“Libraries shouldn’t be used for programming that incites Jew-hatred and other forms of social engineering . . . They’re not indoctrination centers.” Steve Feldman, executive director of the Zionist Organization of America’s Philadelphia chapter, told the Free Beacon.

By Noa Halff

(July 10, 2025 / Daily Mail) Philadelphia’s public libraries have been hosting anti-Israel ‘storytime’ workshops for kids that promote ‘Palestinian liberation’ and recently featured a children’s book showing Israel wiped off the map.

Libraries in the Democrat-run city are planning at least six ‘Palestine Story Time & Crafts’ events this summer at various branches.

At one event in June, a library did a reading of ‘A Map for Falasteen,’ which states that Israeli soldiers came ‘with their tanks and guns’ and ‘destroyed our villages,’ the Washington Free Beacon reported.

The book also shows a colorful map of ‘Falasteen’ – the Arabic word for Palestine -that doesn’t include Israel.

At another event, kids were given coloring pages featuring house keys on them.

The children were told the keys represent Palestinian families who were ‘thrown out of their homes.’

A third event had children making paper birds decorated with the names of ‘martyred children of the ongoing Israeli bombardment of Gaza,’ according to the Free Beacon.

The events are hosted by Families for Ceasefire Philly, which touts itself as ‘[f]amilies in Philly coming together to stop the genocide in Gaza.’

The group organized a rally in February where speakers said ‘all glory to the martyrs,’ and led workshops aimed at teaching people how to have conversations with kids about ‘oppression,’ ‘genocide’ and ‘apartheid.’

The group is actively expanding its programs, advertising upcoming sessions on July 22, August 9 and August 16.

A advertisement for the August 9 event featured a photo of a child wearing a headscarf reading ‘Jerusalem, we are coming’ – a slogan used by terrorist groups Hamas and Hezbollah, the Free Beacon reported.

The events have sparked major backlash from community members and Jewish leaders who are furious that tax money is paying for what they call anti-Jewish propaganda aimed at children.

‘Libraries are [viewed as] safe places where parents and grandparents can take their kids and the programming is safe as milk,’ Steve Feldman, executive director of the Zionist Organization of America’s Philadelphia chapter, told the Free Beacon.

‘[They] shouldn’t be used for programming that incites Jew-hatred and other forms of social engineering . . . They’re not indoctrination centers.’

The Daily Mail has contacted Philadelphia’s public library system for comment.