Tag: Education
Yale antisemitism program names inaugural managing director
Scholar and author Linda Maizels has joined the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism as its inaugural managing director, the university announced on Monday.
“We are so fortunate to have hired someone like Linda, who, first...
Uzbekistan’s textbooks highlight tolerance and Jewish history, report finds
IMPACT-se, an international research institute, based in Israel, released a report on Thursday analyzing the portrayal of Jews, Judaism, Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict in Uzbekistan’s textbooks.
This is the second of a three-part series examining Central...
Reassessing Jewish education amid unprecedented antisemitism
The late Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks once wrote: “To defend a country, you need an army. But to defend a civilization, you need schools.”
In an era of skyrocketing antisemitism, these words resonate more powerfully...
Harvard settles lawsuits, adopts IHRA definition of Jew-hatred
Harvard University has resolved two federal lawsuits alleging antisemitic discrimination on campus with the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Jewish Americans for Fairness in Education.
As part of the agreement,...
Educational changes are key to a peaceful future in the Middle East
The Middle East remains in turmoil, lurching from one crisis to the next.
Israel is fighting a war on seven fronts, primarily against irregular forces under the control of Iran, and against the well-financed, international...
Revised Egyptian textbooks feature ‘greatly improved’ attitudes towards Jews, Israel
Some 20 million Egyptian schoolchildren are studying from revised textbooks that seek to promote peace and tolerance, highlighting for the first time the historic Jewish presence in Egypt, according to a study released on...
Two-thirds of Texans support school vouchers, survey suggests
Roughly two-thirds of adult Texans support school vouchers, which lets parents choose if tax dollars allocated for their children pay for public or private school, according to a new survey conducted by the public affairs schools...
Saudi Arabia removes anti-Israel material from schoolbooks
Saudi Arabia has removed practically all antisemitism and anti-Israel material from its schoolbooks, in a major shift from the past and a harbinger of a better future, a study released Tuesday found.
The study, conducted...
US first lady criticized for comparing Florida law, Nazi Germany
U.S. first lady Jill Biden is drawing criticism for appearing to compare Florida legislation, which she called the “‘Don’t say gay’ law,” with Nazi Germany.
“History teaches us that democracies don’t disappear overnight. They disappear...
‘Campus Reform’: Indiana University under Title VI probe for Jew-hatred
Indiana University-Bloomington, a 204-year-old institution which U.S. News & World Report ranks among the nation's top 75 universities and top 35 public schools, is under investigation for Jew-hatred under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.
The...