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What Is Being Taught in Chicago Classrooms about the Middle East?
(Chicago Sun-Times) Neil Steinberg - I decided to check out Monday's celebration of Israel's 78th birthday, held by the Consulate General of Israel in Chicago. Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza showed off a photo of a map of the Middle East that her son brought home from elementary school, where the nation that since 1948 has been known as Israel is labeled "Palestine." "All these kids think Israel is Palestine because that's what they're being taught. It's everywhere," she said. The Chicago Public Schools serving up publicly funded propaganda inculcating anti-Jewish hostility was a common thread in my conversations. Ellen Rosenfeld, an elected member of the CPS board, said teachers give assignments like, "Explain why Israel is committing genocide." "We're not teaching kids how to think, but what to think," she said.