Teach students about the history of Jewish people to the U.S.
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Teach students about the importance of narrative and use poetry to learn more about the Jewish experience.
Teach students about notable Jewish Americans and how learning about them helps to tell U.S. history and the Jewish community’s role in U.S. history.
Teach students about who the Jewish community is in the U.S. and dispel misconceptions and assumptions.
Teach students about Jewish American Heritage Month, its origins and ways to commemorate.
Guide for educators of common questions that may arise when teaching Jewish American Heritage lesson plans.
Engage in a family conversation about the origins of Jewish American Heritage Month and why we celebrate and commemorate it.
Children's books about Jewish people and the Jewish experience
Help students explore and think critically about films on the Jewish experience.
In an age of disinformation and bigotry, misconceptions about immigrants and anti-immigrant hate have spread throughout American politics and society. As a result, this country has seen a concerning uptick in rhetoric, policies, and social movements that threaten to or directly harm immigrants and refugees. This resource contains information and sources that set the record straight and will hopefully help mitigate the damage caused by disinformation about immigrants. The following are…
Title 42 is a public health law that was invoked by the Trump Administration at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic as a pretext to turn away asylum seekers, contrary to the expertise of public health professionals and U.S. obligations under national and international law. President Biden continued and expanded its use, long after other pandemic measures ended. In Huisha-Huisha v. Mayorkas, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Administration must end its use of Title 42 to expel…
This discussion guide about the musical Parade will help middle and high school students and adults reflect upon and discuss the themes and artistic elements of Parade.
Use these activities to bring the history, culture and experience of the Jewish people and community to your classroom.
Under the Trump Administration and continued under the Biden Administration, a public health law called Title 42 has been used against many seeking asylum and other forms of immigration relief at the U.S. border, denying them entry under the pretext of covid-19 prevention. The Biden Administration had announced that it would stop expelling migrants under Title 42 starting May 23, 2022. The plaintiff states in this case are challenging the Title 42 wind-down on Administrative Procedure Act…
New York, NY, June 30, 2022 ... ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) today welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision in Biden v. Texas, a 5-4 ruling that the Biden administration properly rescinded the Trump Administration’s Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP).
Informally known as the “Remain in Mexico” policy, under this cruel policy more than 71,000 asylum seekers arriving at the U.S./Mexico border have been forced to return to Mexico to await their U.S. asylum…
Under the Trump Administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy, also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), most asylum seekers arriving at the U.S./Mexico border were forced to return to Mexico to await their U.S. asylum hearing. The Biden Administration attempted to terminate the program. Texas and Missouri sued to stop termination of the program. The district court entered a nationwide permanent injunction requiring the Department of Homeland Security to reinstate…
New York, NY, November 29, 2021… Members of ADL’s (the Anti-Defamation League’s) Task Force on Middle East Minorities issued a letter today calling on United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken to broaden the criteria for Priority-2 refugee admissions status to include Afghan nationals from ethnic and religious minority groups that have a well-founded fear of persecution under Taliban rule.
Vulnerable ethnic and religious groups are now in much greater peril since…
In an age of disinformation and bigotry, misconceptions about immigrants and anti-immigrant hate have spread throughout American politics and society. As a result, this country has seen a concerning uptick in rhetoric, policies, and social movements that threaten to or directly harm immigrants and refugees. This resource contains information and sources that set the record straight and will hopefully help mitigate the damage caused by disinformation about immigrants. The following are…
GRADE LEVEL: Elementary School
COMMON CORE STANDARDS: Reading, Writing, Speaking and Listening, Language
SEL STANDARDS*: Self-Awareness, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, Responsible Decision-Making 7-Year-Old Morgan Bugg Advocates for More Diversity in Avatars
In April 2021, seven-year-old Morgan Bugg of Tennessee was using an educational gaming app called Freckle, which is used by more than 900,000 teachers in the U.S. This app gives students a chance to win coins while…
Under the “Remain in Mexico” policy, also known as the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP), certain asylum seekers arriving at the U.S./Mexico border were forced to return to Mexico to await their U.S. asylum hearing. As of January 2021, tens of thousands of MPP asylum seekers were waiting in Mexico for their asylum hearings, which had been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic since March 2020 with no clear dates for when the hearings would resume. ADL joined 110 other…