Boston Globe – The MTA’s tax-exempt status exists to support its work on behalf of teachers’ working conditions, not to fund political campaigns or promote foreign policy positions, argues CAMERA’s Jany Finkielsztein.

CAMERA – The content of the presentation was less about Arab culture and more about controversial issues from a one-sided perspective. The pedagogy was less about presenting new content knowledge and more about encouraging partisan student activism.

JNS – Rather than adhere to educational standards, the Massachusetts Teachers Association has pursued a one-sided approach when teaching about Israel and Hamas.

Boston Globe – “While Max Page claims that the MTA is reviewing the curricula-resources web page, there is no clear structure or system in place for how this review is being conducted, who is responsible for conducting it, and what criteria is being used,” says CAMERA’s Jany Finkielsztein, also a member of MEAA.

Jewish Book Council –  A first-person account by a Jewish American book author of the cancellation of a children’s literature panel at the recent NCTE conference in Boston. The planned session in which she was to be a panelist was meant to highlight role of literature in promoting unity. Instead, it was cancelled because of disunity, when Jewish participants did not share the Arab panelists’ desire to politicize the session with a discussion of the war in Gaza and the “ongoing genocide” perpetrated by Israel.

CAMERA – A call for book-burning at the 2024 NCTE annual convention highlights the attempt by anti-Zionist activists to control the narrative. After  failing to pressure the NCTE into cancelling CAMERA’s inclusion in the convention with defamatory claims against CEI, the same activists are  now campaigning to stigmatize the teacher’s council.

The Daily Wire – The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) is threatening to sue Republican state lawmakers who condemned its appointment of Ricardo Rosa, citing his anti-Israel and anti-American rhetoric. CAMERA’s Jany Finkielsztein told the Daily Wire that her proposal for a teacher workshop was likely rejected by the MTA due to conflicts with Rosa’s narrative.

The Daily Wire – Jany Finkielsztein, a former instructional coach for the Waltham public schools who retired last year and is a senior education analyst with CAMERA Education Institute, said Rosa’s social media posts about the United States and Israel reveal his “commitment to transforming classrooms into arenas of radicalism.”

Minding the Campus – Just two months after the Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) voted in favor of a ceasefire resolution labeling Israel’s defensive war against Hamas as “a genocidal war on the Palestinian people,” the union has once again engaged in the demonization and delegitimization of Israel.

CAMERA – Just two months after the Massachusetts Teachers Association voted in favor of a ceasefire resolution labeling Israel’s defensive war against Hamas as “a genocidal war on the Palestinian people,” the union has once again engaged in the demonization and delegitimization of Israel.