Education
The chair of the committee wrote to the leaders of three schools about what he called their “failures to address antisemitism, as required under Title VI.”
Every Friday before Shabbat, children would drop coins into a blue box, which became a symbol of education in Zionism and building the land.
The 1948 destruction of the Irgun ship is politically contentious to this day.
Rep. Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) wrote: “The plans set forth in NEA’s handbook raise serious concerns that antisemitism has infected the nation’s largest teachers’ union.”
The group “has normalized extremist ideologies and left Jewish students and faculty more vulnerable” to campus Jew-hatred, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, of the AMCHA Initiative, told JNS.
“The Trump administration will not allow Jewish life to be pushed into the shadows,” stated Craig Trainor, assistant secretary for civil rights.
A member petition reached the 10% signature threshold, triggering a special meeting to discuss the adoption of such a resolution.
David Bernstein, of the North American Values Institute, told JNS that the statement is “heartening” but also a missed opportunity, as it neglects to decry diversity programs.
“We must counter the darkness and hate with education and light,” said Rabbi Moishy Kalmenson of Chabad Rockwall in Texas.
The department told JNS that it used tags like “USSR” even though “the USSR does not exist anymore.”
“Given Pakistan’s prominent regional role, its nuclear status, and large percentage of young people, this curriculum has far-reaching consequences,” said IMPACT-se CEO Marcus Sheff.
The Iranian missile-damaged Weizmann Institute leads Israeli institutions in the 2025 Shanghai Ranking.
