An Ohio school board member resigned after pro-Nazi and Holocaust-denial posts came to light.
That is not just “controversial.”
It is disqualifying.
But this cannot be treated as one isolated problem.
Antisemitism does not always begin with open praise for Hitler. It also grows in environments where exclusionary theology is normalized, where “us vs. them” religious worldviews are treated as harmless, and where public institutions become too comfortable with sectarian movements that divide people into the saved and the unsaved, the right believers and everyone else.
That is why this conversation matters far beyond one resignation.
Groups like LifeWise Academy, Bible2School, Good News Club, and FCA are not all the same organization. But they do operate within the same broader evangelical ecosystem, one centered on conversion, biblical “truth” claims, and gaining access to children and students in or around public schools.
To be clear: that does not mean every Christian, every church, or every one of these groups is explicitly antisemitic.
But it does mean we should be honest about the risk.
Christian teaching has a long history of reinforcing anti-Jewish tropes when Jews, Judaism, or Pharisees are portrayed carelessly as villains, hypocrites, or spiritual foils. That history is real. And when sectarian curriculum is brought close to public schools, those risks matter.
Public schools should not wait until hate becomes undeniable before taking ideology seriously.
And they should not be giving legitimacy, access, or cover to religious movements that can help normalize exclusionary worldviews in the first place.
Jewish students, families, educators, and communities deserve better than outrage after the fact.
They deserve vigilance before hate gets a foothold.
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