Appellate court ruling can make Jewish education more accessible Short of a lottery win, there wasn’t a way for us to keep him in a Jewish day school while servicing his behavioral and emotional needs. Zev Hurwitz Dec. 4, 2024
California ethnic-studies faculty label Jews ‘highly funded lobby groups’ Ninety-nine groups came together to condemn the bigoted correspondence. Sept. 20, 2023
California’s ethnic-studies mandate cannot be fixed The Jewish groups that welcomed a letter from Gov. Gavin Newsom about avoiding bigotry are betraying the community. The courses are an invitation to antisemitism. Jonathan S. Tobin Sept. 1, 2023
California court fight begins for parents wanting funds for special needs “Loffman v. California Department of Education” challenges state law preventing financial support for certain students at religious schools. July 19, 2023
San Diego school board modifies resolution calling for ‘unbiased’ materials on Israel “While language about teaching the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was removed from the original version, district policy still requires such topics to be covered in an unbiased way,” stated StandWithUs CEO Roz Rothstein. Jacob Kamaras Oct. 27, 2021
Thousands call on California Gov. Newsom to veto ethnic-studies bill ahead of deadline The California legislature recently voted to advance the controversial AB 101; the governor has until Oct. 10 to take action regarding it. Oct. 1, 2021
A new Israel-hating curriculum is coming to California school districts The curriculum authors, who define Zionism as “a nationalist, colonial ideology,” claim that Israel’s “settler colonialism” has “pedagogical importance.” David Bernstein and Pamela Paresky Aug. 17, 2021
Watchdog to legislators: ‘Ethnic-studies bill threatens safety of Jewish students’ California bill AB 101 would make ethnic-studies courses a high school graduation requirement and allow school districts to adopt any ethnic-studies curriculum. July 15, 2021
1,000 Californians petition Jewish Caucus to oppose ethnic-studies mandate The bill, AB 101, allows for the use of the rejected, “inflammatory and overtly anti-Semitic” first draft of the curriculum. May 21, 2021
