The NEA’s antisemitic ADL split: Letters to the Editor — July 11, 2025

The Issue: The National Education Association cuts ties with the Anti-Defamation League.

The National Education Association’s outrageous decision to cut ties with the Anti-Defamation League — the nation’s oldest civil-rights organization — is a triumph for anti-Jewish bigotry and hate (“NEA ax on ADL,” July 9).

In the aftermath of the worst mass slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust, it is profoundly disturbing and offensive that the NEA would say that a respected Jewish civil-rights group should not have a say in defining antisemitism because it supports Israel’s right to exist.

Stephen Silver

San Francisco, Calif.

The largest teachers union cutting ties with the ADL is the most outrageous action taken by so-called educators.

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It is blatant antisemitism, which has no place in our schools.

It is a license to bully, ostracize and harm Jewish students across our

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