US Teachers Are Kicking the ADL Out of Schools
The National Education Association, the United States’ largest teachers’ union, has voted to cut all ties with the Anti-Defamation League over the group’s weaponization of antisemitism and attacks on supporters of Palestinian rights.
A large solidarity protest for Gaza takes place in the heart of New York City, on June 21, 2025, with hundreds gathering in Union Square. (Ayman Aref / NurPhoto via Getty Images)
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has been a ubiquitous presence in US schools for forty years, pushing curriculum, direct programming, and teacher training into K-12 schools and increasingly into universities, often over the objections of students, parents, and educators.
Now the three-million-member National Education Association (NEA) has finally said no.
In a July 6 vote, the NEA’s seven-thousand-member Representative Assembly cut all ties with the ADL.
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