No, Jewish people are still mentioned in relation to the Holocaust. Furthermore, that quote is something that this channel made up, does not exist in the handbook, and this "news" organization is misrepresenting the handbook/NEA, possibly due to religious/political reasons.
You can find a copy of the 2025 handbook on the internet archive, here.
References to the Holocaust in the handbook say:
The National Education Association believes that the historical events of the
Holocaust must be taught to provide insight into how atrocities of this magnitude develop. The Association also believes that Holocaust education promotes human rights, prevents future genocides, and reduces doubt that these horrifying events occurred. (1981, 2019)
NEA shall promote the celebration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27 annually on its website and through other appropriate media to recognize the more than 12 million victims of the Holocaust from different faiths, ethnicities, races, political beliefs, genders, and gender identification, abilities/disabilities, and other targeted characteristics.
NEA will post the words “Stand up Against Antisemitism” circling a Jewish star on its website during the month of January in honor of Holocaust Remembrance and Jewish American Heritage Month.
I've added emphasis on the third entry. Furthermore, the President of the NEA released the following statement:
The National Education Association has opposed antisemitism throughout its history and is deeply committed to ensuring the safety and inclusion of Jewish educators and students. NEA regularly shares resources and supports educator workshops on Holocaust education, antisemitism, and ways to promote understanding of Jewish culture, heritage and history. This reflects NEA’s ongoing commitment to teach about Holocaust history and to counter the antisemitism that laid the groundwork for the systematic murder of six million Jews and the persecution and murder of millions of others by the Nazi regime. This document is not a handbook for use in the classroom, but a compilation of the more than 100 new business items adopted by NEA last year, which largely relate to the variety of materials NEA provides. These new business items also include calls to stand up against antisemitism, promote Holocaust Remembrance and education, and promote content to mark Jewish American Heritage Month.
Let's examine the quote in your question. The full line the guest said is:
They're (NEA) saying that Hitler and his accomplices exterminated minority groups, without emphasizing the centrality of the Jews to the Holocaust.
So, it seems like their complaint isn't that NEA is planning on never talking about Jewish people in the Holocaust, but rather that the handbook gives a broad description without specifically mentioning Jewish people in this one section.
Now, three seconds into the video in the question, I paused to ask "Who are CBN News, and is it possible that they have a personal stake in this issue?" It turns out that CBN News is:
an American Conservative Christian, pro-Israel media production and distribution organization.
So, they clearly have a personal stake in this, and may not be objective reporters. There are a few indicators in this video that they have a personal bias against the NEA, so it is possible that they are making these false/misleading campaigns in order to rile people up over the organization.
Right at the start, they say:
"America's largest teachers' union, which advocated for closing classrooms and masking students during the Covid pandemic is now rewriting history."
Why would they mention Covid response in relation to a video about the Holocaust? Some quick googling shows that they were against lockdowns and masking during the pandemic, so this is likely to cast aspersion of the NEA for their viewers.
They describe the NEA as being:
A left-wing political arm that cares more about Palestine than phonics. It cares more about distinguishing anti-Zionism from antisemitism than it does making sure children are getting a quality education.
The section of the handbook which they are describing is this:
NEA will use existing digital communication tools to educate members about the difference between anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
Which just boils down to "We will educate people about the difference between opposing Jewish nationalism and opposing people for following Jewish faith."
CBN further claims that the NEA is revising history in the way the handbook addresses the formation of Israel, which the handbook describes as:
NEA will use existing digital communication tools to educate members and the
general public about the history of the Palestinian Nakba. The Nakba, meaning “catastrophe” in Arabic, refers to the forced, violent displacement and dispossession of at least 750,000 Palestinians from their homeland in 1948 during the establishment of the state of Israel. Educating about the Nakba is essential for understanding the Palestinian diaspora narrative and experience, including the ongoing trauma of our Palestinian American students today. Teaching about the Nakba fosters critical thinking and empathy among students, promoting a deeper understanding of historical injustices and their contemporary ramifications.
That's only the first third of the video, but they continue to take shots at NEA, the American education system, and Palestinians. Overall, this is a clearly biased and disingenuous group who are making bad faith arguments because they're upset that the NEA are discussing ideas that they don't like, and are trying to gain sympathy for their message by pretending that the NEA is attempting to downplay the atrocities committed against the Jewish people during the Holocaust. This is a clickbait video, already gaining 46K views in two days. The claims that they are making about NEA range from mischaracterized to flat out wrong. It is clear that they are pushing a religious message, and possibly a political message related to the current US Administrations efforts to weaken/abolish the Department of Education.
Update 1:
Even the 2007 and 2011 editions of the handbook don't mention Jewish people when talking about the Holocaust, but obviously it's a subject which has been taught in America, and people are well aware of the atrocities committed against the Jewish people.
The most recent edition which I could find is from 1979.
I think that this should be proof enough that the NEA did not "remove connection of Jews to Holocaust in its 2025 plans". It hasn't been in their books for a long time, it not being in their handbook has not erased the connection of Jews to the Holocaust, adding a new statement which is broad and doesn't specifically mention any one group is not erasure of a specific group.
