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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a Jerusalem Post conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Florida rejects Holocaust education textbooks in clampdown on ‘woke’ instruction

The state’s education department also forced another textbook to remove a reference to “social justice” in the Hebrew Bible.

By Andrew Lapin May 11, 2023 5:55 pm

After a ‘Nakba’ event is canceled by Kevin McCarthy, Rashida Tlaib hosts it with help from Bernie Sanders

The Palestinian-American Democrat from Detroit also introduced a Congressional resolution calling on the suspension of some aid to Israel.

May 11, 2023 12:22 pm

The historian who uncovered the ADL’s spying operation against the far-right John Birch Society

The Birchers’ mission to defend Christianity and capitalism morphed into a radical anti-civil rights agenda that groups like the ADL saw as an existential threat.

May 11, 2023 11:52 am

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Florida rejects Holocaust education textbooks in clampdown on ‘woke’ instruction

After a ‘Nakba’ event is canceled by Kevin McCarthy, Rashida Tlaib hosts it with help from Bernie Sanders

The historian who uncovered the ADL’s spying operation against the far-right John Birch Society

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