National teacher's union board rejects member vote to boycott the Anti-Defamation League

The executive committee and board of the largest teachers’ union in the country announced late last week that it would not cut its ties to the Anti-Defamation League, despite a resolution by its members to do so.

The National Education Association assembly in Portland, Oregon, earlier this month passed a measure to bar its members from using, endorsing, or publicizing any materials from the Anti-Defamation League, the antisemitism watchdog that offers K-12 schools a self-directed, student-led program on countering different forms of hate.

The boycott vote from among more than 6,000 members of the teachers’ union came amid growing criticism of the ADL for its staunch pro-Israel advocacy at a time when the country is engaged in a prolonged and brutal war in the Gaza Strip that some groups are likening to a genocide of Palestinians.