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Jack Waksal, born in 1924 and a survivor of the Holocaust's forced labor camps, visits the Holocaust Memorial in Miami Beach, Florida, on International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Jan. 27, 2022. An Arkansas legislative committee approved a bill on Jan. 25, 2023, that would establish Holocaust Education Week in Arkansas public schools. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Arkansas schools would observe Holocaust Education Week if bill becomes law

BY: - January 25, 2023

The Senate Education Committee approved a bill on Wednesday to establish Holocaust Education Week in Arkansas public schools.  Sponsored by Sen. Jim Dotson (R-Bentonville), SB68 amends state law that requires Holocaust education to designate the last full week of classes in January as Holocaust Education Week. If approved, the State Board of Education would be […]