Over 70% of Jewish teachers fear professional backlash for speaking out, ADL report says
The report states that antisemitism existed in teachers' union spaces before the events of October 7, but the subsequent conflict accelerated and intensified existing dynamics.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has released a report titled "Antisemitism in US Teachers Unions," which highlights alarming levels of anti-Jewish conduct and hostile rhetoric within labor organizations. The study, based on a survey of 307 Jewish members of US teachers unions across 24 states, as well as qualitative focus groups, found that nearly all respondents (98.7%) work in public schools, spanning kindergarten through high school.
The report reveals that more than 70% of surveyed Jewish union members agreed that union statements about the Israel-Hamas war that fail to condemn Hamas or the October 7, 2023 atrocities, as well as resolutions accusing Israel of apartheid, genocide, or ethnic cleansing, and calls to cut ties with mainstream Jewish organizations, are problems in their unions.
ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt stated that the findings are not the work of a few bad actors, but rather a structural and cultural failure where Jewish educators are self-censoring and fearing backlash for raising concerns.
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