Springfield Middle School teacher openly supports Hamas on social media; appears to compare GamerGate supporters to Nazis
On March 20, 2024, the organization StopAntisemitism posted on X that a teacher at Springfield Middle School of Washington County Public Schools had praised Hamas on…
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Massachusetts Teachers Association hosts “antiracism” event in support of Palestinians; board member accuses Israel of “genocide,” “apartheid,” and “ethnic cleansing”; claims that a way to bring peace is to “end” Israel
Parents Defending Education received an email exchange involving Joe Herosy who in his email signature states that he is a member of the Board of Directors for the Massachusetts Teachers…
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Henrico County Teacher Frames 10/7 Attack on Israel as “Hamas Resistance,” Insists School Newspaper Not Print Student Article about Impact on Community
Following the Washington Examiner’s reporting on a Henrico County Public Schools history teacher’s in-class rant that the United States was funding genocide and holocaust in Gaza, Parents Defending…
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DAILY MAIL: Watchdogs push Seattle school to discipline teacher Sobia Sheikh for raising money for Palestinian hardliners and her ‘Nazi Israel’ posts
Education watchdogs want a Seattle school to discipline a math teacher who was caught raising money for Palestinian extremists and for her posts linking Israel with Nazi Germany.
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Montgomery County Public Schools student board member did not want to sign off on statement in support of Israel after terrorist attack; district employees accuse Israel of “ethnic cleansing” and “genocide”
Parents Defending Education submitted a public records request to Montgomery County Public Schools seeking emails regarding Israel from the district’s superintendent and Board of Education members. PDE specifically requested emails…
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JEWISH PRESS: Heritage Foundation ‘Seizing the Moment to Defeat DEI’
“From medical schools to the military and law schools to corporations, see how the pernicious ideology of DEI has made its way into every facet of American institutions and what…
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Washington State Teacher and former NEA Board Member Shares Link to Palestinian Fundraiser Organized by Islamic Preacher Who Denies 10/7 Attack Took Place
Parents Defending Education filed several FOIA requests for records in the possession of teachers who signed an “Educators for Palestinian Freedom” Statement of Support and Call to Action. Sobia…
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Anti-Semitism Poses Dangerous Threat to States with Largest Jewish Populations
Hostility is nothing new to Jewish populations throughout the world. Jews have faced one atrocity after another for thousands of years. However, the hostility that Jews have experienced in America’s…
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Antisemitism Is a Feature, Not a Bug, of K-12 Education
In November, a Queens high school teacher was forced to barricade herself in a locked office as a mob of students rioted through the hallways for two hours. Her crime?…
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