2 points: 1. The link to the Algemeiner article didn't take me to the article, but to the website. Can you send the correct link? 2. California isn't the only state where this is a problem. If people read Tablet, they will perhaps have seen Liel Leibovitz's July 18th article, "Teaching High School Students to Demonize Israel", about the ongoing struggle with the Newton, Massachusetts, school board, which has stonewalled parents objecting to a curriculum on the Middle East that has, at various points, taught "facts" like the following: that "Israel was systematically torturing and killing Palestinian women." In fact, they were using a curriculum, the Arab World Studies Notebook, paid for by Saudi Arabia (this has since been dropped). The fight is ongoing (and going to court), and I recommend the Tablet article, here <https://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-news-and-politics/287733/teaching-high-school-students-to-demonize-israel> .
And this was a problem too, in Illinois, where the Niles County District was about to introduce a course for educators (!!!) called "Teaching Palestine," which would be highly critical of Israel for its "occupation of Palestine." It was dropped after pushback, but it's all part of a pattern. You can read the background here <https://www.jns.org/after-backlash-illinois-high-school-district-withdraws-teaching-palestine-course/> in the Jewish News Syndicate report. Marjorie Gann Marjorie Gann Latest Book: *Speak a Word for Freedom: Women against Slavery* * by Janet Willen and Marjorie Gann* * Penguin Random House/Tundra, 2015* "An inspiring collection of those who have fought and continue to fight against the evil of slavery and an effectively solemn reminder that slavery remains a global plague." Kirkus "A powerful indictment of human rights abuses and tribute to the women who have fought them." Starred review, Publishers Weekly *Five Thousand Years of Slavery, * * by Marjorie Gann and Janet Willen* * Tundra Books, 2011* A 2012 Notable Book for a Global Society, Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group, International Reading Association *ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year, 2011 Silver Winner, Young Adult Nonfiction* Visit our website, www.gannwillen.com <http://www.fivethousandyearsofslavery.com/>, to steal a peek at both books!
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