Confronting Antisemitism and Hate

CJP is confronting the troubling rise of antisemitism and anti-Zionism through powerful community initiatives and by amplifying the important work of our partners. Join us here to access resources, hear from local voices, and take action against this form of hate.

Events
Resources
Community News
Ways to Take Action
Voices From Our Community
CJP Communal Security Initiative

Events

Top Pick

Politics, Violence and Memory: New Insights on the Holocaust From Social Science

Jun 14, 7:00 pm

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C. (Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid/Wikimedia Commons)

Free

Top Pick

Special Community Briefing: Mapping Project Explained

Jun 13, 5:00 pm

Free

Antisemitism Today: What Does It Look Like & How Can We Fight It?

Jun 9, 7:00 pm

Free

The star of David lined with candles in the night, on a black background. Burning candles - a symbol of International Holocaust Remembrance day 27 January

Top Pick

“Shining a Light on Antisemitism” Panel Discussion

Jun 7, 7:30 pm

Temple Beth Shalom, Needham

Free

Resources

1/10/2022 Top Pick

The Working Definition of Antisemitism

What does it mean, why is it important and what should we do with it?

By AJC

Hacker in front of his computer. Dark face

1/7/2022 Top Pick

Take This Quiz to Test Your Knowledge of Antisemitism

To stop antisemitism, we first have to recognize and understand it.

By AJC

Roman triumphal procession with spoils from the Second Temple, depicted on the inside wall of the Arch of Titus in Rome

1/6/2022 Top Pick

Antisemitism, Explained

By Yair RosenbergFor Unpacked

1/6/2022 Top Pick

ADL Cyber-Safety Action Guide

By Anti-Defamation League

11/23/2021 Top Pick

TribeTalking Podcast Series

TribeTalking, underwritten by CJP, provides valuable information to help college students build a meaningful Jewish life on campus.

By TribeTalk

Community News

6/7/2022 Top Pick

House Resolution on Antisemitism Receives Praise

By Rich TenorioFor JewishBoston

6/7/2022 Top Pick

Peabody Police Investigating Antisemitic Papers in Neighborhood

Fliers were left on Saturday, the start of Shavuot, on streets in West Peabody, where two synagogues are located.

By Breanne KovatchFor The Boston Globe

5/26/2022 Top Pick

MA Senate Votes To Boost Security Funding for Houses of Worship

Massachusetts state senators unanimously voted on a budget amendment to double security funding for houses of worship and other nonprofits.

By Alison KuznitzFor MassLive

5/25/2022 Top Pick

Buffalo Shooting Continues Troubling Trend

By Rich TenorioFor JewishBoston

Rabbi recovering from brutal stabbing outside Jewish day school opens new training center in Brighton

5/23/2022 Top Pick

Rabbi Recovering From Brutal Stabbing Opens Training Center

A rabbi who survived an antisemitic attack is now able to realize his dream thanks in part to one of his famous friends.

By 7News WHDH Boston

5/23/2022 Top Pick

How Social Media Fuels Antisemitism

A new book, co-edited by Sabine von Mering, makes the case that Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and other platforms help to spread hate and enable far-right extremism.

By Lawrence GoodmanFor Brandeis University

Ways to Take Action

1/6/2022 Top Pick

ADL Cyber-Safety Action Guide

By Anti-Defamation League

Rabbi Shlomo Noginski at his Brighton home on Sunday, three days after he was stabbed outside the Shaloh House, a Jewish day school.ERIN CLARK:GLOBE STAFF

7/12/2021 Top Pick

How To Speak Out Against Antisemitism

Politicians’ platitudes won’t stem a surge of Jew-hatred unseen in America since World War II.

By Jeff JacobyFor The Boston Globe

8/18/2017 Top Pick

Charlottesville Next Steps

Four specific actions you can do immediately to support Charlottesville.

By Jewschool

8/17/2017 Top Pick

In Response to Hate, Take a Seat at the Shabbat Table

Don’t stay silent; open up at Judaism’s sacred space.

(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

8/15/2017 Top Pick

Why Charlottesville Is a Jewish Issue

By Stephanie Lowitt

Voices From Our Community

A photo taken on May 27, 1944, in Oświęcim, Poland, showing Nazis selecting prisoners on the platform at the entrance of the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp. -/YAD VASHEM ARCHIVES/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES

4/25/2022 Top Pick

It’s a Mistake to Ban Holocaust Denial

Canada is poised to criminalize a vile form of antisemitic expression. It shouldn’t.

By Jeff JacobyFor The Boston Globe

3/28/2022 Top Pick

‘It’s Nothing New’: A Mass. Politician’s Battle With Online Hate

Members of minority groups in leadership positions are increasingly targets for online hate campaigns that run deep with antisemitism and racism.

By Pranshu VermaFor The Boston Globe

3/21/2022 Top Pick

Make No Mistake: Anti-Zionism Is Antisemitism

By Jeff JacobyFor The Boston Globe

An aerial view of police standing in front of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue, Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022, in Colleyville, Texas. A man held hostages for more than 10 hours Saturday inside the temple. The hostages were able to escape and the hostage taker was killed. FBI Special Agent in Charge Matt DeSarno said a team would investigate "the shooting incident." (AP Photo/Brandon Wade)

3/4/2022 Top Pick

I’d Never Worn the Star of David. That Changed in 2022.

This is a fraught time to be a Jew in America.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor WBUR Cognoscenti

The McCoy family observing Shabbat (Photo: Jayne Guberman/Flickr)

2/14/2022 Top Pick

Jews of Color and the Changing Demographics of Jews

How we missed Whoopi Goldberg’s teachable moment.

By Ed Gaskin

2/8/2022 Top Pick

What Whoopi Goldberg Misunderstood

Jews are in the “other” category in America, every bit as marginalized because of their religion as I am at times because of my skin color.

By Colette A.M. PhillipsFor The Boston Globe