The Administration will continue to bolster efforts to improve services provided to people and communities that experience hate incidents or discrimination, including antisemitic incidents and discrimination. To this end, departments and agencies will look to use existing funding and programs to expand the capacity of community-based organizations that are implementing projects to support communities and people who have been the victims of hate incidents or discrimination. These projects include efforts to promote awareness, healing, reconciliation, services and federal benefits access, and/or resource development. Additional objectives that funding or guidance will address include:

• Cultural competence among those serving people who have experienced hate incidents or discrimination;
• Awareness and training on culturally-specific and trauma-informed remedies to help people who have experienced hate incidents or discrimination recover from trauma, and options to support victims who seek education and reconciliation with perpetrators in lieu of punitive options; and
• Economic supports as survivors recover from trauma. 

We call on all actors in American society, whether those operating at the global, national, regional or local level, to review their association with and potential sponsorship or remuneration of individuals and entities that advance antisemitism. This might include reconsideration of a brand association, halting patronage of an antisemitic entity or individual, or “unfollowing” an account.

We call on American CEOs and business leaders to speak out loudly and clearly against antisemitic speech and conduct, especially when it occurs in communities where their businesses are based. American brands and CEOs have great influence, and failure to speak out only contributes to the normalization of antisemitism. Targeted communities must know that American businesses stand with them and against antisemitism.

AmeriCorps and DHS will partner to amplify resources that support underserved communities and under-resourced organizations, including Jewish schools and synagogues that fit these criteria.

AmeriCorps will distribute resources on antisemitism and countering antisemitism through its national service programs.

AmeriCorps will encourage multi-faith service projects for its 9/11 Day of Service. Through these service projects, Americans of different religions will have the opportunity to increase understanding and work together towards common service goals.

AmeriCorps will work with Service Year Alliance, a nonprofit that promotes national service, to develop resources for a 2023 pilot program aimed at understanding best practices for uniting young people across cultures, faiths, and backgrounds.

We call on bar associations and other legal networks to increase awareness of legal authorities requiring or permitting religious accommodations for Jews and people of other faiths, including by convening discussions of such authorities and producing resources on them.

We call on bar associations and other legal networks to increase awareness of legal authorities prohibiting antisemitic and related forms of discrimination, including by convening discussions of such authorities and producing resources on them.

To counter hate and antisemitism, the Biden-Harris Administration encourages all online platforms to independently commit to the following actions:

Ensure terms of service and community standards explicitly cover antisemitism. The Administration commends platforms with terms of service and community standards that establish “zero-tolerance” for hate speech, including antisemitism. All online platforms are encouraged to adopt zero-tolerance terms of service and community standards.

To counter hate and antisemitism, the Biden-Harris Administration encourages all online platforms to independently commit to the following actions:

Invest in the human and technical resources necessary to enable vigorous and timely enforcement of their terms of service and community standards. Currently, many platforms do not adequately invest in enforcement of their terms of service and community standards, and numerous platforms have recently shed significant portions of their trust and safety workforces, leading to documented increases in hate speech on their platforms.

We call on civil society organizations at the national, regional, and local levels to identify evidence-based cross-community solidarity-building efforts and work to advance them in communities across the U.S.

We call on civil society organizations with expertise in antisemitism to share their information on and analysis of antisemitic content online with federal, state and local law enforcement as well as with online platforms to better enable these actors to hold accountable those who create and spread antisemitism online, engage in antisemitic threats and harassment, and encourage hate crimes and hate-fueled violence.

We call on American sports leagues to combat antisemitism and other forms of hate, discrimination, and bias in sports by:

Reminding athletes and coaches, team personnel, and staff to abstain from antisemitic behavior and other acts of hate, discrimination, and bias in all circumstances.

Commerce will identify ways in which companies’ practices with respect to collecting, storing, using, and processing data can potentially drive antisemitism or lead to privacy harms that disproportionately impact Jews and other communities. This analysis will be included in a larger Commerce report, which will also identify policy recommendations to mitigate these harms against Jews and other historically marginalized communities.

Commerce will open up applications for digital equity projects that promote digital inclusion, including awareness of online safety and the prevention of online harassment and abuse. In 2024, these digital equity projects will, for the first time, be eligible for Commerce’s State Digital Equity Capacity Grants Program. This action was also highlighted in the Initial Blueprint of the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse.

We call on communities that are the victims of hate and hate-fueled violence to join with Jewish communities and civil society in solidarity and action against antisemitism.

We call on community-based violence prevention programs and local law enforcement to build stronger ties with synagogues, Jewish community centers, Jewish day schools, and other Jewish institutions and organizations – and vice versa. Through these relationships, Jewish communities can avail themselves of federal training, technical assistance, and resources to bolster their security. Federal resources only reach as far as local actors’ ability to utilize them.

We call on Congress to continue to build upon improvements made to the NSGP in the FY23 National Defense Authorization Act. These additional changes would help strengthen the program’s effectiveness.

We call on Congress to fully fund the President’s FY24 Budget request for ED’s new $50 million investment to support Civics Participatory Learning and Engagement Grants. The grants would develop new, and expand existing, evidence-based, hands-on learning programs that help students develop digital and media literacy, among other skills.

We call on Congress to fully fund the President’s FY24 Budget request of $73 million for the Department of Education’s American History and Civics Education programs. History and civics education is designed to improve the quality of teaching and learning about American history, civics, and government education. The programs are, in part, to promote new and innovative evidence-based instruction and professional development for teachers, principals, or other school leaders. This request includes funding for a new $50 million initiative to support evidence-based strategies that bring students from different communities together, enhance understanding of how government works, promote student engagement and empowerment, and help students develop digital and media literacy.

We call on Congress to fully fund the President’s FY24 budget request of $360 million for the DHS’ NSGP. These funds are vital to offset the costs of physical security enhancements for Jewish and other communities across the country.

We call on Congress to fully fund the President’s FY24 budget request to fund DOJ grant programs including the COVID-19 Hate Crimes and Khalid Jabara-Heather Heyer NO HATE Acts, the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Program, and the Community-based Approaches to Prevent and Address Hate Crimes. These programs support state and local efforts to implement National Incident-Based Reporting System, create state-run hate crime reporting hotlines, train officers, and develop protocols for identifying, investigating, and reporting hate crimes. These programs also support community-based organizations and civil rights groups implementing comprehensive approaches to promote community awareness and preparedness, increase victim reporting, strengthen community resiliency, and improve response to hate crimes. The President’s FY24 Budget requests $15 million for the COVID-19 Hate Crimes and Khalid Jabara-Heather Heyer NO HATE Acts, an increase of $5 million over the 2023 enacted level.

