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State Senate approves Holocaust education bill

The state Senate has unanimously approved legislation to require Holocaust and genocide education in Connecticut high schools.  State Senator Toni Boucher said the fact that incidents of racism and anti-Semitism still happen, including in her district, are why the bill is important.  Boucher referring to several swastikas found spray painted throughout Ridgefield.  Boucher Co-Chairs the legislature’s Education Committee.  The organization "Voices of Hope" testified that anti-Semitic incidents increased by 57 percent during 2017, and that incidents in kindergarten through 12th grade nearly doubled for the second year in a row.  Boucher believes one of the reasons incidents are on the rise is because of a lack of knowledge about the Holocaust and the terror and racism the Swastika symbolizes. The bill now moves to the House for a vote.

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