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Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 12/3
SVPete:
NYC principal denies request for Holocaust survivor to speak at school: ‘Given his messages’
https://nypost.com/2025/12/02/us-news/nyc-principal-denies-request-for-holocaust-survivor-to-speak-at-school-given-his-messages/
--- Quote ---A Brooklyn middle school principal denied a parent’s request to have a Holocaust survivor speak to students about antisemitism — saying the victim’s pro-Israel views are not appropriate for a public school.
MS 447 Principal Arin Rusch wrote to the parent Nov. 18 claiming Nazi labor camp survivor Sami Steigmann’s opinions would not be “right” for the Boerum Hill school.
“In looking at his website material, I also don’t think that Sami’s presentation is right for our public school setting, given his messages around Israel and Palestine,” Rusch claimed.
“I’d love to explore other speakers,” she said, insisting that lectures about the Holocaust — the Nazis’ slaughter of 6 million Jews during World War II — and combating antisemitism are still welcome.
Steigmann, 85, does not discuss the Israel-Hamas war on his homepage or in his bio.
During some posted online lectures, he makes it clear he’s a proud Jew who supports Israel and the Jewish state’s right to defend itself from enemies such as Hamas.
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Rusch doesn't want her students to hear about antisemitism because of Steigmann's views on a topic about which he would not speak. Sounds like she is what he would speak about!
SVPete:
With Shake Shack's exit, SF's most troubled mall is down to 1 restaurant
https://www.sfgate.com/food/article/shake-shake-exits-sf-troubled-mall-21219390.php?utm_campaign=trueanthem%2B3984&utm_medium=social&utm_source=instagram
--- Quote ---One of the last remaining strongholds of San Francisco Centre near Union Square is closing its doors for good.
Shake Shack, the burger joint located in the basement food court at 845 Market St., is closing permanently on Dec. 18, according to a Nov. 25 WARN filing to state labor officials.
The closure eliminates 26 jobs and leaves just one remaining restaurant — Panda Express — inside what was once San Francisco’s biggest and most lucrative mall. San Francisco Centre has been hemorrhaging tenants since the summer, which saw the departure of at least six food vendors.
According to the notice, the closure was prompted by the sale of the building and the new owner’s requirement that all tenants vacate the premises. All 26 employees impacted by the closure have been offered continued employment with no break in service, the same title, and the same rate of pay at nearby Shake Shack locations, the notice stated.
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San Francisco Centre has been slowly dying as both "anchors" and other stores and restaurants left due to unimpeded shoplifting, the risk of violence, and Sacred Homeless harassing shoppers and assaulting shoppers' olfactory senses.
SSG Snuggle Bunny:
--- Quote from: enslaved1 on December 03, 2025, 10:59:19 AM ---ChatGPT is down worldwide, conversations disappeared for users
Darn, looks like it's fixed already. Wonder how many DUmp flies "girlfriends" weren't talking to them earler :rofl:
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