Margot Stern Strom, who founded pioneering Holocaust education program Facing History, dies at 81 A curriculum launched in 1976 broke a “powerful silence” about racism and antisemitism in American schools.
Chicago suspended a principal who downplayed a student’s Nazi costume. Jewish students say it’s not enough. “Having more of a well-rounded curriculum on the Holocaust, I think, would give people the background and knowledge to not dress up as Nazi soldiers,” one student said.
Ohio lawmaker draws backlash after suggesting schools should teach the Holocaust ‘from the perspective of a German soldier’ Defending her anti-critical race theory bill, the Republican also mischaracterized the number of Jews murdered in the Holocaust.
Politics In West Virginia, a ‘critical race theory’ bill leads to a statehouse debate over Jews and race
Culture ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas,’ decried for its Holocaust inaccuracies, is getting a sequel
Politics After a Jewish lawmaker’s impassioned speech, Wyoming’s conservative legislature rejects critical race theory ban
United States The great ‘Maus’ giveaway is on as bookstores, professors and churches counter Tennessee school board’s ban
United States Following high-profile antisemitic incidents, Massachusetts lawmakers vote to require genocide education in high schools