The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed a federal lawsuit against California’s recent law addressing Jew-hatred in K-12 schools on Sunday, alleging that it violates the First Amendment.

The 54-page lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California against Gavin Newsom, the Democratic governor of California; Rob Bonta, the state attorney general; and Tony Thurmond, the state superintendent. The committee filed the suit on behalf of parents and teachers in the state and Los Angeles Educators for Palestine. (JNS sought comment from the state’s Department of Justice.)

AB 715, which Newsom signed into law last month and will go into effect Jan. 1, will establish a state civil-rights office with a coordinator focused on Jew-hatred and bar di

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