(Jewish Exponent) The Philadelphia Jewish community was roiled in May when a video surfaced of children at a local mosque and community center singing an anti-Semitic song in Arabic at an Umma Day celebration.
Now, the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations has responded to that controversy, detailing the structure of the groups involved, their responses to the incident and future steps planned to prevent a repeat.
After being posted to Facebook on April 22, the video in question was identified and translated by the Middle East Media Research Institute, a watchdog group based in Washington, D.C. Their translation of the song made national headlines and, as a result, Jewish communal leaders called for investigation into the incident.
