Censorship
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November 14, 2025, 9:40 am
Banned Book Bingo shines spotlight on censorship
'It will be fun-heavy with a dash of education'
By Deborah Weisberg
Political activist and writer Elie Wiesel on November 3, 1980 in New York, New York. (Santi Visalli/Getty Images)
January 4, 2024, 10:53 am
Citing risk to Elie Wiesel’s ‘Night,’ Iowa judge blocks parts of state book ban law
The ruling is a major blow to efforts by conservative legislators in Iowa to import a national effort to purge school libraries of books they consider inappropriate.
By Andrew Lapin
The title pages of a Nazi-published version of "The Protocols of the Elders of Zion," an antisemitic text, circa 1935. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
May 25, 2023, 12:24 pm
The Florida mom who sought to ban Amanda Gorman’s poem says she’s sorry for promoting the Protocols of the Elders of Zion
“I’m not what the post says,” she said. “I love the Jewish community.”
By Andrew Lapin
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at a Jerusalem Post conference at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem on April 27, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 12, 2023, 3:00 pm
Florida rejects Holocaust education textbooks in clampdown on ‘woke’ instruction
One of the rejected Holocaust textbooks was “Modern Genocides.” The other was an online learning course, “History of the Holocaust.” Both were intended for high school students.
By Andrew Lapin
Jodi Picoult and her daughter Samantha Van Leer pose at the opening night of the musical "Between The Lines," July 11, 2022 in New York City. (Bruce Glikas/Getty Images)
March 15, 2023, 9:35 am
Jodi Picoult Holocaust novel removed as Florida school district purges libraries
The book contains several sexually graphic scenes, including depictions of sexual assault by Nazi guards.
By Andrew Lapin
"Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation" (Screenshot of book cover)
August 19, 2022, 7:38 am
Texas superintendent says Anne Frank adaptation will be back on shelves ‘very soon’
“None of the books under re-evaluation were banned."
By Andrew Lapin
"Anne Frank’s Diary: The Graphic Adaptation" (Screenshot of book cover)
August 18, 2022, 8:01 am
Texas school district orders librarians to remove a version of Anne Frank’s diary
Other books which will presumably now be removed include Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home” and Jon Ronson’s “So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed.”
By Andrew Lapin
Kenneth Stern with a copy of his book "The Conflict over the Conflict." Photo by Emily Stern.
July 21, 2020, 12:44 pm
Conflict over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: A conversation with Ken Stern
Stern's newly published book "The Conflict over the Conflict" ends with a blueprint for having better conversations about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
By Kayla Steinberg
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