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Jewish groups sue California school district, alleging antisemitic ethnic-studies curricula

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The Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Committee, Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and Potomac Law Group filed a lawsuit against the Santa Ana Unified School District and its education board late on Friday. The...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom offers an update in San Francisco about the state's progress on the “Kindergarten to College” program, April 26, 2022. Credit: Sheila Fitzgerald/Shutterstock.

‘Too little, too late,’ on keeping antisemitism out of California ethnic studies

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The Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California organized a letter to state leaders in late June decrying antisemitic content that was reportedly finding its way into California’s ethnic-studies curricula, which the state will require...
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Report: ‘Radical roots’ of California ethnic-studies curriculum

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Two radical organizations dominated by “ideological perspectives that are hostile to American democratic ideals” are behind California’s ethnic studies curriculum. The state will require the curriculum starting with the 2030 high school graduating class. That’s...

‘Liberated ethnic studies’ K-12 curricula target Jews, Israel

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A recently released report from the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting and Analysis (CAMERA) takes aim at the push to introduce a divisive ethnic studies curriculum, which paints Jews and Israel in a negative...
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University of California system considers mandatory ethnic-studies requirement

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The University of California higher-education system is considering adding a new admission requirement that will force high school students in the state to learn a controversial and anti-Semitic ethnic-studies curriculum if they want to...
Israeli Ambassador to the United States Michael Herzog (left) in the office of Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), discussing strategic risks to Israel and the bipartisan U.S.-Israel relationship, on March 18, 2022. Source: Facebook.

Gottheimer urges Secretary of Education to monitor ethnic-studies curriculums

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A Jewish member of Congress is calling on U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to hold schools accountable for creating hostile and unsafe environments for Jewish students by implementing anti-Semitic “ethnic studies” curricula in their...
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US Jewish leaders asleep in the face of anti-Israel school curricula

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Massachusetts Jews are facing a storm of institutionalized animus as anti-Israel curricula are spreading to public schools statewide. Jewish leaders in the Bay State know about these developments, but to date have not told...
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San Diego school board modifies resolution calling for ‘unbiased’ materials on Israel

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The San Diego Unified School District’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday approved, though modified, a resolution condemning anti-Semitism that would have also supported “unbiased and politically neutral” classroom materials pertaining to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. In the approved...
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Thousands call on California Gov. Newsom to veto ethnic-studies bill ahead of deadline

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom is being pressured by thousands of Californians to reject a recently passed bill mandating ethnic studies as a high school graduation requirement as his Oct. 10 deadline to sign or...
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Watchdog to legislators: ‘Ethnic-studies bill threatens safety of Jewish students’

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The anti-Semitism watchdog AMCHA Initiative is urging the California Senate Education Committee to vote against a bill that allows high school districts to adopt an anti-Semitic draft of an ethnic-studies curriculum. “Especially now, as violence...