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critical race theory

(From left) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, Tikvah Fund executive director Eric Cohen and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaking at the Jewish Leadership Conference at Chelsea Piers in New York City, June 12, 2022. (Photo/JTA-Sean Smith)
Posted inNews

‘Wokeness’ is Enemy No. 1 at conservative Jewish conference in New York

Jacob Henry by Jacob Henry and JTA June 17, 2022June 17, 2022

This piece first appeared in the New York Jewish Week and was distributed by JTA. When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke to a conference of Jewish conservatives in New York […]

School board members in McMinn County, Tennessee, objected to Art Spiegelman's "Maus" because of its language and images. (Photo/JTA-Philissa Cramer)
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In Tennessee, iconic Holocaust graphic novel ‘Maus’ is latest victim of conservative curriculum wars

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 27, 2022
A JewBelong sign in downtown San Francisco at First Street and Market Street. (Photo/Gabriel Greschler)
Posted inLetters

Jews already belong; Ben & Jerry are right; let Artem marry; etc.

by J. Readers August 5, 2021August 5, 2021
Ben & Jerry's co-founders Jerry Greenfield (left) and Ben Cohen serve ice cream following a press conference announcing a new flavor in Washington, D.C., Sept. 3, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Win McNamee-Getty Images)
Posted inLetters

Illegal stand on BDS; Freeze out Ben & Jerry’s; Critical race theory is futile; etc.

by J. Readers July 22, 2021July 22, 2021
State Schools Superintendent Tony Thurmond speaking to the press Aug. 14 about the state's proposed high school ethnic studies curriculum. (From left) Assemblyman Marc Berman, Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson, Thurmond, Senator Ben Allen, Assemblyman Jose Medina (Photo/Facebook-Abby Porth)
Posted inEducation

‘Liberated’ educators implement their own ethnic studies programs

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman July 15, 2021July 16, 2021
Teachers, students and school board members in the Milwaukee area hold a news conference opposing new bills seeking to bar schools from teaching ideas linked to critical race theory, June 12, 2021. (Photo/Flickr-Milwaukee Teachers' Education Association)
Posted inOpinion

Banning critical race theory will gut the teaching of Jewish history

Henry Abramson by Henry Abramson and JTA July 14, 2021
A view of the Holocaust Memorial in New Orleans. A Louisiana legislator recently abandoned a bill that would have mandated Holocaust education in the state after controversies over its language, origins and backers. (Photo/JTA-Dan Soto via Wikimedia Commons)
Posted inEducation

When Holocaust education meets critical race theory: A partisan history debate unfolds in Louisiana

by Eleanor Stern and JTA July 8, 2021

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