There is “substantial evidence” that the Oakland Unified School District discriminated against Jews by circulating a map of the Middle East that deleted Israel, the California Department of Education determined on Oct. 20.

The seven-page finding, which the Jewish News of Northern California obtained , states that in August 2021, during Arab American Heritage Month, a slideshow presentation in the district featured a map that excluded Israel. The map also appeared in a district guide that the district published in 2023 and in a resource guide that it disseminated in 2024, per the report.

Though the district determined that the map violated board policies, it “did not specifically address the allegation of discrimination in the form of antisemitism,” which the state education departmen

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