Confronting Anti-Semitism
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Confronting Anti-Semitism Program Overview
The Confronting Anti-Semitism Program is designed to empower the Jewish community to respond to anti-Semitic incidents and to challenge the persistent anti-Semitic myths and stereotypes in which many of these conflicts are rooted. Through interactive tools and role-play the program’s workshops help Jewish teenagers and their families develop a strong, positive Jewish identity and acquire the tools and skills necessary to effectively and assuredly respond to insensitive behavior, bias and prejudice.
CAS for Middle and High School Students
ADL’s Confronting Anti-Semitism middle and high school program helps Jewish youth, their families, and other community members develop the essential skills needed to:
- Increase awareness of anti-Semitism in their environment.
- Assess specific incidents of anti-Semitism and select appropriate responses.
- Challenge anti-Semitic myths with facts
- Respond to hate-motivated incidents in school and the community at large
- Enhance leadership skills by developing the willingness, motivation and commitment to take personal action to create respectful and inclusive schools and communities
Confronting Anti-Semitism workshops are interactive, can be customized to address specific needs, and are available in various lengths ranging from 1.5 to 3 hours.
Download CAS Community Flyer (.pdf - 536kb - requires Acrobat Reader)
Contact your regional ADL Office for more information or to schedule a workshop.
Confronting Anti-Semitism on the College or University Campus
Anti-Semitism takes many forms on the college campus. While anti-Jewish stereotypes, intimidation, and vandalism, a new form of anti-Semitism has gained momentum on the college campus that focuses on Israel. The sovereign State of Israel and its government can be legitimately criticized just like any other country or government in the world. Criticism of particular Israeli actions or policies is not anti-Semitic. However, sometimes criticism of Israel or Zionism is anti-Semitic when it uses anti-Jewish stereotypes, invokes anti-Semitic symbols and images, or holds Jews collectively responsible for all actions of the State of Israel.
The Confronting Anti-Semitism University Program provides Jewish college students with the necessary tools and skills to:
- Distinguish between criticism of Israel that is within the bounds of legitimate political discourse, and that which crosses the line into anti-Semitism
- Confront anti-Semitic and anti-Israel attacks on campus, including anti-Semitic speakers, Holocaust denial, and anti-Israel political protests and divestment campaigns
- Handle harassment of Jewish faculty and students
- Build campus-wide alliances with various student groups and campus activists
- Enlist the support of faculty, administrators and national organizations
- Create more respectful and inclusive college environments for all students
Confronting Anti-Semitism workshops are interactive, can be customized to address specific needs, and are available in various lengths ranging from 1.5 to 3 hours.
Download CAS Campus Flyer (.pdf - 2,340kb - requires Acrobat Reader)
Contact your regional ADL Office for more information or to schedule a workshop.
Current and Future Leaders Study Mission to Israel
ADL’s Current and Future Leaders Study Mission to Israel invites a select group of diverse campus leaders to travel to Israel for a week. If possible, the students are joined by two Members of Congress or senior members of their staff, one Democrat and one Republican.
The annual Mission gives participants the opportunity to gain a deep and personal understanding of anti-Semitism, the Holocaust, modern Jewish history and the struggle for peace in the Middle East by engaging with decision makers, journalists, students and ordinary citizens.
Campus Editors Study Mission to Poland and Israel
The annual ADL Campus Editors Study Mission to Poland and Israel takes a diverse group of student journalists from across the country on a two-week trip to get a firsthand perspective on the news-making events in Arab-Israeli relations.
First the college journalists travel to Poland to explore pre-WW II Jewish life in Europe and learn about the Holocaust, touring the concentration camps Auschwitz and Majdanek and the areas once occupied by the Warsaw and Krakow ghettoes. Continuing on their journey, the students travel Israel extensively, visiting historic and religious sites and meeting with decision-makers on the frontlines of the conflict, representing both Israeli and Arab perspectives.
Contact your ADL Regional Office for more information on participating in our Campus Missions.
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