The state Legislature has passed a Holocaust education bill that would require the state education commissioner to assess how the Holocaust is taught in schools statewide. The bill was sponsored by Sen. Anna Kaplan, D-Great Neck, and Assemblywoman Nily Rozic, D-Queens. The bill comes at a time when awareness about the Holocaust is at disturbing lows, according to officials. The bill now goes to Gov. Kathy Hochul for her signature. Eric Post, director of the American Jewish Committee Long Island office, had this statement: “Surveys have shown a lack of awareness of basic knowledge of the Holocaust by current students...
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