Cody J. Weaver

"𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩."

Not unlike some of our Plano Independent School District classrooms. The survivors used to show up at Plano Senior HS, when my wife was a student. Now they are not even invited... soon, unfortunately, there will be none left to tell their story.

The cruel irony is, we have run out of people who would listen before we ran out of people who could warn them.

𝐀 𝐇𝐎𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐓 𝐒𝐔𝐑𝐕𝐈𝐕𝐎𝐑 𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐊𝐄 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐇𝐎𝐎𝐋. 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒 𝐖𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐅𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐒 𝐀 ’𝐉𝐄𝐖𝐈𝐒𝐇 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍’ 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐄.

At Australia's Royal Commission into antisemitism, a Tasmanian teacher — not Jewish herself — described something that should stop everyone cold.

A Holocaust survivor had visited her school for years to share his story. In 2024, it went differently. A room of grade-10 students turned 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐞, brushing aside his testimony about the Holocaust to interrogate him about Israel — and, she said, 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐫.

One elderly survivor against a whole classroom. He grew defensive, she recalled, while just “trying his best to educate students.”

Then the part that's truly sick. Parents called afterward — 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐳𝐞, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴,” the teacher testified. “𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘩𝘺 𝘢 𝘑𝘦𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴.”

This is the same country where students have carved swastikas into desks and thrown N**i salutes in the hallways — and where the adults raising them are angry at the Jew, not at the hate.

𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐮𝐩.

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Our State Senator, Angela Paxton, recently received an update regarding the antisemitism allegation against Plano Independent School District. State Senators are not updated on TEA investigations unless there is something substantial to discuss. I am encouraged by Senator Paxton's public show of support for the Plano ISD Jewish Community and Jewish students across Texas. We do not tolerate racism in public schools, so why would we treat antisemitism differently? This is about keeping students safe and holding accountable those educators who allow antisemitism to go unchecked. Thank you, Senator Paxton!

Please recite a psalm for my College Rabbi’s Son. He is fighting for his life in the wake of today’s horrific terrorist attack on the Jewish community of Australia.

Yossi Lazaroff 👍 (@AggieRabbi) on X

Thank you to our partners at Dallas Police Department, Shomer Texas, and all of our law enforcement and security partners for keeping our community safe in this elevated threat environment.

Dallas police on high alert following Australia shooting, start of Hanukkah Dallas police say they are assessing and enhancing safety measures after an attack on a Hanukkah celebration in Australia.

I applaud these candidates. They are not politicians. They are men of integrity who are willing to speak up for parents and students. We are fortunate to have great candidates running in Collin County. My only question is, where are our local and county elected officials on this? 🦗🤫🤫🤫🦗

George B. Flint
Woody Huffines for Collin County Commissioner Pct 4
Matt Thorsen For Texas House District 67
Jeff Forrester for Texas House of Representatives HD-89