Jewish educators face rampant antisemitism in teachers unions, new report finds

Jewish educators are experiencing rampant antisemitism from teachers unions, according to a new report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL).

The organization surveyed 307 Jewish members of teachers unions, many of whom admitted to censoring themselves and being disappointed with how unions handled concerns about antisemitism.

"What we found is not the work of a few bad actors.

It is a structural and cultural failure," ADL CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said in a statement.

"Jewish educators deserve to feel safe and protected in their union spaces.

And instead of that, they are self-censoring and fearing backlash for raising concerns." Greenblatt added that the report's findings represented a "dangerous trend of institutionalized antisemitism." FEDS OPEN PROBE INTO NEW YORK CITY'S ANTI-ISRAEL TEACHERS Sydney Altfield, CEO of Teach Coalition, an organization that advocates for Jewish schools, said the report was particularly concerning because teachers unions were meant to represent and protect all educators.

"What strikes me is that these unions are supposed to be homes for everyone, and [they're] not being that," Altfield told Fox News Digital.

TEACHER WHO BATTLED UNION FEARS SHE’S BEING TARGETED AFTER SHIRT COMPLAINT: 'I'M AFRAID' One of the key findings of the report was the high rate at which Jewish educators were self-censoring out of fear of retaliation.

According to the ADL, 70% of respondents "somewhat or strongly agreed" that bringing up concerns about how Jews were treated in union spaces "could lead to reputational or professional consequences." Additionally, 73.6% said they needed to censor themselves in union spaces, and 47.6% said they reduced their participation in union activities due to "harmful rhetoric or behavior targeting Jews, Zionists/Zionism or Israel." A respondent told the ADL that union leadership "actively works against" Jews and Zionists.

The respondent noted that the union "hosted several events promoting extremely biased and nasty anti-Israel curriculum , including giving out flyers that praised the Al-Aqsa flood operation [Oct.

7 attack] and glorified their martyrs..." The respondent said their wife was "physically intimidated at a union event" and was "attacked publicly by union leadership online on social media." FAR-LEFT ACTIVIST CONFERENCE AT TEACHERS UNION HQ RAISES CLASSROOM CONCERNS Many respondents also reported pervasive anti-Jewish, anti-Israel and anti-Zionist conduct and said hostile rhetoric continued well after Hamas' Oct.

7 massacre in Israel.

More than 70% of respondents "somewhat or strongly agreed" that union statements about the Israel-Hamas war failed to condemn the terror organization or the atrocities committed during the massacre.