Erasing Palestine from US School Curricula

Event Date: September 10, 2023

Time: 3 pm ET/ 12 noon PT

Where is Palestine?

What are the occupied Palestinian territories?

What is the Palestinian-Israeli struggle about?

Do teaching materials in US public schools and Jewish private schools provide accurate answers?

Probably not.

People who seek to maintain US support for Israel, both within the Jewish community and in the larger US population, have profoundly shaped the teaching of Israel and Palestine.  VFHL examines this issue through two films.  Between the Lines presents interviews with students and teachers at American Jewish day schools about “Israel education.” The Fight Against Israeli Propaganda in Virginia Textbooks reveals the behind-the-scenes efforts of an Israeli affinity group to erase Palestine from US public school teaching materials and reduce Palestinians to peasants and terrorists.

Watch the film for free at your convenience; Join the Q&A Discussion

Ali Kriegsman: filmmaker, author, entrepreneur, and small business leader

Ezra Beinart: Jewish day school senior; facilitator of on-line discussions between US Jewish teens & Palestinians

Susan Douglass:  educator, author, outreach director for the CCAS at Georgetown University

Faedah Totah (moderator): Associate Professor, School of World Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University

You must register to get the free film link and to participate in the Q&A discussion.

Register at Tinyurl.com/VFHL-September2023.

Watch the Trailers: Tinyurl.com/VFHL-BetweenLinesTrailer

https://www.voicesfromtheholyland.org/events/sun-09102023-1200/erasing-palestine-us-school-curricula