We call on Congress to fully fund the President’s FY24 Budget request of $177.6 million for ED OCR. This is a $37.6 million increase from the 2023 enacted level of $140 million. The additional requested funds would strengthen OCR’s work to counter antisemitism and related forms of discrimination in K-12 schools and on campus.

We call on Congress to hold social media platforms accountable for spreading hate-fueled violence, including antisemitism. The President has long called for fundamental reforms to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, and Congress should remove special immunity for online platforms. This should include removing immunity if an online platform utilizes an algorithm or other computational process to amplify or recommend content to a user that promotes violence, or is directly relevant to a claim involving interference with civil rights or neglect to prevent interference with civil rights.

We call on Congress to impose much stronger transparency requirements on online platforms, including their algorithmic recommendation systems, content moderation decisions, and enforcement of community standards.

We call on Congress to pass legislation requiring platforms to enable timely and robust public interest research, including on the spread of antisemitism and other forms of hate, using platforms’ data and analyzing their algorithmic recommendation systems, while maintaining users’ privacy.

We call on Congress to pass legislation to give DOJ enhanced tools to address the bias motivated violence that is devastating communities across America. In particular, we call on Congress to make it a crime to conspire to commit hate crimes or to solicit the commission of a hate crime. Additional criminal prohibitions would better position the federal government to investigate, prosecute and report on hate crimes, including those targeting the Jewish and other impacted communities.

We call on Congress to require online platforms to gather data on all posts that violate the hate-speech prongs of their terms of service or community standards, analyze that data by sub-category of targeted group (including antisemitism), and report on this more granular analysis in regular transparency reports, so that the public and policymakers have a better understanding of trends and developments. Data collected by online platforms may provide the most complete and timely picture of antisemitism and other forms of hate in the country.

We call on Congress to require platforms to provide credible, vetted researchers with access to their data and algorithmic recommendation systems, on the condition that researchers publicly publish research on hate online, including antisemitism, as well as its contribution to harassment and violence in the real world.

Convene Department of Education (ED) and state education officials to discuss best practices in Holocaust education, including the incorporation of education on antisemitism, and opportunities to expand such education.

Create educational resources and lesson plans to enhance understanding of antisemitism’s role in the Holocaust.

We call on American sports leagues to combat antisemitism and other forms of hate, discrimination, and bias in sports by:

Creating honors or awards for combating hate, and for promoting inclusivity, accountability, and respect as best practices in sport.

We call on DEIA professional associations to ensure full inclusion of antisemitism awareness in DEIA trainings as well as religious accommodation requirements and best practices.

DHS and DOJ will publish a fact sheet titled Protecting Places of Worship: Six Steps to Enhance Security Against Targeted Violence that outlines actions Jewish and other faith-based organizations and houses of worship can take to increase security through easily implementable steps that sustain an open and welcoming environment.

DHS will conduct a series of regional and online workshops on countering antisemitism, Islamophobia, and related forms of hate-motivated violence, such as online misogyny and gender-based violence, and violence against LGBTQI+, AANHPI, or Black communities. These workshops will provide direct assistance and help DHS identify additional ways to assist the Jewish community and other communities that have been targeted with violence.

DHS will convene listening sessions nationwide to better understand evolving threats and the safety and security needs of communities impacted by targeted violence, with an emphasis on underserved communities. Such sessions will help improve accessibility and information-sharing of DHS’ resources to meet the needs of those impacted by hate-motivated violence.

DHS will, within its existing authorities, continue to take steps to improve access to publicly available resources to historically underserved community applicants of the NSGP, to increase equity in the application process. For example, DHS will approach Jewish communities that have not applied for NSGP funding to ensure they understand the benefits of the NSGP and the process for applying for such funding. DHS will partner with other departments and agencies with resources and authorities to provide such assistance, ensuring those agencies receive adequate information on DHS training and resources.

DHS’ Faith-Based Security Advisory Council, a multi-faith council, will amplify resources and tools to protect Jewish and other communities nationwide.

We call on a diverse range of student groups in K-12 schools and colleges to play a role in preventing and addressing antisemitism. This may include condemning antisemitic incidents on their campuses, hosting events alongside Jewish organizations on a wide range of topics, and educating their membership about cross-cultural solidarity.

DOD will conduct a review of existing training to identify any gaps in coverage of antisemitic and Islamophobic conduct as a form of prohibited discrimination.

DOI will train NPS employees, such as rangers and guides, to identify and counter antisemitism and other forms of hate.

DOI will work through NPS to create materials to highlight how parks and public lands are places of community and should be free of hate, discrimination, and bias. DOI’s NPS Community Engagement Program will also develop new partnerships with Jewish community organizations.

DOJ will pilot a curriculum for middle and high school-age youth, designed to prevent youth hate crimes and identity-based bullying. The curriculum will provide an interactive learning process that educates young people about bias, prejudice, and hate, and provides them with the information, skills, and motivation to be active participants in combating prejudice and hate in their schools and communities, online and offline.

DOJ will update and refine its hate crimes website with links to hate crimes related programs and information from across the government with plain language and easily sortable descriptions of the resources. DOJ will also work to increase public awareness of hate crimes and hate crime reporting, including by promoting the hate crimes website.

DOT, through the Federal Transit Administration, will initiate research to identify the data available at the transit-agency level to better understand the extent to which race, ethnicity, and religion or religious appearance impact assaults on, harassment of, and discrimination against transit riders.

DOT’s Anti-Discrimination Subcommittee of its Aviation Consumer Protection Advisory Committee (ACPAC) will make public recommendations to the ACPAC on best practices or actions that can be taken by DOT, airlines, or other entities to ensure nondiscriminatory delivery of airlines’ programs and activities to air travelers, including with respect to the race, ethnicity, and the religious identity and practices of passengers.

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Directorate of Science and Technology will work with other federal partners to support research on how antisemitism fuels violence across different violent extremist ideologies.

ED OCR will continue to offer technical assistance to school communities as well as community organizations regarding Title VI, including its application to Jewish students and its coverage of certain forms of antisemitic discrimination, as well as how to contact OCR for assistance or to file a discrimination complaint.

ED OCR will issue a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), reminding schools of their legal obligation under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to address complaints of discrimination, including harassment based on race, color, or national origin, including shared ancestry, such as Jewish ancestry, and ethnic characteristics. OCR will continue to enforce federal civil rights laws, including Title VI.

