Long Island poll shows 1 in 4 voters oppose required Holocaust education, with misconceptions reported
A Long Island-based survey has found more than 1 in 4 registered voters do not think the Holocaust should be required teaching in schools.
The poll’s results have set off an alarm among educators.
New York state mandates schools to teach about the Holocaust and the systematic murder of 6 million Jews, but the recent survey of 400 registered voters shows local knowledge is lacking.
* 30% either do not believe the Holocaust should be required curriculum or declined to answer.
* 15% said they believed Holocaust deaths have been exaggerated or declined to answer.
* 27% either agreed with or refused to answer the question: “Are Jews too focused on the Holocaust and should they move on?”
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