Teachers’ union goes full blown antisemitic
The National Education Association (NEA), America’s largest teachers’ union with more than 3 million members, voted to sever its institutional partnership with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).
The resolution calls for the NEA to no longer “use, endorse, or publicize” ADL materials or programs, effectively boycotting an organization long regarded as a leading civil rights educator on antisemitism and Holocaust history. This decision marks a dramatic repudiation of hate-crime education at a time when antisemitic incidents in American schools and society are reaching record highs.
The NEA claims that the ADL has weaponized the term “antisemitism” to silence criticism of Israel’s policies towards Palestinians — particularly regarding the Hamas war. The adopted resolution states that “despite its reputation as a civil rights organization, the ADL is not the social justice educational partner it claims to be” and accuses the ADL of inflating hate-crime statistics to stoke fear among Jewish Americans. The boycott comes against a backdrop of a 700 percent spike in campus antisemitic incidents since October 2023, underscoring the dangerous optics of an educational union abandoning a primary ally against Jewish hatred.
By cutting off the ADL—an organization that for four decades has provided Holocaust curricula, antisemitism training, and annual hate‐crime reports—the NEA effectively disenfranchises Jewish educators and students seeking expert resources.
ADL leaders condemned the move as “profoundly disturbing,” noting that isolating Jewish voices further endangers a community facing rising violence. In its statement, the ADL said, “It is profoundly disturbing that a group of NEA activists would brazenly attempt to further isolate their Jewish colleagues and push a radical, antisemitic agenda on students”.
The group added, “We will not be cowed for supporting Israel, and we will not be deterred from our work reaching millions of students with educational programs every year,”
Former New York City Councilman Rory Lancman, who now serves as senior counsel for the Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, called the union measure a clear example of growing antisemitic fervor in the nation. “You can’t separate the demonization of the ADL from the demonization of Israel and ultimately Jews,”
Dov Hikind, founder of the American Against Antisemitism group and a former New York state assemblyman from Brooklyn, responded to the NEA nixing its ties to the ADL. “We Jews are in freaking trouble,” he said. “We are in hell”.
Conversely, critics within the union objected to ADL interventions against pro-Palestinian curriculum initiatives, viewing them as politically driven rather than educationally neutral. Several high-profile NEA activists have expressed rhetoric or supported policies that align with antisemitic tropes.
In 2024, NEA members in Massachusetts produced Palestinian-history teaching materials internally, only to have the ADL label them “glorifying terrorists” and “promoting antisemitism.”
Delegates like Stephen Siegel condemned the ADL’s definitions of antisemitism as akin to “allowing the fossil-fuel industry to determine what constitutes climate change” — framing any Jewish civil-rights stance as suspect. Siegel previously backed an NEA motion to condemn the Biden administration for its support of the Israeli military’s operation in Gaza.
NEA leadership has distanced itself from U.S. policy backing Israel in its conflict with Hamas. In February 2024, the NEA Board of Directors reaffirmed a call for an immediate ceasefire, humanitarian aid to Gaza, and the release of hostages taken by Hamas, without explicitly condemning the October 7 terror attacks. That resolution highlighted the union’s moral imperative to protect all civilians but drew criticism for equating the aggressor (Hamas) and the defender (Israel) under the banner of “violence against innocent people”.
The NEA’s break with the ADL reflects broader trends on college campuses, where antisemitic incidents surged by 700 percent after the Israel–Hamas war began. Examples include threats to “slit the throats” of Jewish students at Cornell … assaults at Tulane while burning an Israeli flag … and “Holocaust 2.0” graffiti at the University of Maryland. These and other flashpoints illustrate a worrisome normalization of antisemitism among younger educators and students.
The NEA’s decision to sever ties with the ADL is more than a policy dispute over Israel. It signals an alarming shift in a major educational institution away from established understandings of antisemitism. By rejecting ADL resources, the NEA risks leaving teachers and students without critical tools to recognize and challenge Jewish hatred – at a time when antisemitism is escalating on campuses and beyond.
