NEA’s Rejection of Anti-ADL Measure Calms Tensions — but Concerns Linger over Mixed Messaging on Antisemitism

Largest teachers’ union in US erases Jewish victims of the Holocaust, promotes anti-Israel narratives

This omission comes at a time of surging antisemitism and anti-Israel activism within the nation’s public education system, including among teachers’ unions.

NEA’s rejection of anti-ADL measure calms tensions — but concerns linger over mixed messaging on antisemitism

With a unanimous vote last week rejecting a measure that would’ve cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League, the board of directors of the National Education Association extended an olive branch to frustrated Jewish educators and parents who are concerned about creeping antisemitism within the union’s ranks. ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt told Jewish Insider earlier this week that he was “pleased” to see the NEA reject the anti-ADL measure. But, he …