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Students from the Miami-Dade County Public Schools School for Advanced Studies protest during a statewide walkout in protest of censorship and the state's rapidly changing education policies in Miami, Florida, April 21, 2023. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
May 12, 2023, 10:43 am
Florida rejects Holocaust textbooks for falling afoul of ‘woke’ education ban
Works vetoed over reference to banned ‘special topics,’ another book forced to alter question asking which ‘social justice’ issues can be found in Hebrew Bible
By Andrew Lapin
Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt speaks at the group's 2018 National Leadership Summit in Washington, DC. (Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images via JTA)
September 8, 2022, 11:29 pm
ADL to ‘thoroughly review’ education materials after Fox News calls group ‘far left’
Fox accuses anti-hate group of including ‘concepts from critical race theory’; ADL says it will review its materials but stresses its commitment toward ‘marginalized communities’
By Andrew Lapin
Ohio Republican state Rep. Sarah Fowler Arthur, left, discusses her education bill with news reporter Morgan Trau, right, March 2022. (Screenshot/ via JTA)
March 29, 2022, 1:45 am
Ohio lawmaker says Holocaust studies can be taught from German soldier’s perspective
Amid the ongoing US debate on teaching critical race theory in public schools, Sarah Fowler Arthur defends teaching from ‘multiple points of view,’ misstates number of Jews killed
By Andrew Lapin
US Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies during her confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee in the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, on March 22, 2022. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
March 23, 2022, 8:00 am
Black-Jewish civil rights alliance brought up in Supreme Court confirmation hearing
Biden’s nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson says ‘the idea of equality — justice — is at the core’ of her children’s school, which was founded by Jewish families
By Ron Kampeas
The West Virginia State Capitol houses the West Virginia Legislature and the office of the Governor of West Virginia. (Bill Dickinson via Creative Commons/ JTA)
March 20, 2022, 2:52 am
West Virginia ‘critical race theory’ bill leads to statehouse debate over Jews, race
Even in states with few Jewish residents, Holocaust education has become a key talking point in a largely partisan disagreement over how to address race issues in the classroom
By Andrew Lapin
Illustrative -- Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, at podium, addresses a joint session of the Wyoming Legislature on Feb. 8, 2016 in Cheyenne (AP Photo/Ben Neary)
February 19, 2022, 5:07 am
After Jewish lawmaker’s speech, Wyoming legislature rejects critical race theory ban
Conservative state government votes down bill after Democratic representative decries its ‘judgment-free approach’ toward teaching history, including the Holocaust
By Ron Kampeas
FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2021 photo, anti-vaccine mandate protesters rally outside the garage doors of the Los Angeles Unified School District, LAUSD headquarters in Los Angeles (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)
November 3, 2021, 8:11 am
‘It’s the Jews’: Antisemitic tirade unchallenged at Arizona school board meeting
Jewish organizations express outrage that board members didn’t respond more strongly to Jew hatred in anti-vaxxer speech
By Nicole Raz
Holocaust novel 'Number the Stars,' is seen over a view of The Texas State Capitol rotunda. (Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images/JTA)
October 28, 2021, 11:54 pm
Jewish critical race skeptics undeterred by Texas Holocaust education incident
After one administrator misinterpreted a new law to mean teachers must offer an ‘opposing’ view when teaching the genocide, US Jews debate whether the rule will really affect them
By Ben Sales
Jake Berman, a Jewish former student, speaks at a school board meeting in Southlake, Texas on October 18, 2021. (Screenshot)
October 20, 2021, 11:29 am
Local Jews fume after teachers told Texas law requires ‘opposing’ Holocaust view
‘The facts are that there are not two sides to the Holocaust,’ Jake Berman, an alum of the Carroll Independent School District, says in testimony at a school board hearing
By Ben Sales
Holocaust novel 'Number the Stars,' is seen over a view of The Texas State Capitol rotunda. (Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images/JTA)
October 15, 2021, 4:23 am
Texas teachers told: State law requires teaching ‘opposing’ views on Holocaust
School official uses Holocaust as example of new state law requiring them to present multiple perspectives about ‘widely debated and currently controversial’ issues
By PHILISSA CRAMER
Louisiana state Rep. Valarie Hodges sits with author David Barton, who has been branded an 'extremist' by the Southern Poverty Law Center, during a May debate on a bill of Hodges' that would have mandated Holocaust education in the state. The bill, which Hodges ultimately declined to pursue after amendments, was backed by fringe figures such as Barton partially as a response to parallel efforts to legislate the teaching of other history lessons. (Screenshot from Louisiana House of Representatives/ via JTA)
July 11, 2021, 11:25 pm
Failed Louisiana Holocaust education bill was used to pan critical race theory
Jewish groups split over support; amid ongoing debate, bill’s founder posts photo of Hitler on official Facebook page with caption saying he was ‘everything today’s liberal craves’
By Eleanor Stern
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