France: Jewish girl forced to leave high school because of persistent anti-Semitic bullying

JTA:

In the city of Avignon north of Marseille, a Jewish girl was forced to leave the Aubanel high school because of persistent anti-Semitic bullying in person, online and by phone, the online edition of the La Provence daily reported Wednesday.

The girl said the bullying began after she told another girl she was Jewish. That girl rallied others against her.

School faculty told the girl’s parents that off-campus bullying was not their jurisdiction, the girl’s mother, identified only as Lea, told the daily.

The parents filed a police complaint. Faculty and security officers talked to the girls’ classmates to no avail, so she switched to another class last month.

The bullying and threats persisted, leading the parents to pull their daughter of school altogether. She currently remains at home until she can find an alternative school.