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Witnesses urge Massachusetts to fund K–12, health and police training and to expand diversion options for radicalized youth
Summary
Panels from Parents for Peace and Project Shema urged the Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism to recommend state-funded, standardized training for K–12 teachers, healthcare workers and law enforcement, plus pretrial diversion programs and family supports to prevent radicalization before it becomes criminal conduct.
Chair Simon Cataldo opened the Special Commission’s hearing by previewing circulation of a revised draft report and a planned vote next week. Several witness panels testified that prevention, not only enforcement, should be central to the commission’s final recommendations.
Miriam Nadry Churchill, executive director of Parents for Peace, told commissioners the group has intervened with hundreds of people over a decade and treats “extremism and antisemitism not just [as] a security issue, but a public‑health problem.” She urged the commission to recommend state budget funding for…
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