ED will award approximately $19 million through the American History and Civics Education program. These grants will go to eligible applicants to promote innovative teaching, learning and professional development activities in American history, government, and civics. This program promotes new and existing evidence-based strategies to encourage innovative teaching on American history, civics and government, as well as professional development for teachers, principals, or other school leaders.

ED will highlight K-12 after-school programs and university clubs that encourage multi-faith or cross-community bonding through shared experiences.

ED will produce or disseminate webinars for public schools on religious accommodation requirements and best practices for addressing the needs of students and staff members who must be absent from school in order to celebrate religious holidays and/or engage in religious observances.

ED will promote technical assistance opportunities to help school and campus communities improve awareness of religious cultures and practices and accommodation of religious observances, including Jewish observances, such as observance of the Jewish Sabbath, major Jewish holidays, and dietary requirements.

ED will raise awareness about ED resources that can be utilized to prevent and address antisemitism, such as funding from the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act and resources available through ED’s technical assistance centers. ED will also, where appropriate, disseminate information about other federal agencies’ resources and events that may be applicable to school and campus communities.

ED will spotlight notable efforts by students, communities, educators, and administrators to prevent and address antisemitism. ED will disseminate information about these efforts to offer concrete examples of ways schools and campuses can engage in efforts to prevent and address antisemitism.

ED’s Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships will spotlight strategies for school and campus communities to be more inclusive of Jewish and other religious identities, such as multi-faith student groups, afterschool programs, or school-based efforts aimed at fostering cross-community cooperation.

ED’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) will continue to collect data on allegations of harassment or bullying based on religion, as it has since the 2013-14 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC). This will include reported allegations of harassment or bullying based on 14 categories of religion, including Judaism.

EEOC will broadly disseminate its materials on nondiscrimination and religious accommodations in the workplace to employers and employees, including federal agencies, nongovernmental employers, and workplace Employee Resource Groups. This will include the recently released EEOC fact sheet, “What To Do If You Face Antisemitism at Work.”

Eight agencies—USDA, DOL, HHS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), DHS, DOI, the Department of Transportation (DOT), and Treasury—will produce fact sheets explaining that Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, including certain forms of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of discrimination and bias, in federally funded programs and activities. This will be the first time these agencies have recognized in writing that Title VI prohibits such forms of discrimination in their federally funded programs and activities.

Eight agencies—USDA, DOL, HHS, the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), DHS, DOI, the Department of Transportation (DOT), and Treasury—will produce fact sheets explaining that Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act prohibits discrimination based on shared ancestry or ethnic characteristics, including certain forms of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of discrimination and bias, in federally funded programs and activities. This will be the first time these agencies have recognized in writing that Title VI prohibits such forms of discrimination in their federally funded programs and activities.

We call on elected leaders at all levels to recognize and celebrate those in their communities who speak out against antisemitism.

We call on elected leaders at all levels to speak out against antisemitism. These leaders are close to affected communities, and their personal engagement with affected communities, both in response to and in advance of antisemitic incidents, is vital to building trust with those communities and demonstrating solidarity. It is particularly important for elected leaders to speak out when others who hold public offices engage in antisemitic speech and conduct.

We call on employers to ensure that their policies and practices on discrimination and harassment are clear and vigorously enforced. When providing examples of harassment in company policy and training, employers should include obvious and more subtle examples of antisemitic and related forms of harassment. When providing training on discrimination and implicit bias, employers should include examples involving antisemitism.

We call on employers to ensure that workers know about employers’ legal duty to accommodate workers’ sincerely held religious beliefs or practices unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on an employer’s business.

We call on employers—including states, cities, K-12 schools, institutions of higher education, private companies, and non-profits—to review their own diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) programs to ensure full inclusion of antisemitism awareness and training as well as workplace religious accommodation requirements and best practices to prevent religious discrimination. For example, after a recent incident involving a local law enforcement officer who had a history of antisemitic remarks, the City of Cleveland began training officers within the Cleveland Division of Police in
understanding Jewish experiences and recognizing antisemitism.

We call on employers to develop and disseminate workshops on the intersection of antisemitism, racism, and xenophobia. Reciprocal learning about antisemitism and other forms of hate help identify how to counter such hate more effectively. Additionally unions should incorporate antisemitism into broader diversity and solidarity-building trainings.

We call on employers to have a plan to address antisemitism specifically when Jews are attacked or face discrimination, such as a double standard because of their perceived power. Employers should respond quickly and firmly to any and all forms of antisemitic attack. Employers should know that antisemitism can manifest distinctively. Discrimination and double standards that impact the terms and conditions of employment are not only wrong, but also can expose employers to legal liability under federal, state, and local anti-discrimination laws.

We call on employers to leverage DEIA efforts to share information with employees about American Jewish heritage, culture, and history and provide resources on countering antisemitism. For example, employers can acknowledge Jewish holidays and other important days and events to the Jewish community, such as International Holocaust Remembrance Day or Jewish American Heritage Month, and invite Jewish employees to share their family stories and Jewish identities.

We call on employers to support Jewish employees by promoting employee resource groups, including for Jewish staff. Employers should work with these groups, especially in issuing both internal and external statements when instances of antisemitism arise.

We encourage all faith leaders to continue the long and proud tradition of calling for full recognition of others’ civil and human rights.

We encourage all faith leaders to speak out publicly—and wherever possible, collectively—when anyone is attacked for their faith or religious identity. An attack on one must be treated as an attack on all.

In Executive Order 14092 (Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer), the President directed members of his Cabinet to develop a proposal by September 15, 2023, for the federal government to better support communities after a mass shooting and identify what additional resources or authorities the executive branch would need from Congress to implement this proposal.

FBI and NCTC will conduct an annual threat assessment on antisemitic drivers of transnational violent extremism. Antisemitism is a common threat stream across several different violent extremist ideologies, as evidenced in the classified assessment that FBI and NCTC completed in March 2023 to help shape this strategy. FBI and NCTC will release a declassified version of the threat assessment in conjunction with this strategy. Moving forward, these agencies will produce an annual declassified assessment that can be shared with technology companies and other nongovernmental partners.

The FBI will continue to conduct outreach and provide technical assistance to law enforcement agencies that have not consistently reported hate crimes data through the National Incident-Based Reporting System (NIBRS), with particular attention to small agencies with the fewest resources for administrative management and data analysis.

Federal Agencies will incorporate information about bias and discrimination related to religion, national origin, race, and ethnicity, including information about antisemitism and Islamophobia, and about workplace religious accommodations into training programs as they carry out their obligations under Executive Order 14035 (Executive Order on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in the Federal Workforce).

