To direct the Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to develop a curriculum for the study of modern-day antisemitism surrounding Hamas’ October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks against Israel for use in secondary schools, and for other purposes.
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Latest Action · May 6, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
This bill directs the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum to develop an educational curriculum about antisemitism related to Hamas's October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel for use in secondary schools across the country. The curriculum must cover the attacks themselves, the history of antisemitism and its role in the violence, how antisemitic and anti-Israel rhetoric spread in the United States and on college campuses following the attacks, the role of social media in spreading such rhetoric, and how denial and distortion have been used as forms of antisemitism. The director of the Holocaust Memorial Museum must complete the curriculum development within 180 days of the bill's enactment and submit a report to Congress describing the curriculum no later than 180 days after completion or within three years of enactment, whichever comes first. The bill does not specify dedicated funding for this project or require schools to adopt the curriculum, but it aims to provide educational resources to combat antisemitism among middle and high school students.
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