An ousted New York high school girl’s basketball coach is facing scrutiny after his players shouted antisemitic slurs during a game against their Jewish opponents.
This week, a high school girls’ basketball game in Yonkers faced abrupt cancellation after players from Roosevelt High School uttered antisemitic slurs towards their opponents from The Leffell School— a private Jewish school in Hartsdale.
Former Roosevelt High School coach Bryan Williams said that he did an “excellent job with those girls” during his three-year tenure with the team despite one of his players allegedly yelling, “I support Hamas, you f–king Jew,” to the opposing team.
Williams said he warned his team to “act appropriately” since they’d be playing against a Jewish team.
Senior Leffel player Robin Bosworth described the escalation she and her teammates experienced, claiming the opposing team began shouting “Free Palestine” alongside other antisemitic slurs and curses.
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“I have played a sport every athletic season throughout my high school career, and I have never experienced this kind of hatred directed at one of my teams before,” Bosworth said.
Security escorted the Leffell School players off the court after coaches called a timeout and decided to cancel the game due to the hostile environment the Jewish team was enduring.
Yonkers Public School District and the city’s mayor, Mike Spano, stated they “sincerely apologize,” calling the antisemitic epithets “painful and offensive.” They announced that an investigation is underway and that they are considering disciplining players, followed by counseling and training in response to the incident.
Due to the rise in antisemitic hate since the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel, it is surprising the incident has flown under the radar with mainstream media.
One theory: perhaps it is because a group of Black players attacked white Jewish girls. On the contrary, if it were the other way around, liberal news outlets would be all over the story. But because it is minorities against white people, the media chooses to ignore it.
