A controversial curriculum for teaching ethnic studies in California public schools will face a final vote in March. Since the first draft came out in 2019, a coalition of Jewish organizations has advocated for content that meaningfully includes Jews and other groups, discusses antisemitism, and avoids perpetuating stereotypes that put Jews in danger. We sit down with Director of AJC Northern California Rabbi Serena Eisenberg about the curriculum and why it should matter to all of us.

Then, on Shabbat Table Talk, AJC’s Chief Field Operations Officer Melanie Maron Pell joins us to speak about AJC’s Mayors United Against Antisemitism initiative, Manya Brachear Pashman on why she isn’t laughing at the Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) jokes, and Seffi Kogen on antisemitism on college campuses.

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Episode Lineup: 

(00:40) Rabbi Serena Eisenberg

(13:24) Melanie Maron Pell

(18:15) Manya Brachear Pashman

(20:27) Seffi Kogen

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Show Notes:

We need your help before California’s Ethnic Studies Model Curriculum is finalized

Mayors United Against Antisemitism

AJC Arabic video - Protocols of the Elders of Zion

Seffi Kogen’s Op-Ed in Inside Higher Ed

Episode Transcript