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Vox YouTube Video: “The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A Brief, Simple History” 

Tools and Strategies
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Educators surveyed in a 2025 RAND study said that after school curricula and U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum materials, YouTube is their most-used supplement for teaching the Holocaust and related Jewish topics. Although its videos are free and visually engaging, their quality varies; for example, Vox’s “The Israel-Palestine Conflict: A Brief, Simple History” can appear more reliable than it is. Vox itself is an American news and opinion website that leans towards the…
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Decode & Disrupt: A Toolkit to Recognizing and Combating Problematic Messages

Tools and Strategies
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In recent years, the education landscape has changed dramatically. With the rise of AI platforms like ChatGPT and resource sharing hubs like Teachers Pay Teachers, there are many organizations and resources that claim to offer quality material—often at no cost.  The rise of these platforms coincides with a change in trends for educators. According to a report from Education Week, the average teacher uses five supplemental resources and two core curricula sources. The report goes on…
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Supporting Jewish Students After Incidents

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Resources to facilitate thoughtful conversations with your students about antisemitism, current events and violence, and how we build more communities that stand up to hate.
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Call to Action: Reform the UN Special Rapporteur System

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We have long expressed deep concern over UN Special Rapporteurs who abuse their mandates, utilize antisemitic tropes, trivialize the Holocaust, and support violence against the Jewish state, to drive political agendas. While we recognize the complexity of the removal process for Special Rapporteurs and the importance of maintaining their independence, the current system has allowed for individuals whose conduct conflicts with the UN’s core values to continue serving in these influential…
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Kneecap – The Irish Hip-Hop Trio Promoting Violence Against Israel

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Kneecap, the Irish hip-hop trio, has made headlines for their onstage anti-Israel comments, support of designated terrorist organizations, and pro-BDS activities. As of August 26, 2025, Kneecap cancelled its sold-out October tour of the US amid a legal battle and pushback concerning their uninhibited support for extremist organizations in their activism. In February 2025, Kneecap posted a picture of a band member reading a book of statements by the terrorist organization Hezbollah’s…
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Back to School Resources

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Back to School is a busy time for all. Explore our resources for both educators and families to support creating classrooms where all students can thrive.
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Education Resources: Monthly Observances

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National heritage and celebration months are excellent opportunities to explore, celebrate and educate about the many cultures and peoples of the United States.
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The Islamic Republic of Iran: A Decades-Long Record of Promoting Antisemitism

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The Islamic Republic of Iran is the world’s leading state sponsor of terrorism, antisemitism, and Holocaust denial and distortion. Anti-Jewish and anti-Israel hate and incitement have been a core pillar and a defining feature of the Iranian regime, promoted through state media, educational system, religious sermons and international propaganda, including through Holocaust cartoon contests and annual Quds Day rallies. Since its founding in 1979, through the Islamic Revolutionary Guard…
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The Houthis: A Long Tradition of Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Hate

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On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump designated the Houthis (also called “Ansar Allah”), the Islamic Republic of Iran’s terror proxy in Yemen, as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO). This adds to their previous designation under the Biden administration as Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGT). Together, the FTO and SDGT designations allow the US Government to target the Houthis more effectively. The Houthis have been launching missile and drone attacks…
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The Durban Conference and Process

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The UN World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, held in Durban, South Africa from August 31 to September 7, 2001, brought together over 12,000 representatives from 194 states and organizations to forge a common agenda against discrimination. Over two decades later, the “Durban process” has come to symbolize the United Nation’s polarization over antisemitism and anti-Zionism, a form of antisemitism which opposes the…
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Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham: Extremist Record and Regional Ambitions of Syria’s New Rulers

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On November 27, 2024, Syrian rebel groups launched a major offensive against the regime of Bashar Al-Assad. Within days, forces led by Hayat Tahrir Al-Sham (HTS), and supported by the Turkey-backed Syrian National Army and a range of anti-Assad militias, had taken Aleppo and Hama. On December 8, 2024, the rebel forces took Damascus, forcing Assad to flee the country. The HTS leadership quickly assumed control of government institutions, appointed an interim prime minister, and declared itself…
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