US EditionNation’s Largest Teachers’ Union Votes to Endorse Proposal that Would Cut Ties with the Anti-Defamation League
PORTLAND, OREGON, JUL 6 – The NEA cited misuse of antisemitism and inflated hate crime data by the ADL in ending their partnership, representing 3 million members' stance on educational materials and racial justice.
- On July 6, the NEA's 7,000-member assembly voted to sever ties with the ADL, banning use and publicity of its materials.
- Delegates criticized the ADL's misuse of 'antisemitism' to silence critics, inflated hate-crime data, and attacked anti-racist movements, prompting NEA to sever ties amid tensions over Israel-Palestine issues.
- NEA delegate Stephen Siegel criticized the ADL’s definition of antisemitism, citing over 25 incidents daily and its conflation of antisemitism with anti-Zionism, amid the union’s move to sever ties.
- NEA’s legal team labels the vote as a boycott, prompting further procedural steps, while CAIR praises the move and the ADL calls it 'profoundly disturbing' amid rising antisemitic attacks.
- As a designated boycott, the NEA's measure requires further procedural steps, allowing ADL challenges and giving members opportunities to reaffirm anti-racism.
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(RNS) — The nation’s largest teachers’ union has passed a measure calling its members to stop using, endorsing or publicizing any materials produced by the Anti-Defamation League, the antisemitism watchdog group that has long provided resources for public schools to teach about discrimination of all kinds. The measure, which passed Sunday (July 6) at the annual assembly of the National Education Association meeting in Portland, Oregon, now goes …
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