Times of Israel – After years of debate, including over material some deemed antisemitic, class to become mandatory for high school graduation; some Jewish groups laud the move, others still opposed

Jewish Insider – After a prolonged and contentious debate over ethnic studies education in California, Massachusetts is taking steps to introduce its own legislation, raising concerns among Jewish community leaders over how such a curriculum will be created and eventually implemented.

Jewish Journal – The LA Times Editorial Board believes AB 101 is flawed but can be rehabilitated. It cannot. Governor Newsom must veto this bill, for good.

Jewish Journal – The recent appointment of Dr. Julianne Malveaux as Dean of Cal State LA’s new College of Ethnic Studies was met with outrage from the Jewish community after it was revealed that she has a history of defending Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.  Her anti-Jewish and anti-Zionist views are shared by many others in the discipline of Ethnic Studies, including at her own institution.

Jewish Journal – Thirty-five academics sent a letter to the California State Board of Education and State Superintendent Tony Thurmond on January 21 questioning the alleged benefits of the proposed Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum (ESMC).

Jewish Journal – Defining Jews as either having or lacking “racial privilege” erases realities that are inconvenient to the critical ethnic studies narrative, believe scholars Pamela Paresky and Lee Jussim.