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NEA's 2025 Handbook Sparks Controversy Over Holocaust Focus

7/25/2025

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The National Education Association (NEA) is set to release a 2025 handbook that emphasizes Holocaust remembrance but controversially references "12 million victims from different faiths," sidelining the Jewish experience. As anti-Semitism surges, the NEA also plans to address the Palestinian Nakba, asserting that anti-Zionism should not be equated with anti-Semitism, stirring debate within its leadership.

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The National Education Association (NEA) is set to release a 2025 handbook that emphasizes Holocaust remembrance but controversially references "12 million victims from different faiths," sidelining the Jewish experience. As anti-Semitism surges, the NEA also plans to address the Palestinian Nakba, asserting that anti-Zionism should not be equated with anti-Semitism, stirring debate within its leadership.