Family & Education
Children – and parents – encouraged to clean up their speech
Seed and GIFT are running a project in 70 schools and organisations
February 20, 2024 08:31
By, Gaby Wine
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Seed and GIFT are running a project in 70 schools and organisations
February 20, 2024 08:31By, Gaby Wine
Children – and their parents – are being encouraged to choose their words carefully in an initiative which aims to counter the “negative rhetoric pervading our society”.
The Clean Speech Project, spearheaded by Seed and GIFT, is working with over 1,300 people in 70 communal organisations and schools, raising awareness of the Jewish laws of loshon hora, which literally means “negative speech”, sometimes interpreted as “gossip”.
The Clean Speech Project is running in 70 schools and organisations (Photo: Seed/GIFT)[Missing Credit]
Rabbi Daniel Fine, director of education at Seed, said: “In a time where negative rhetoric pervades our society, promoting unity and positivity within our community is more crucial than ever.
