The uproar over the California ethnic studies program, explained California Jewish groups appear less concerned than a recent headline would suggest aherbias0/WikiCommons Share As a push from California lawmakers to mandate ethnic studies in public schools approaches a final vote in March, Tablet magazine published an article last week with the headline “California Is Cleansing Jews From History.” The article caused waves across the Jewish community, including in California, where Jewish groups applauded the most recent draft of the curriculum just a week earlier. Jewish Insider spoke to a number of activists and Jewish communal leaders in California who have focused on the issue in recent years.