[IsraelNationalNews] Laurie Cardoza-Moore, head of PJTN says antisemitism is infiltrating US education and Hispanic and Latino Christians have a biblical responsibility to stand with the Jewish people and the State of Israel.
Laurie Cardoza-Moore, President of Proclaiming Justice to the Nations (PJTN), spoke with Arutz Sheva-Israel National News about her long-standing campaign to expose antisemitism, particularly within American educational systems, and her broader efforts to combat anti-Israel narratives and disinformation.
"I’ve been fighting antisemitism since I was a teenager," she recalls. "Thirteen years ago, a parent approached me with a textbook that included a deeply troubling justification for Palestinian suicide bombings in Jerusalem—portrayed as resistance to Israeli government policy. While the textbook did not explicitly name the location, we all understood it referred to the Sbarro Pizzeria bombing. That discovery prompted me to examine the entire textbook, and what I found was not just antisemitic and anti-Israel content, but also material that was anti-American and hostile to the Judeo-Christian values upon which our nation was founded."
This revelation sparked a national campaign. "We began to raise awareness among parents, citizens, and elected officials," Cardoza-Moore explains. "At the time, this was happening under the oversight of the Tennessee state legislature. Once lawmakers were shown the content, we were able to take action. That textbook was removed from schools, and the movement began to spread across the country."
She says she personally met with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to present the issue. "I showed him the content being used in classrooms. We soon discovered that this was happening in Florida, Texas—many conservative, Bible Belt states. It became clear that children from kindergarten through twelfth grade were being targeted with antisemitic and anti-Israel material. People mistakenly believe these ideas are only found on university campuses, but they are being introduced much earlier."
Cardoza-Moore says that among the conservative religious right, such narratives are firmly rejected. "They know their Bible and understand their responsibilities regarding Israel. We mobilized communities to examine their own children’s textbooks. That effort became a national movement."
Her organization now focuses on influencing state-level education standards. "If we can shape the standards that define what and how children are taught, then publishers must follow them if they want to do business with state education departments. Governor DeSantis said, ’If I’m elected, I will eliminate this curriculum,’ and he kept his word."
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