The decision by the NEA was praised by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim advocacy organization – and known for its foundational antisemitism and defense of Islamic violence. In a statement, CAIR said, “We welcome the NEA’s vote to stop exposing public school students to biased materials provided by the Anti-Defamation League due to its long history of spreading anti-Palestinian rhetoric, using false allegations of antisemitism to silence advocacy for Palestinian human rights …”
In rather nasty terms, the statement went on to say, “The ADL has only become worse under its increasingly unhinged director Jonathan Greenblatt, who has repeatedly smeared and endangered students in recent years. This principled move is a significant step toward fostering respect for the rights and dignity of all students in public schools, who must receive an education without facing biased, politically driven agendas.”
Antisemitic forces appear to be coalescing. Eh?
In breaking ties to the ADL, the NEA has aligned itself with and further empowered the growing trend in antisemitic rhetoric and actions—including violence. That this comes from a powerful American educational organization is an abomination. Perhaps it is time to end unionized public education. (Hmm? Methinks I sense a future commentary).
So, there ’tis.
Teacher’s unions should be abolished. The so called teachers in the union don’t put the kids first. It’s all about socialism. Don’t doubt me. I know.
Marty; I bet you do know. I do not doubt you. But you did not prove that teachers are “so called” or that they don’t put kids first. Did you know that no one believes you without evidence, proof, or maybe an example?
Statistically. 94% of all teachers spend an average of $500 of their own money for school supplies and say fuck you to Marty. US DoE is one source for that. An example: my niece, a math teacher, pays for extra classroom air cleansing. She also buys special supplies not funded by the school. She is only there for the kids. You are 109% wrong about her.
I do not doubt you believe what you know but what you believe seems factually wrong.
For the most part Marty, people are not like you. Most people enjoy what they do, do what they enjoy, and try their best to do their best. Teachers like to teach. It’s not that spiffy a job unless you like it. The President is a felon, you, may be, most people are not. The President is a sexual abuser, you may be an abuser, most people are not. The President cheats at business, cheats on his taxes, you may too, but most people do not. The President defames people, you probably do too, but aren’t worth suing, hahaha.
Point is your assumption remains unproven.
I spell my name: danger. And I am frank.
The teachers do spend their own money to some extent. But the union bosses put the union first and foremost. I’ve seen it. And most people know it. Yes, President Trump is a wrongful convicted felon. Accused of sexual assault and tried before activist judges and hand picked juries. But you fucking Marxists couldn’t stop him. But be proud. Biden got to line his pockets for four years. But his token came up short. About his false trials, they will probably be overturned by the SCOTUS within a year or so. Oh, I almost forgot. Trump enabled the ICE the permission to defend themselves. Isn’t that great? MAGA !!!
Marty, you almost had a discussion going, wow, thanks. You said that you agree that “The teachers do spend their own money to some extent.” Therefore, I would gather you take back your previous “The so-called teachers in the union don’t put the kids first” since apparently, the exact opposite seems true. He says “to some extent;” it’s actually an average of $500 per teacher so I would say it’s higher than “some extent,” but hey, he agrees they spend their own money to put kids first. (I tell my niece she’s crazy and then give her some money to do it, so thanks, good time to hit her up again :>)
Good discussion. And then you divert to: “But the union bosses put the union first and foremost. I’ve seen it. And most people know it.” All I can say is NO SHIT SHERLOCK. I mean what do you think the union’s job is but to put the union first and foremost, the union being its members, it’s members being the teachers. NO DUH.
As to: “Yes, President Trump is a wrongful convicted felon.”
BUSTED, he is a convicted felon seeking appeal. There is nothing wrongful here except in some folk’s minds and opinions.
He further claims: “Accused of sexual assault and tried before activist judges and hand picked juries.” This is blatantly untrue. He was FOUND liable of sexual assault by a jury of peers. In his first countersuit, on the record, the judge denied Trump’s defamation claim about being called a rapist, because the judge said, on the record, that the evidence shows he IS a rapist under the common sense on the word and most States, just not by NY law that requires proof of penis penetration and, in Trump’s case, they could not establish the penis. It’s a small definitional issue in the law, and Don’s pants, or lack thereof.