Federal agencies will organize or participate in communications or events marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27) and Jewish American History Month.

Federal law enforcement agencies will assess their own nondiscrimination policies and encourage increased information-sharing. This includes between federal, state, Tribal, campus, school, and local government entities, and from the federal government to technology companies through more specialized analysis and production of educational materials, as well as more robust engagement with technology companies. Specifically, the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), DHS, and FBI will, consistent with their authorities, engage with online platforms to ensure the agencies are sharing their latest information on threats of violence.

The General Services Administration (GSA) will continue enabling Presidential Innovation Fellows’ (PIFs) work to improve data analytics, data collection, and data management in government. PIFs will continue to amplify executive agencies’ data related efforts to counter hate, including addressing antisemitism and other forms of hate.

HHS will expand efforts to ensure kosher and halal foods are available in hospitals.

HHS will expand its engagement with chaplains and leaders from multiple faiths to promote increased cultural and religious competence in healthcare settings. This includes work with chaplains and faith leaders who are involved in patient care settings to better understand the specific needs of religious patients and staff, identify hospital policies and practices most affecting religious patients and healthcare staff, and synthesize the findings for doctors, nurses, and hospital administrators.

HHS will leverage the National Youth Sports Strategy (NYSS) and the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition to spotlight how activities like sports, fitness, dance, cooking, volunteering and more can build community solidarity to counter antisemitism and other forms of hate. This will include a summer 2023 digital campaign led by members of the President’s Council on Sports, Fitness & Nutrition encouraging the public to share personal stories of how activities like sports or cooking have promoted connection, inclusion, and cross-community solidarity. This will also include a partnership with the nonprofit Football for Peace to host a soccer Peace Match in Washington, D.C., in fall 2023, to showcase the importance of cross community solidarity through sports.

HHS will produce reference materials for medical schools and health care providers on discrimination in patient care on the bases of race, religion, ethnicity, and national origin, as well as discrimination against health care providers on the basis of their religious beliefs or moral convictions. These materials will include specific examples of antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of bias and discrimination in health care settings. HHS will also offer trainings on HHS’s anti-discrimination laws to medical schools nationwide to train future health care providers.

HHS will work with chaplains to promote and expand multi-faith partnerships in healthcare settings.

HHS’ Administration for Community Living (ACL) will continue to support Holocaust survivors by helping to ensure they receive person-centered trauma informed care. Since 2015, ACL and the Center on Holocaust Survivor Care have served over 43,700 Holocaust survivors and trained more than 7,300 of their family caregivers. These efforts help provide Holocaust survivors with the care they need.

We call on hospitals and nursing homes to join the federal government in increasing patient and family access to kosher, halal, and other foods required to meet religious diets.

HUD will include examples of antisemitic and Islamophobic housing discrimination in its initiative to educate young adults from high school through adulthood on their fair housing rights. HUD will also partner specifically with Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, and other faith-based organizations to educate young adults on their fair housing rights.

HUD will issue a letter to the over 200 federally-funded Fair Housing Initiatives Programs and Fair Housing Assistance Programs on countering antisemitism, Islamophobia, and related forms of bias and discrimination in housing. The letter will include examples of these forms of housing discrimination and outline the rights people who experience discrimination have under the Fair Housing Act.

IMLS will ensure the Federal Information Literacy Taskforce creates toolkits to help Americans understand, evaluate, and discern the reliability and accuracy of information.

IMLS will increase learning opportunities in rural libraries and museums on both Jewish American history, such as Jewish contributions to agriculture, and histories of antisemitism, including the Holocaust.

The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) will partner with the Council of American Jewish Museums to host a summit for museums, libraries, and archives on countering antisemitism. The summit will focus on building cross community solidarity, sharing model resources for educators on teaching about histories of antisemitism and Jewish American heritage, and developing a collection of materials and toolkits on countering antisemitism that can be used by community educators and organizations.

IMLS will strengthen its funding streams to encourage libraries, archives, and museums to leverage IMLS funding to take direct action and support cross-community solidarity building efforts to counter antisemitism and other forms of hate.

In 2024, the USHMM will launch the first-ever U.S.-based Holocaust education research center. Once the new center is fully operational, it will undertake systematic, rigorous, and actionable research into teaching and learning about the Holocaust and study the impact and effectiveness of Holocaust education in the U.S. As part of this effort, the USHMM will conduct ongoing studies that will include state-by-state profiles of Holocaust education; identification of each state’s resources, activities, and support for educators; and evaluation of what methods teachers are using that advance critical thinking about how and why the Holocaust happened, the history of antisemitism, and its role in enabling the Holocaust.

We call on influencers of all kinds – especially those in popular culture such as athletes, gamers, and entertainers – to use their platforms to increase understanding and awareness of antisemitism. They should use important dates in the calendar to reach their followers, demonstrate allyship through public statements or social media messages, and use their platforms to lift up stories of people who have been victimized by antisemitism or are fighting against it. Experts on antisemitism and communications should hold briefings for influencers and work with them individually to develop educational content, including content for social media.

We call on American sports leagues to combat antisemitism and other forms of hate, discrimination, and bias in sports by:

Inviting local business, community, and faith leaders to organize sport-related outreach activities, bringing together people from different backgrounds.

We call on Jewish civil society to intensify their activities and efforts to combat hate, discrimination, and bias faced by other communities. Local Jewish communities should join multi-faith, interracial, cross-class coalitions and campaigns. This outreach can help build deeper and stronger relationships both within the Jewish community and between Jews and non-Jews who work in solidarity against hate, violence, and on other issues affecting their communities.

We call on Jewish student groups in K-12 schools and colleges to consider developing materials for their campus communities on how to identify and combat antisemitism, hosting events alongside non-Jewish organizations, and encouraging participation across campus at events held at Jewish venues, such as campus Hillel buildings.

Launch efforts to significantly expand the number of teachers and students involved in Holocaust education and ensure that all 50 states and underserved communities are reached.

We call on law enforcement and local jurisdictions to report all hate crimes. Dozens of cities with populations greater than 100,000 reported zero or did not report hate crimes to NIBRS in 2021, according to the FBI. Simply put, they need to do better. Local, state, Tribal, and federal law enforcement agencies should voluntarily submit hate crimes data to the FBI under the 1990 Hate Crimes Statistics Act.

