Kazakhstan textbooks offer positive portrayal of Judaism The curricula in Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan also present sympathetic views of Jews and their religion. JNS Staff April 10, 2025
Palestinian school curriculum glorifies violence, violating pledges to reform “Palestinian classrooms remain a breeding ground for extremism, with new educational materials reinforcing the same old dangerous narratives,” study finds. Etgar Lefkovits March 25, 2025
Azerbaijani textbooks show increasing support for Israel, respect for Jews New textbooks attribute the Israeli-Palestinian conflict’s roots to Arab rejection of the 1947 U.N. Partition Plan. JNS Staff Feb. 14, 2025
Changes to Syrian curriculum a harbinger of Islamification plans Syrian Education Minister Nazir al-Qadiri had said proposed revisions are limited to “inaccuracies” in Islamic education; a 50-page report reveals that they are far more extensive. JNS Staff Feb. 11, 2025
Planned changes to Syria’s education curriculum raise concerns in the West Proposed changes include the explicit mention of “Jews and Christians” as those who are “damned and have gone astray.” JNS Staff Jan. 9, 2025
Polish textbooks improve but retain antisemitic themes A fifth-grade history textbook presents Jews as "merciless." JNS Staff Dec. 18, 2024
‘Judaism believes violence and war are necessary,’ according to Irish textbooks Jewish students switching schools as investigation reveals antisemitic content in educational materials. Adi Nirman Nov. 18, 2024
Irish textbooks say Jesus was from ‘Palestine,’ downplay Auschwitz The IMPACT-se group that discovered the distortions calls for revisions and proofreading by Ireland's National Council for Curriculum. Canaan Lidor Nov. 5, 2024
US State Department report cites antisemitism in Qatari schoolbooks It also points to the Gulf state's media outlets, which “periodically” carry antisemitic content. Etgar Lefkovits July 9, 2024