Activist judges — Marty shows no evidence, no proof. BUSTED
Hand-picked juries: only if Trump’s lawyers are totally incompetent. Voir dire was used; Trump’s attorneys participated in the jury selection. BUSTED
“But you fucking Marxists couldn’t stop him.” Uh, he is held liable for sexual abuse. He is on the record as a rapist. He is held liable for defamation slamming this woman from the Oval Office no less. He owes over $100M and has a huge bond he’s paying on to cover, during appeal. He may not have lost the money, but it’s locked up for now. He has numerous felonies for attempting to rig the 2016 against Hillary in the hush money catch and kill sex case that included “small hands,” and some spanking sex. His business has over 30 felonies for cheating in business whether in taxes or to get loans. Many more fines. That’s some pretty good work. He’s tough and has not been tagged before. And me, a Marxist, yeah, decades in corporate America, responsible at times for a $100M P&L, Marxist? BUSTED
I am proud though, tyvm, about Trump’s convictions and fines. He’s a tough one to take down given his money, legal experience, and criminal intents. And you are right, he’s under appeal, but so far —– they have all crashed and burned. He is not at the SCOTUS level yet but the last dismissal was brutal. He’s got less than 90 days now to petition the SCOTUS. Clock is running once again.
And for some whataboutism, Marty says: “Biden got to line his pockets for four years.” You are a liar and cannot show evidence or prove this. If this could be proven, Biden would be indicted already. BUSTED
But at the end of the day Trump is the president of the USA. It’s interesting that for two years after Trump left office nothing was said about prosecuting him. The commiecrats thought that he was damaged enough to stop him. I was staying in a B&B in Savanah Georgia when he announced his candidacy for another run. And here comes lawfare. So I guess if some woman from several years ago said that you sexually assaulted her without proof or witnesses then you’re in a bad position. Or me. Doesn’t it matter that he might be innocent? Notice I said “ might?” Sure , it could be true. But where’s the proof? You’re always challenging someone to “prove “something But being a fucking low life partisan hack, it’s all about your Marxist communist party. Assassins failed, they couldn’t bankrupt him, and you idiots can’t stop him. So get over it. He’s doing a great job. Dunger
Mary: you seem to be drifting, but appreciate the effort to discuss. Try Danger, if you have the balls. Dunger seems more your style though, Marty and Dunger —– that would make you “Munger.”
“But at the end of the day Trump is the president of the USA.” If the “but” an apology?
“It’s interesting that for two years after Trump left office nothing was said about prosecuting him.” That would be 2021-2023. During that time, there were lots of investigations, motions and stuff. Everyone, especially Trump knew investigations were underway. Jack Smith came on in November of 2022 so that one got hot. In 12/22, Trumpco guilty of 17 counts, tax fraud, felonies. Seems something was said in 22. You are right, it took until 2023 for the other four indictments to drop.
Trump announces his candidacy 11/22 along with the Smith appointment; the earliest of any Presidential candidate. By 11/22, he was pretty sure of being indicted, said so himself. He was pretty sure he was guilty in the Trumpco case, and most experts feel he announced extra early to dissuade or differ further prosecutions or end it all. The interesting part is that after his inauguration, all Federal cases were dropped as expected but the NY and Georgia State cases continue and he can’t touch them; or can he? As it turns out, he is attempting to get the NYS case appeals into Federal Cour as the first three attempts were failures. Now he has DOJ supporting him. I think he’s on a 90-day limit to file his SCOTUS appeal as the Fed appeals are busted. For Georgia, when Fannie got dissed and dismissed, it’s just hanging out there with a huge question in Georgia of whether they can go after a sitting President. They never seemed to have the fire in the belly and even though he’s probably guilty, this one looks pretty tepid to make trial. NY has a similar issue, but the fat is in the fryer and he is adjudicated guilty there by this point. As far as his “brand,” it’s over, he’s a felon many times over, and the appeals are running out for that. Only his hand-picked, often politicized SCOTUS can change that. Also, the federal cases can be submitted, but it’s difficult and messy. Lots of precedent.