We call on law enforcement agencies nationwide to use NIBRS to collect and share more accurate data with the FBI. Law enforcement should take advantage of increased DOJ resources—bolstered by the COVID-19 Hate Crimes and Khalid Jabara-Heather Heyer NO HATE Acts—to transition to using NIBRS to report all crime data, including hate crime data. Agencies should also leverage the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crime Program, which supports training, investigation, and prosecution of hate crimes, assistance to victims, and public outreach, for hate crimes bias training and establishing hate crimes hotlines.

We call on local and community leaders, law enforcement, and Jewish communities to collaborate on efforts to improve hate incident reporting, increase trust, and raise awareness about what constitutes a hate crime.

We call on libraries and non-profit organizations to develop resources and programming on information, digital, and media literacy to address online misinformation and disinformation, including related to antisemitism.

We call on local businesses, community, civil society, and other leaders to speak out when antisemitism and other forms of hate occur in their communities. Whether the incident is a swastika in a school, antisemitic leafletting of a neighborhood, or online harassment of a community member, community and civil society leaders must identify these incidents as antisemitic and strongly condemn them. Such local leadership is critical to uniting a community against antisemitism and marginalizing those who engage in antisemitic speech and conduct.

We call on local companies and businesses to provide support and assistance to local communities that are victims of hate-fueled violence.

We call on state and local law enforcement to work with local government and community partners to pursue alternative approaches such as restorative justice programs for addressing hate crimes, including antisemitic hate crimes. Restorative justice practices can include community-wide conversations about a crime or conflict in order to teach and create constructive engagement.

We call on local governments to intensify efforts to improve hate crime reporting. Local governments should leverage Department of Justice (DOJ) resources, such as grants enable the establishment of state-run hate crime hotlines and DOJ materials to develop hate crimes bias training, so that communities feel comfortable reporting hate crimes. Elected leaders should ensure that all law enforcement agencies transition to the FBI’s NIBRS to submit hate crimes data to the FBI for its annual report. Local officials should proactively engage targeted communities, including Jewish communities, to understand barriers to reporting and encourage greater reporting of hate crimes to local law enforcement.

We call on local nongovernmental actors to work with state and local leaders and vice versa to design and implement community-based prevention programs. New York, Hawaii, Colorado, and numerous other states have crafted statewide targeted violence and terrorism prevention strategies that rely on multidisciplinary approaches involving civic organizations, health professionals, and others. We need more engagement from all segments of society to bring such programs to fruition. Local actors can learn more from the Prevention Resource Finder at www.dhs.gov/prevention or by contacting their state or local government leaders.

We call on mayors, governors, and municipal leaders to establish a liaison to serve as a central coordinator for Jewish and other faith communities, especially as security needs arise. Many elected leaders have advisory groups or task forces that include faith leaders.

We call on media to use its reach to raise awareness of antisemitism while also ensuring users have credible and factual information about Jewish people, antisemitism, and the Holocaust. Media coverage can shape public perceptions, not just of antisemitism, but of Jews, Judaism, and American Jewish heritage, culture, and identity. This is both a significant opportunity and responsibility. Broadcast media outlets should ensure accurate and faithful representation of the Jewish community in all its diversity, and avoid stereotypical portrayals of Jews, including as mere victims of antisemitism. Media outlets should also hold people accountable for their antisemitic comments. In addition, media outlets should guard against visual displays of hate and be mindful to not amplify antisemitism while carrying out their responsibility to educate audiences.

We call on members of Congress, individually and in bipartisan groups, to continue to speak out about combating antisemitism, including through efforts to educate their constituents.

We call on members of Congress to continue to speak out against, stigmatize, and condemn prominent individuals and groups, including elected officials, who embrace and perpetuate antisemitism.

We call on Members of Congress to lift up exemplary cross-community partnerships to counter hate, discrimination, and bias in their districts and highlight best practices from those partnerships.

We call on Members of Congress of different faith affiliations to continue and expand efforts to come together across religions and political parties to speak out against hate, discrimination, and bias.

We call on national influencers, including media figures, athletes, gamers, entertainers, and other public figures, to use their platforms to speak out against antisemitism and other forms of hate whenever they manifest.

NCTC, DHS, and FBI will continue to publish resource guides and other technical assistance through the Joint Counterterrorism Assessment Team, including products specific to antisemitic violent extremism and continued enhancements to the First Responder Toolkit.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) will launch a campaign featuring artists who engage, unite, and heal communities through the arts, and who incorporate themes of countering antisemitism and other forms of hate in their artistic practice.

The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) will expand its investment in K-12 education on Jewish history through partnering with independent organizations and other federal agencies, such as the USHMM and the Smithsonian, to develop educational materials about Jewish history. Materials will include trainings and other resources for educators nationwide including content on antisemitism and Jewish history on NEH’s EDSITEment website – a widely used resource that provides teachers, students, and parents with free, high-quality K-12 humanities materials and lesson plans.

NEH will issue a special call for applications for research, teaching, and convening opportunities for humanities scholars and institutions to study the origins, history, and effects of antisemitism in the United States, including the spread of antisemitism online.

We encourage non-Jewish faith leaders to educate their communities about both antisemitism and Jewish heritage, history, and culture, as well as the core American principle that people of all faiths have equal rights to religious liberty.

We encourage non-Jewish faith leaders to urge their communities to speak up when they hear speech that is antisemitic or witness antisemitic discrimination.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will reach out to the scientific research community, through potential means such as issuing a Dear Colleague Letter (DCL), to encourage research and workshop proposals on the origins, causes, and effects of bias, intolerance, discrimination, and hate, including antisemitism. NSF will encourage diverse research on hate through developmental, cognitive, social psychological, and sociological approaches.

OPM will share a toolkit and facilitate learning sessions for federal unions on countering antisemitism, Islamophobic, and related forms of bias and discrimination. OPM will also survey federal agencies to identify agency trainings that could amplify this strategy’s directives, and will prompt agencies to create new trainings that support this strategy.

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM), Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) will conduct learning sessions for agency diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) officers on antisemitism and related forms of discrimination as well as workplace religious accommodations.

The President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities will work with national and local leaders in the public, private and non-profit sectors to bolster social cohesion in America, advance the well-being and resilience of all communities, including Jewish Americans, and combat hate and targeted violence, including antisemitism.

SBA will work through its district offices to encourage small businesses to report incidents of antisemitism and other incidents of hate at their businesses to the proper authorities, including local law enforcement and community organizations.

