Professor Jacobson is quoted in this story and suggests this decision reflects poorly on the NEA.
From the Washington Times:
NEA delegates vote to cut ties with Anti-Defamation LeagueThe National Education Association has voted to break with the Anti-Defamation League, seeking to end a decades-long partnership on fighting antisemitism while offering more evidence that defenders of Israel may no longer have a home on the progressive left.Delegates to the NEA Representative Assembly approved Sunday a proposal to prohibit the nation’s largest teachers’ union from using, endorsing or publicizing educational materials from the ADL, as well as its data, programs and professional offerings.“Educators embrace the urgency to respond to the questions of racism, injustice, and all forms of bigotry,” said the resolution called New Business Item 39. “Despite its reputation as a civil rights organization, the ADL is not the social justice partner it claims to be.”In its Campus Crisis Alert, the ADL called the measure “profoundly disturbing” and “an attack on educational resources on antisemitism, the Holocaust and anti-bias learning.”The stunning move to shun the prominent civil-rights group was driven by Educators for Palestine, an NEA caucus that gained formal recognition last year. The group cheered the outcome as a vote to “support Palestine.”The caucus is aligned with the broader “Drop the ADL” coalition, a collective of more than 200 progressive and Muslim groups that has called for exiling the league from the broader left-liberal community over its support for Israel.The ADL may be pro-Israel, but it’s hardly conservative…“The NEA cutting all ties with the ADL reflects how extremist the NEA has become,” said Cornell Law School professor William Jacobson, who publishes the Legal Insurrection blog.“I’ve been a harsh critic of the ADL having moved too far to the left, but apparently the ADL hasn’t moved far enough to the left for the NEA,” the veteran conservative blogger wrote…Mr. Jacobson characterized the vote as another reason to be wary of the NEA.“From promoting critical race theory to trying to destroy parents’ rights, NEA is a danger to our education system and our nation,” he said in a Tuesday email. “The NEA’s move against the ADL is just more proof. If the Trump administration wants to effectuate long-term educational change, a good first step would be to get teachers unions out of the business of pushing their political agendas in schools.”
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