Sunday, May 14, 2023

What Governor DeSantis needs to learn about the Holocaust and the Bible - Rabbi Jeff Salkin

Would anyone be surprised if, at some point in the near future, there would be bonfires of banned books across Florida? If you would be surprised, then I am sad to say that you simply have not learned history.

Florida Republican Governor and 2024 presidential candidate Ron DeSantis has portrayed himself as a friend of the Jews; witness his most recent trip to Israel. But he has allowed parent groups to remove Holocaust literature they don’t like from school libraries; all under the guise of "anti-woke" legislation.

Desantis' administration is censoring Holocaust education in public schools as being part of “woke indoctrination" in a 2020 bill he signed into law. 

A chilling question: Would anyone be surprised if, at some point in the near future, there would be bonfires of banned books across Florida? If you would be surprised, then I am sad to say that you simply have not learned history.

The full article is available here