We call on schools and colleges to enhance awareness of religious cultures and practices. Ensuring accommodation of religious observances, including Jewish observances—such as observance of the Jewish Sabbath, major Jewish holidays, and dietary requirements—helps Jewish students feel included on campus. Schools should also ensure these accommodations for the cultures and practices of other faiths.

We call on schools and colleges to ensure efforts to prevent and address antisemitism are integrated into their DEIA programs, including into mandatory trainings on discrimination and harassment.

We call on schools and colleges to ensure that Jewish students are respected and have their needs met. This includes modeling attention and concern for Jewish students’ rights and needs together with those of other groups; explicitly condemning antisemitic incidents; attending Jewish student events and celebrations; and ensuring that cultural and religious sensitivity policies also include areas of concern for Jewish students and families.

Senior ED officials will conduct site visits to PreK-12 schools and institutions of higher education that are engaging in their own campaigns to address antisemitism as well as those that have experienced upticks in antisemitism but have not yet adequately addressed such concerns. During these visits, ED will engage influencers, including other federal or state and local partners, to join and help amplify resources such as best practices in countering antisemitism, guides for parents in talking about antisemitism with their children, and toolkits for educators and administrators on countering antisemitism.

We call on service and volunteer programs to partner with diverse schools, employers, and other civil society actors to incorporate solidarity-building work into their service activities.

The Small Business Administration (SBA) will connect small business owners with community-based organizations to provide training and resources for owners and employees on preventing and responding to incidents of antisemitism, Islamophobia, and other forms of hate.

Sponsor professional development trainings for educators to help them incorporate these resources and content into their curricula across various age levels, disciplines, course lengths, and learning styles.

We call on state and local governments to consider using materials published by Jewish organizations to help students to identify antisemitic tropes, words, and symbols that often hide in plain sight, as well as learn about how biases can lead to acts of hate, discrimination, and violence.

We call on state and local governments to include Jewish studies in ethnic studies and history curricula. Lessons should include Jewish history, as well as curricula on positive Jewish contributions to America, Jewish diversity, and manifestations of contemporary antisemitism.

We call on state and local governments to strengthen education on hate-fueled violence and the impact of discrimination, including through teaching about Jewish history, antisemitism, and the Holocaust. State and local governments should create opportunities to educate youth about the Holocaust, especially how and why it happened, and to teach students to think critically about their own responsibilities to stand up against hate.

We call on state and local governments to strengthen social services to support survivors of hate crimes and their communities. These may include victim compensation programs, victim advocate programs, culturally competent mental health services, and solidarity building initiatives such as restorative justice programs.

We call on state and local governments to support and work with local and regional Holocaust education centers and museums that are educating students and teachers about the Holocaust and antisemitism.

We call on state and local law enforcement to prosecute hate crimes consistently. State and local law enforcement should take advantage of existing DOJ resources to help recognize, investigate, and prosecute hate crimes. In particular, last year, DOJ released a new hate crimes recognition and reporting training aimed specifically at line-level officers, which can be requested by a local agency at no cost. In addition, this fiscal year, DOJ can award close to $30 million in grants to support state and local agencies in investigating and prosecuting hate crimes, in addition to grants to improve reporting. Perpetrators of antisemitic hate crimes must be held accountable.

We call on state and local law enforcement to work closely with Jewish communities in their jurisdictions to ensure Jews feel safe reporting antisemitic hate incidents and crimes. While today 63% of American Jews believe law enforcement is effective in responding to the Jewish community’s needs, that number is a sharp drop from 81% in 2019. To help ensure community needs are being met, law enforcement agencies should appoint an appropriate senior official to be a central point of contact for local Jewish communities when a security need arises.

We call on state and local leaders to speak out about combating antisemitism, including through efforts to educate their constituents. They should also use International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Jewish American Heritage Month to raise awareness of antisemitism and Jewish American history. They should celebrate the positive contributions Jewish Americans have made to their communities and to our Nation.

We call on state and local officials to convene community partners, including law enforcement, to discuss antisemitism and hate crimes, create a diverse network of community leaders, and encourage reporting of hate incidents. In Oklahoma City, for example, the mayor’s office has worked with local community groups and national organizations to host town halls to discuss antisemitism and hate crimes. These efforts have encouraged local groups to coordinate more closely with law enforcement and those who track hate crimes. Oklahoma City has also leveraged the platform of the mayor’s office to provide public moral support for the Jewish community and establish a firm community norm against antisemitism.

State and SEAS will produce a report documenting promising overseas programs, policies, and actions that counter antisemitism including those that focus on law enforcement and hate crime prosecutions, multi-faith and intercommunal coalition-building, combating online hate, and antisemitism education.

We call on state, local, and private cultural institutions to highlight Jewish American heritage, culture, identity and history as well as histories of antisemitism in cultural festivals and institutions. The Smithsonian will highlight histories of American Jews and Judaism at the upcoming Summer 2023 Folklife Festival on the National Mall, in the program Creative Encounters: Living Religions in the U.S. The Smithsonian will continue to offer exhibitions, experiences, and resources that teach the heritage, histories, identities, and cultures of Jewish Americans, including episodes of antisemitism, and Judaism as a religion.

We call on states and localities to offer trainings to help people understand Jewish communities, antisemitism, and ways to counter antisemitism in their neighborhoods. For example, New York City has a training called, “Understanding Jewish Experiences and Antisemitism,” to develop cultural competence and understanding of the city’s diverse Jewish communities. (For further details, see Appendix A: New York City Training — “Understanding Jewish Experiences and Antisemitism.”) Such trainings can also focus on specific professions and partner with local museums or educational institutions. For example, the USHMM runs programs to teach law enforcement, military personnel, and judges about the central role these professions played in the Holocaust. These programs give law enforcement, military personnel, and judges the opportunity to learn about antisemitism and reflect on their own roles in a democratic society today. The Administration urges states and localities to adapt such trainings for their communities.

We call on states, cities, and school districts to expand information, digital, and media literacy education to address online misinformation and disinformation, including related to antisemitism.

We call on states to consider conducting studies to assess how effectively school districts are teaching the Holocaust. For example, in April 2023, New Jersey passed legislation requiring a state-wide survey on public school education relating to the Holocaust and genocide, as well as a final report with detailed recommendations for Holocaust education improvement.

We call on states to consider creating a Governor’s Council on Holocaust and Genocide Education. California launched such a council in 2021. The council identifies instructional resources for teaching about the Holocaust and other acts of genocide and provides young people with the tools necessary to recognize and respond to on-campus instances of antisemitism and bigotry. North Carolina has a similar council that provides teacher workshops and educational resources on the Holocaust, including material on Holocaust survivors who became North Carolina residents.

