Autistic visibly Jewish student has swastika carved in back

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The family of an autistic Jewish high school student who had a swastika carved on his back in a cruel antisemitic attack by classmates is suing his Las Vegas school.

The abused teen and his mom, identified only as S.K. and C.K. in court papers, claim the Clark County School District not only failed to protect the 18-year-old, but dropped the ball on providing him a proper education.

“At the outset, the district failed to provide [the student] a safe school environment that was free from harassment, intimidation and bullying,” according to the complaint filed Nov. 13 with the Nevada Department of Special Education.

“Specifically, on March 9, 2023, [the student] came home from school with a swastika physically carved into his back and the service dog bag was broken and re-sewn,” it said. “[He] refused to enter that specific bathroom after that day. The district denied any knowledge of the incident occurring.”

The teen has since been homeschooled.

“This horrific act against a defenseless Jewish student is a stark reminder of the deeply rooted issue of antisemitism that persists in our society,” Ziporah Reich, director of litigation at the Lawfare Project, which filed the complaint, said in a statement.

According to the complaint, the district has also failed to provide the student with a proper education under the Individuals with Disability Education Improvement Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act, despite his years in the schools.

The school bathroom assault predated the spike in antisemitic incidents at schools and college campuses throughout the country in the wake of the Oct. 7 assault on Israel by radical Hamas terrorists and the subsequent military response from the Jewish state in the Gaza Strip.