Daily Podcasts Video Research

In the UK, Jew-hatred is hijacking education.

JL;DR SUMMARY In the UK, the National Education Union, the largest teaching union, has come under scrutiny for its perceived anti-Israel stance and the manner in which it reportedly influences educational content, potentially fostering antisemitic sentiment. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

Jewish IdentityEducationPro Palestinian ActivismUkNational Education UnionSchool CurriculumPalestine Solidarity CampaignTeaching Union

Places mentioned

Bristol, United Kingdom
"In the Jewish Chronicle, I helped expose how, just days after the October 7th massacre, the Bristol branch of the National Education Union which had previously celebrated preventing Jewish Member of Parliament Damien Egan from visiting one of their schools circulated teaching materials inviting pupils to sympathise with Hamas actions."
Manchester, United Kingdom
"Leah is already in conflict with fellow pupils and teachers over this years Holocaust Memorial Day assembly.At her Manchester private school, the Jewish Society and Humanitarian Society is tasked with writing the assembly together."
North London, England, United Kingdom
"Louise, a special needs assistant at a school in North London, told me that the moment she truly began to question the National Education Union a union she had belonged to for nearly a decade was when the representative at her own school calmly informed her that Israel did not exist."
London, United Kingdom
"The Islamic Human Rights Commission, a pro-Iran group that helps organise Londons annual anti-Israel Quds Day march, urged 460 councils and universities to boycott Holocaust Memorial Day events unless Gaza was included among the genocides recognised."
South London, Southwark, United Kingdom
"Some schools, like that of Hannah, a Jewish parent in South London, have quietly dropped the commemoration altogether since October 7th, citing other programming priorities."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 75239
Cairo Source ID 36
Retrieved 2026-02-13 05:30:56 UTC
Curated 2026-02-13 08:31:10 UTC