My Nonprofit Reviews

I first heard about the Institute For Curriculum Services through my volunteer work on the Jewish Community Relations Council. From the very first I was impressed with the idea of learned Jews looking at our childrens' textbooks and pointing out the misstatements contained about Judaism. I was horrified at some of the awful inaccuracies the children were learning in school. One sentence said (and I paraphrase) that Passover is about the celebration of the killing of the first born Egyptian child. Anyone that is familiar with the story knows that Passover is about freedom from slavery and much more, but certainly not about celebrating death. So the Institute carefully goes over the texts and attempts to correct these blatantly false statements. Over the years as I hear more about their pioneering work, I am so thankful they are out there. Especially, now that my grandchildren are getting into the grades that teach about religion I am thrilled that the Institute is on the watch to make it right. No one else to my knowledge is doing this work..so they are unique. A greatly needed resource for our Community.

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