The Biden-Harris Administration will continue to speak out clearly and forcefully against antisemitism and those who peddle it. There is no higher profile platform than the White House for pushing back against, rejecting, and re-stigmatizing antisemitism. The President and other federal leaders will continue to respond to prominent antisemitic acts and voices and use every appropriate opportunity to reaffirm the Administration’s profound commitment to countering antisemitism. We strongly urge others to do the same.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at DHS will expand outreach and security capacity-building services to historically targeted communities, such as houses of worship, community centers, and private parochial schools, including Jewish day schools. These services include risk assessments, planning assistance, and active shooter and bomb prevention-related training.

The Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide educational opportunities for law enforcement agents of the U.S. Forest Service to learn how to identify and counter antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of discrimination.

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) will provide Congress with a report on the role of telecommunications in the commission of hate crimes. The report will discuss and analyze hate crimes motivated by antisemitism and other antisemitic conduct, including the use of social media to engage in antisemitic harassment.

The Department of Defense (DOD) will leverage existing survey data to estimate prevalence of antisemitic and Islamophobic behavior in the military workplace to evaluate its policies to counter discrimination, discriminatory harassment, and extremist activity. This analysis would be the first to specifically estimate antisemitic and Islamophobic activity in the military workplace to identify gaps to be addressed in future policies, programs, and procedures to prevent and respond to antisemitism and Islamophobia in the military.

The Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s (SAMHSA) National Child Traumatic Stress Network will continue to provide resources on how to talk with children and youth about hate crimes and identity-based violence. This includes guidance on talking with children about the painful consequences of antisemitism and other forms of hate, as well as strategies for coping with the associated trauma and fear.

The Department of Labor (DOL) will develop and disseminate model resources such as palm cards for unions on how to recognize antisemitism and other forms of discrimination and how countering antisemitism and other discrimination relates to workers’ rights.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will develop educational programs that highlight the diversity of the veteran population, including the contributions of Jewish veterans and Jewish VA employees. VA will share these programs with local veteran groups across the country and encourage all veterans to speak out against antisemitic and other hate-based incidents and attacks.

The DHS Center for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships will institutionalize its new Protecting Places of Worship Week of Action each September as part of National Preparedness Month and a Protecting Places of Worship Network that encourages peer-to-peer learning about steps organizations and communities can take to promote security and participate in activities like the NSGP.

The Federal Emergency Management Administration (FEMA) will make Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) funds easier to access for interested nonprofits. This includes enhanced training, new technical assistance, and engagements with rural and underserved communities to ensure they are aware of the purpose and requirements for this grant program.

The NSC will review federal agencies’ authorities and capabilities to target transnational networks seeking to foster antisemitism in the U.S. and elsewhere, and work with Congress to ensure sufficient funding and authorities for this work.

The President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities will help raise awareness and support efforts to educate the public about antisemitism and other forms of hate. To do so, it will leverage its platform, members’ expertise, and new partnerships and coordination with the private sector and civil society.

The White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, in cooperation with federal agency Centers for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships and diverse faith leaders, will produce a toolkit for faith communities on standing in solidarity with other religious communities to combat antisemitism and other forms of hate.

The White House Office of Public Engagement and the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, in cooperation with federal agency Centers for Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, will partner with diverse faith communities to organize a week of action devoted to forming or expanding and showcasing multi-faith partnerships aimed at countering antisemitism and other forms of hate.

The White House Office of Public Engagement will launch the Ally Challenge, inviting Americans to describe their acts of allyship with Jewish, Muslim, or other communities that are not their own. Americans will be invited to share stories about steps they have taken to ensure that their neighbors of other races, ethnicities, religions, sexual orientations, genders, and gender identities, do not stand alone when they face discrimination and bias. Leaders of outstanding allyship projects will be recognized by the White House.

The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, with the Domestic Policy Council and National Security Council, will launch an interagency effort to understand and eliminate the impediments to reporting hate incidents. This initiative will build on existing efforts to improve criminal justice data reporting and focus on the broader mechanisms that individuals use to communicate hate incidents and social marginalization. Developing a deeper understanding of the social, behavioral, and structural barriers to identifying hate incidents will empower the U.S. government to more accurately capture the frequency and scope of hate incidents and reduce these experiences through evidence-based policies and programs.

These agencies, along with DOJ and ED, will also take other steps to increase awareness of laws prohibiting antisemitic, Islamophobic, and related forms of discrimination and bias and to ensure that individuals and organizations know how to make claims regarding violations of such laws. These steps will include engaging with entities that are prohibited from discriminating in these ways to explain their legal responsibilities and informing communities of their rights to be free from discrimination and how to file complaints.

To counter hate and antisemitism, the Biden-Harris Administration encourages all online platforms to independently commit to the following actions:

Engage frequently with civil society groups that actively monitor antisemitism in media and online to stay abreast of the latest developments.

To counter hate and antisemitism, the Biden-Harris Administration encourages all online platforms to independently commit to the following actions:

Establish relationships with Jewish community organizations to share best practices related to reporting hate speech and utilizing platforms to lift up Jewish stories.

To counter hate and antisemitism, the Biden-Harris Administration encourages all online platforms to independently commit to the following actions:

Increase the transparency of their algorithmic recommendation systems and data, and allow for public interest research to ascertain how these systems amplify and spread hate speech and antisemitic content to inform better content moderation tools and approaches. Antisemitism should be treated as a distinct category in transparency reports, and platforms should report on the volume of antisemitic content adjudicated on platforms.

To counter hate and antisemitism, the Biden-Harris Administration encourages all online platforms to independently commit to the following actions:

Listen to the concerns of Jewish communities around the world to understand how Jewish users experience antisemitism and hate on their platforms and ensure antisemitism is understood, recognized, and properly addressed.

To counter hate and antisemitism, the Biden-Harris Administration encourages all online platforms to independently commit to the following actions:

Permanently ban repeat offenders, both personal accounts and extremist websites.

To counter hate and antisemitism, the Biden-Harris Administration encourages all online platforms to independently commit to the following actions:

Encourage and support trusted community moderators who receive dedicated, ongoing training in hate speech and bias, including antisemitism and its tropes.

To counter hate and antisemitism, the Biden-Harris Administration encourages all online platforms to independently commit to the following actions:

Improve capabilities to stop recommending and de-rank antisemitic and other hateful content. Extensive research has shown that online platforms’ algorithmic recommendation and ranking systems—depending on the incentives driving them—can amplify and spread extremist and antisemitic content.

