
In a statement on Thursday,
the Ministry did not specify the reasons the book was rejected, saying only
that the decision was made after weighing “advantages and disadvantages.”
The Ministry’s high school
reading list currently includes a novel about a romance between a Jew and an
Arab.
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