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"Kill Every Last Jew": Students' Vile Holocaust Posts Rock Prestigious NJ High School
Four freshmen at Manalapan High School face consequences over disturbing antisemitic social media posts mocking Holocaust victims, prompting emergency response and parent protests.
A prestigious New Jersey high school is facing a crisis after four freshmen were identified as the authors of horrifying antisemitic social media posts that included graphic threats of violence and mocked the Holocaust. The incident has sent shockwaves through the largely Jewish Monmouth County community, prompting an emergency response from school officials and demanding action from parents.
The freshmen at Manalapan High School allegedly shared the venomous messages over the weekend on Snapchat and Instagram. According to reports in U.S. media, the posts contained a pledge to “kill every last Jew” and discussed dressing up for Halloween as both Adolf Hitler and Holocaust victims.
The disturbing content also included callous references to the gas chambers, with one message reading: “i filled my vape w the gas from the holocaust so i’m smoking all dead opps [sic].”
Parents Demand Accountability
After the messages circulated beyond the students' private group, school officials were forced to convene an emergency meeting. The incident drew dozens of furious parents to a school board session on Thursday evening, all demanding transparency and accountability.
Parent Tarra Premisler, who saw the posts herself, recounted the sickening details:
“[They said] they should dress up as shoeless children from the Holocaust, and one of the children, one of the other girls... said that she wants to fill one of the other girl's vapes with the smoke from the gas chamber. And they said they should kill us all."
Education Efforts 'Are Not Enough'
The posts have led to sharp criticism of current anti-hate and Holocaust education programs.
Beth Katz Nelson, a parent and the grandchild of Holocaust survivors who serves as the deputy director of the Yad Vashem USA Foundation, stated plainly that the incident is a clear sign that current efforts “are not enough.”
Superintendent Dr. Nicole Hazel of the Freehold Regional High School District addressed the gravity of the situation, condemning the messages and assuring the community that the district is “taking immediate action.”
Hazel stressed the necessity of education in combating this level of hate:
“Hate to the level of what appeared in those messages is not created in a vacuum… it demands education.”
While the district is bound by privacy laws and declined to release specific details about the disciplinary actions taken, parents at the emotional board meeting pressured officials to bolster security, ensure stronger consequences, and dramatically strengthen their response to the surge in hate speech.