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antisemitism in schools

Illustrative: An anti-Israel protest led by high school students, in New York City, November 9, 2023. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)
August 28, 2026, 3:22 am
Jews at US teachers unions subject to discrimination, forced to self-censor: report
Anti-Defamation League survey finds antisemitism, hostility to Israel’s existence in union spaces, leading to alienation and fear among Jewish educators
By Luke Tress
Illustrative: Children play at a public school in San Francisco, California, August 30, 2022. (AP/Eric Risberg)
July 30, 2026, 6:49 pm
US court dismisses free speech challenge to California’s school antisemitism law
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee claimed legislation was unconstitutionally vague and discriminatory, but federal judge says there is no evidence of free speech infringements
By Shira Li Bartov
Jewish children in Brooklyn, New York, March 11, 2015 (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
June 26, 2026, 5:32 pm
US Jewish day school enrollment rising across denominations for 1st time, report shows
Reform enrollment up by 5%, reversing years of declining trends; growth attributed to falling standards in some public schools, philanthropic investment, rising antisemitism
By Grace Gilson
A photo of Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, New York. (Google Streetview via JTA)
April 22, 2026, 3:12 am
After Israeli flyers in NY high school placed in urinal, board president faces calls to resign
Official’s daughter is among those posting photographs of the vandalism online, adding the caption: ‘Keep up the good work’
By Grace Gilson
Faculty join pro-Palestinian and anti-Israel students at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, on April 24, 2024. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP)
November 3, 2025, 10:04 am
Arab-American group challenges new California law aimed at fighting antisemitism
Anti-Discrimination Committee files federal complaint charging that new law hampers free speech, claiming teachers are too scared to teach properly
By Janie Har
California Governor Gavin Newsom at a press conference to discuss the measures approved by the legislature to redraw the US state's Congressional districts and put new maps before voters in a special election, in Sacramento, California, August 21, 2025. (AP/Rich Pedroncelli)
October 8, 2025, 4:50 am
California governor signs law aimed at fighting antisemitism in schools
Noting rise in Jew-hatred incidents, Gavin Newsom says ‘our schools must be places of learning, not hate’; critics, including pro-Palestinians, claim motion will stifle teaching
By SOPHIE AUSTIN
Students at Jones College Prep in Chicago hold a sit-in to protest their school's alleged lack of reaction to a student's Nazi-esque Halloween costume, November 7, 2022. (Courtesy of Isaac Simon via JTA)
August 10, 2025, 2:53 am
Concerned by antisemitism, parents lead effort to launch new Jewish high school in Chicago
With private and public schools reportedly failing to address Jew hatred and a lack of non-Orthodox options within city limits, a new initiative is gaining steam
By Grace Gilson
Jewish students at El Camino Real Charter High School walk out in protest of antisemitic incidents at the Los Angeles school on February 27, 2024. (Sarah Reingewirtz/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images via JTA)
June 4, 2025, 12:55 am
Ethnic studies compromise opens door to broader antisemitism legislation in California
Jewish groups don’t want Jews painted unfairly or Israel singled out in a new curriculum mandate. Now, several racial caucuses may be willing to help
By Asaf Elia-Shalev
Ukrainian refugee children look at the drawings at the Lauder Morasha Jewish school in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 28, 2022. (AP Photo/Michal Dyjuk)
December 18, 2024, 4:29 pm
Polish textbooks continue to teach antisemitic tropes in schools, report finds
Despite negative findings, study says educational content related to the Holocaust and Jewish history has improved since last report in 2016
By Zev Stub
Pedestrians walk past a mural depicting dark and shadowy Israeli soldiers on the International Wall on the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, March 19, 2024. (Paul Ellis/AFP)
November 23, 2024, 6:22 pm
Amid anti-Israel hostility, Irish Jews say antisemitism is now rooted in public schools
As already critical atmosphere intensifies since the Oct. 7 massacre, new report reveals unwelcoming classrooms and skewed lessons on Jews that the government is slow to address
By Deborah Danan
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