Yes, once again it appears that, for the most part, he’s slipped the noose once again for the unsettled cases and the big man won’t have to toe the line in court where the actual truth could come out. TACO. DC, FL, always looked tenuous to me; he’s stone-cold guilty in GA (in my humble guesstimate given others pled guilty to doing the deed with him), but there it is and the chance of refiling the Federal cases looks pretty slim.
Yes, “The commiecrats thought that he was damaged enough to stop him.” You are right. I just didn’t expect you to accept felony as Presidential stuff of life. I was wrong, you will vote for a sex abusing, defamation artist, tax cheating, whore banging, who even ripped off his own charity fund. Go figure. And the you rationalize it by saying it ain’t so. Well it is. He did it. He got caught. And he got the punishment. And I hope they refile the other cases someday.
Then you completely go off the rails saying: “So I guess if some woman from several years ago said that you sexually assaulted her without proof or witnesses then you’re in a bad position. Or me. Doesn’t it matter that he might be innocent? Notice I said “ might?” Sure , it could be true. But where’s the proof? You’re always challenging someone to “prove “something But being a fucking low life partisan hack, it’s all about your Marxist communist party. Assassins failed, they couldn’t bankrupt him, and you idiots can’t stop him. So get over it. He’s doing a great job.”
First, calling me a Marxist is like calling Trump a Socialist: stupidly unbelievable. Second, he’s not innocent, he’s guilty as judged on the facts and evidence, buy a jury of peers that he and his legal team approved. The “might be innocent” is as rare as pigs will fly. The PROOF you need is right in the court records. EJ’s story. The other witnesses. His own words. And more. And for the tax and business felonies: Trump’s own records and signed documents sealed his fate. Guilty over 30 times. Do you need a link to the court transcripts or other court summaries?
Yes, the Republican assassin failed, the other never got started. He declared bankruptcy 6 times for his business endeavors. On this one, the fact he has money is something that should concern you as to where it comes from. Sure aint’ the hotels and golf courses. It’s crypto and media now and you should see who’s buying. Like a rogue’s gallery of foreign intrigue and mahogany row. You love it, you can have it. I like my President unencumbered by furners and billionaires putting money in their pockets. I still remember the days of “arms-length” when it meant something.
I’m glad you feel it’s a great job. I see unidentified men with masks, sweeping people off the street in warrantless grabs to then send them to third world gulag death camps, or war zones where they don’t even speak the language. Or a Florida swamp. I see Senators being manhandling in secure government buildings for asking a question. Others manhandled, arrested, let go with an oops, not even an apology. I see planes crashing, states burning, floods, and an economy that does not know which way is up. Our last GDP growth stat was negative. Inflation is starting to rise, unemployment hovers at 4% and no one is saying this economy is booming
I just don’t understand Trump’s fascination with fixing upper education. His attacks on higher ed are weird as he attempts to use Federal Funding to extort them to support his social issues there by defunding research aimed to help all Americans to fulfill his personal mandates. What are we talking about? We are trading many inventions, creations, and developments to kill DEI, stop Palestinian support and supposedly protect Jews.
America’s higher education is one of the best, if not the best systems, In the world. People flock to learn here; it’s an import business like no other. It seems a “don’t fix what’s not broken” moment. Given all the things Trump needs to fix, I question the priorities on this one. In using his Federal Funding as a cudgel, he’s killed 1,600 National Science Foundation Grants at various colleges and universities for $1.5B in new science for us. He’s destroyed 2,500 projects worth S8.7B from NIH. That’s 3,100 science projects ended because their social outlook is an affront to Trump and, further, they won’t bend a knee. Not waste, compliance to his social program political correctness.
These cuts impact research across numerous fields, including medical research (e.g., Alzheimer’s, cancer, diabetes), climate research, and STEM education. Americans can just wait longer for helpful cures. Not to mention the students who have nothing to work on and must change course before their careers even start. He seems to pick on schools in the Northeast for some reason; I suggest looking at where he and his kids were dissed….
