Teachers unions are helping anti-Semitism gain a foothold in K-12 public schools – JNS.org

Last year, California became the first state to pass a law mandating that public school students must complete an ethnic studies course before receiving a high school diploma. The Liberated Ethnic Studies Curriculum Consortium, which includes teachers unions, advocated on behalf of the new standards.

The Wall Street Journal reported that embedded in the Consortium s materials are references to Israel as a colonial settler state founded through genocide. Responding to Governor Gavin Newsom s signing of the legislation, Jewish opponents of the requirement filed a federal lawsuit challenging the new educational guidelines.

But prominent teachers unions have overwhelmed parental opposition. These organizations include the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and the National Education Association (NEA).

via www.jns.org

Israel is a great country. I say this not as a useful idiot, but as an objective observer of world history. They make great guns. They win their wars. They believe in themselves. They make great tech. They haven’t completely obliterated the Palestinians, which they could readily do. They have the whole Bible and Jesus thing going for them. Israel was founded partly in response to marked anti-Jewish sentiment in Europe. We do not need to be teaching our kids anything in particular about the justness of Zionism. Just teach them the facts as well as possible and let them decide. Imagine that.