Citing safety concerns, the superintendent of the Beverly Hills Unified School District froze a plan Thursday to fly the Israeli flag at school campuses for one month every year.

The district’s Board of Education voted 3-2 on Tuesday to display the Israeli flag during the month of May each year to mark Jewish Heritage Month. The measure was part of a resolution aimed at combating antisemitism with a mix of Holocaust education, lessons on Jewish history and remembrance of the Oct. 7, 2023, Hamas attacks on Israel.

The move was met with opposition from some who worried that it appeared to favor one religion, and one nation currently engaged in a war in Gaza in which many Palestinian civilians have been killed.

In a statement Thursday, BHUSD Superintendent Alex Cherniss said that “in lig

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