Now he’s on a roll and attacking Shipman for saying stupid things, privately, that offends everyone, publicly, especially out of context. Shipman included. Before we get there, some Larryisms of note. Larry thinks he is funny and has not learned a primary rule of public speaking: avoid humor. I do it myself so pretty familiar with the blowbacks of not being as funny as I thought. Larry says: “Columbia University—where academic excellence meets administrative foot-in-mouth syndrome” to kick this off. Again, I note that we have the best upper education in the world and perhaps “foot-in-mouth” is why so don’t fix what ain’t broken. Or at least be very, very, careful and don’t act like a gorilla in a China shop busting up the place for a photo op.
I have the same issue with folks in NJ who, time and again, offer cost cutting and other weird ideas for NJ public education. I keep noting, “hey, NJ public ed is number 1 or 2 in the country and our spending per pupil is number 4: seems like an OK deal. So, be really careful with fucking around with something that seems to work well.” Sure, there is always room for improvement, but when things are going well, one should be very, very, careful about rocking that boat. Or tipping it over as Trump likes to do. Makes for great TV after all.
Careful is not something that Trump, or Larry, seem to understand.
Second, Larry says “Her email to the Columbia community was filled with all the right buzzwords — “deep commitment,” “fighting antisemitism,” “protecting students”—but somehow managed to feel like it was written by ChatGPT on autopilot” showing his disbelief in a sincere apology and ability to read other’s hearts and minds. He has contempt for her, but is willing to use leaked private correspondence to prove his points. He also no forgoes the rule of law and is willing to declare guilt based on leaked info, public opinion, and the word of Trump, a felon who lies. A lot.
Another Larry funny: “But here’s the thing: when your private messages reveal more about your values than your public statements ever could, people tend to take notice.” Can you say “grab em by the pussy?” Can you say “guilty of sexual misconduct?” Can you say “guilt for lies of defamation?” And this guy does not even private email or text…
I have no issue with calling for her resignation over these words, now that they are out. I have real issues with stealing private correspondence, free speech issues there too. I have even bigger issues with convicting folks in the court of public opinion or via the court of Truth Social. The author seems to have lost his previous issues with convictions outside of court. Outside of the law. Guess it gets easier after you accept unidentified masked men, heavily armed, in unmarked black SUVs, disappearing people to third-world, death-camp, gulags to be murdered. That the author’s President funds and the author has never spoken against. Quite the opposite. Or the new harsh detainment camp opened right in Larry’s back yard. Wonder if he took the tour yet? The new normal seems to be heading towards the lynch mob as we abandon the rule of law for the rule of a felon who says FUCK YOU to the courts. Cruel and unusual punishment is becoming our stock in trade.
As to the story. I don’t get it. She said these three or four statements over a year’s time; they put them together like a five-minute chat. That’s problem number one. Number two: got any antisemitic actions by Shipman? None have been presented by Larry. So, it’s a lot of talk. Number three: since when have we stopped listening to apologies?
In the end, IMO, she should resign, her mistake will haunt her in that position forever. And then let’s get the others with stupid statements to resign.
Bondi who had the Epstein client list on her desk and now says it does not exist: make the liar gone.
Hegseth who said we “completely and undeniably obliterated Iran’s nuclear program.” Make the incompetent gone.
Hegseth who invites people to un-secure group chats to share top secret battle plans. Send him a text: “you’re fired.”
Gabbard working outside the rule of law to say: “Comey should be held accountable and put behind bars for issuing a call to assassinate Trump”
RFK jr on medicines even as innocuous as fluoride: ”The more you get, the stupider you are, and we need smart kids in this country, and we need healthy kids.” My kids are healthy and smart — they’ve been tested! And we used fluoride, although not from our well. Hell, in city water, it’s the chlorine that gets me. You guys drink pool water…. but it does not make you sick or stupid.
Speaking on stupid, Trump said for his Army/birthday parade: “If there’s any protester wants to come out, they will be met with very big force. For those people that want to protest, they will be met with very big force. And I haven’t even heard about a protest.” When asked about it, his press secretary said: “Of course the president supports peaceful protests. What a stupid question.” Actually, what a stupid answer and after the Press Corp lobbed a few more free speech, protesting questions, she stormed off the stage.
