The Beverly Hills Unified School District will display the Israeli flag in all of its facilities during Jewish Heritage Month starting next year, in an unusual move that split the school board in the ritzy and heavily Jewish enclave within Los Angeles.

School board president Rachelle Marcus voted against the resolution that passed on Tuesday, citing fears that the flag could cause schools to become targets.

Another board member, Amanda Stern, also voted no, arguing that “partisan material,” including national flags, is not appropriate in public school resolutions. “I love Israel, but I don’t think it belongs here,” she said, according to the Los Angeles Times .

But three board members voted yes on the resolution, which included other measures meant to combat antisemitism in local scho

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