SOME students think of one ritzy Manhat tan private school as Jihad Prep. It's where the Gaza Strip meets the Upper West Side, bisecting a classroom at exclusive York Prep - where some 340 students, grades six through 12, pay annual tuition up to a staggering $32,100.
Students also are asked to define "Bedouin, caravan, Mecca, Ka'aba, Koraish, revelation, Koran, Allah and Islam. There will be a brief quiz."
One boy grew upset when he heard the teacher say the Koran was the "word of God." Schlesinger, however, insisted to me that those words don't reflect her personal beliefs. "Muslims believe it," she told me.
But the course does not include the study of other religions, such as Christianity and Judaism. Nor does it contain the Old and New Testaments.
"I'm teaching that we should all get along," Schlesinger said. "History is about trying to understand and live in the world,"
I thought history was about learning the facts. Silly me.
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