Yup, she should resign, so should they all. The court of public opinion has spoken: make it so.
Release the Epstein files, the client list. You can’t tell us someone in DOJ does not know the clients.
You want Trump to be tied to Epstein. If it were so it would be front and center. Want something to do? Go check out Hillary’s emails and fake dossier. But don’t bother. You don’t give a damn. So find yourself a cause. Like supporting ICE. Stop trying to pick on Trump to keep attention away from your retarded ex President. And his cackling cunt.
Hammon, you seem quite invested in making up what I think, suggesting further research, and things to do. You feel I am picking on Trump by asking to release the Epstein files. Interesting. Many maga’s want the files out. I do, and for the ONLY reason I said that you seem incompetent to comprehend. Let me try again:
“Release the Epstein files, the client list. You can’t tell us someone in DOJ does not know the clients.”
That’s it, sir, and the only reason. Crikey, don’t you think there are Democrats, like Billy Boy, in there? Let’s see who’s who in this zoo. As Mikey the prophet said in Rocky II —- “what are we waiting for, take this.”
And no, Hillary’s emails, supporting masked, heavily armed, unidentified, jack-booted thugs — nah, not for me. Gopher it and tell us what you learn. Especially about Hillary. Oh, to know more and more about what is not relevant anymore, gopher it.
Sorry about printing the Shipman story in the wrong place. Stuff happens.
More and more liberal left leaning junk!
Yes, more and more liberal left leaning FACTS that people like PB can whine about, but can’t dispute. With facts, stats, and sources.
“The adopted resolution states that “despite its reputation as a civil rights organization, the ADL is not the social justice educational partner it claims to be” and accuses the ADL of inflating hate-crime statistics to stoke fear among Jewish Americans. The boycott comes against a backdrop of a 700 percent spike in campus antisemitic incidents since October 2023, underscoring the dangerous optics of an educational union abandoning a primary ally against Jewish hatred.” What a funny duck the author is. Rarely does he print an actual numerical statistic. When he does, he most often just drops it from outer space without a source. Like this one which is actually from the ADL, the group accused by the NEA on inflating the statistics. Well, it agrees with Larry’s narratives, so be it tis as jaded and biased.
All I can say is that the President once considered: ‘Some Very Fine People on Both Sides.” Apparently that’s only true when the people causing the trouble lean right.
Yes, racism should never be tolerated even as a form of free speech. Beyond our inalienable right of all men created equal, our fathers sacrificed so much to bring down those NAZI bastards who legitimized it as a plank in their political platform. There were not good people on both sides of that dust up. Just like Trump has made racism, cruel and unusable punishment, and warrantless arrests by jack-booted thugs, rule of lawlessness, and murder American policy. As long as they are off-white Latinos. We need to differentiate between Israel the religion, Israel the state, and Judaism as they are often lumped together or intertwined. Frankly, I am not sure the author has ever agreed, until this point, with anything ADL had to say and everyone agrees they are biased. Always have been biased. By the ADL’s own mission, vision, and values.
The NEA is dropping ADL because of Israel. That’s not right, IMO. But Israel caused NEA to drop ADL too, and likewise, that is not right for Israel, IMO. Frankly, IMO, the balls in Israel’s court to quit acting like NAZI’s in Palestine and begin to act like Jews following the Torah.
Either free Palestine, the West Bank OR incorporate then as citizens, with full rights. The killing, the murder, the starvation, of men, women, and children must stop now. It looks more like genocide every day. Now they are shooting people who are starving and just looking for food. Close to 1,000 dead trying to get to aid stations. The Israeli’s have bombed refugee camps. They bombed a church, killing three. How many days? How many bodies? How many innocent men, women, and children as they continue to punish an entire ethnicity. Yes, it was a horrific and savage murder of 1,200, the taking of hostages, ruining the lives of many, many, more. Israel is approaching killing 60,000 in GAZA. Isn’t that more than enough to “even” the score and send a message to do this no more. GAZA can’t stop this. It’s all on Israel at this point. They have their pound of flesh and tons more. Quit trying to steal what’s not yours.