To counter hate and antisemitism, the Biden-Harris Administration encourages all online platforms to independently commit to the following actions:

Use their reach to raise awareness of antisemitism while also ensuring users have credible and factual information about Jewish people, antisemitism, and the Holocaust.

Treasury and State, working with industry-convening organizations such as the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism, will convene a forum to engage Money Services Businesses (MSB), non-MSB financial institutions, and crowdfunding websites on preventing hate groups from raising money through crowdfunding websites. This will include foreign partners that are addressing the same threat.

USDA will convene a dialogue with religious leaders from rural America to assess the state of antisemitism and highlight effective strategies to counter antisemitism, centered on building solidarity across faiths.

USDA will convene rural institutions of higher education and land-grant colleges to share promising practices to address antisemitism and other forms of hate and bias.

USDA will provide educational opportunities for 4-H, FFA, and other rural youth organizations to learn how to identify and counter antisemitism and related forms of discrimination.

USDA will work to ensure equal access to all USDA feeding programs for USDA customers with religious dietary needs. This will include increasing commercially available kosher and halal foods that are priorities for Jewish and Muslim program participants; expanding the number of kosher or halal certified foods in USDA’s food procurement; training schools on how to meet students’ religious dietary needs for the National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs; and expanding outreach and technical assistance for kosher and halal meat processors.

USDA will work with subject matter experts to develop and disseminate materials for rural universities on how to address specific incidents of antisemitism; create educational opportunities on Judaism, Jewish culture and identity, and histories of antisemitism, including the Holocaust, for students, faculty and staff; and ensure that university calendars are inclusive and accommodation policies are made known to faculty and students alike.

VA will expand its chaplain partnership with Jewish, Muslim, and other chaplain associations and facilitate local multi-faith partnerships among chaplains of diverse faiths.

VA will incorporate training on countering antisemitism, anti-Muslim bias, anti-Sikh bias, and related forms of bias and discrimination into its Community Clergy Training Program, which teaches VA chaplains how to respond to and connect with veterans.

VA will investigate the feasibility of tracking incidents of religious discrimination against VA employees, broken down by specific religion.

We call on academic and other research institutions to convene forums with community leaders, non-profits, and scholars to discuss antisemitism and its relationship to other forms of hate as well as best practices for countering antisemitism.

We call on academic and other research institutions to create forums for Jewish and non-Jewish community leaders and K-12 teachers to partner with academics on educational resources that teach about antisemitism and other forms of hate.

We call on academic and other research institutions to deepen investments in multidisciplinary research on antisemitism, including scholarship that connects antisemitism with racism, misogyny, and other forms of hate.

We call on academics and experts to research and evaluate promising practices to determine what information, digital, and media literacy strategies effectively help individuals identify online antisemitism and reduce further sharing and spread.

We call on American leagues to combat antisemitism by leveraging the social power of sports and the influence of professional athletes.

We call on American leagues to consider commemorating Holocaust Remembrance Day, similar to how sports leagues observe Memorial Day and 9/11, and to recognize Jewish American History month.

We call on American sports leagues to combat antisemitism and other forms of hate, discrimination, and bias in sports by:

Holding athletes and other personnel, sports franchises, and sports leagues themselves responsible for antisemitic acts and other acts of hate, discrimination, and bias committed during and outside of sporting events.

We call on American sports leagues to combat antisemitism and other forms of hate, discrimination, and bias in sports by:

Reminding athletes and coaches, team personnel, and staff to abstain from antisemitic behavior and other acts of hate, discrimination, and bias in all circumstances.

We call on American sports leagues to combat antisemitism and other forms of hate, discrimination, and bias in sports by:

Encouraging fan clubs or organizations to adopt fan charters that contain anti-hate clauses.

We call on American sports teams to collaborate with nonprofit organizations and one another to create and share best practices for educating fans about Judaism, Jewish heritage, culture, and identity, and the Holocaust, and empowering them to combat antisemitism and all forms of hate.

We call on private and philanthropic sectors to invest further in community-based prevention programs to address violent extremist radicalization and recruitment, including those motivated by antisemitism. Community-based violence intervention programs typically identify community members who are at higher risk of radicalization and work to reduce extremist radicalization through targeted intervention. Examples include programs and initiatives that build a sense of community belonging (such as local volunteering opportunities and multicultural programming), strengthen digital literacy, teach skills for forming healthy relationships, expand opportunities that enable community members to detect the signs of radicalization to violent extremism, and develop cooperation among community, law enforcement, and social service organizations.

We call on professional sports leagues, sports clubs, and associations to use their powerful platforms to raise awareness about antisemitism, as they do with other social issues.

We call on schools and colleges to create committees or task forces to combat hate on campus, including antisemitism, composed of administrators, faculty, and students from diverse ethnic and religious beliefs and backgrounds.

We call on schools and colleges to have a clear and transparent mechanism for students to report hate incidents and acts of antisemitism. Schools and colleges should also be transparent about the measures taken in response to such reports. This should include resources for students who have been the victims of intimidation, undue harassment, or violence on the basis of being Jewish or perceived as Jewish.

We call on schools and colleges to issue clear and unwavering statements condemning all forms of hate, including antisemitism, especially in the wake of antisemitic incidents.

We call on schools and colleges to treat antisemitism with the same seriousness as other forms of hate.

We call on state and local leaders to join the federal government in increasing access to kosher, halal, and other foods required to meet religious diets, including increasing such access in all government-funded feeding programs.

We call on state and local leaders to work with Jewish and other religious communities to ensure that calendars for public schools and elections consider the major holidays of religious groups of all faith communities, including Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Muslim, Orthodox Christian, and Sikh communities, and that appropriate religious accommodations are made.

We call on state and localities to review their anti-discrimination laws and other authorities to identify all tools that can be used to address every form of discrimination and hate-fueled violence, including antisemitism, and ensure that they are using those authorities to the fullest extent possible. 

We call on states and localities to collaborate with nongovernmental partners to support local solidarity-building projects. An example of such partnerships is New York City’s Breaking Bread, Building Bonds initiative. The project aims to organize 1,000 meals, city-wide, each with a group of 10-12 diverse New Yorkers who engage in conversation about shared values, such as hospitality. New York City is partnering with The People’s Supper, the United Jewish Appeal-Federation of New York, and several community-based organizations in this effort.

We encourage youth groups from a diverse range of religious communities to develop and incorporate multi-faith social activities, service events, and educational programming into their curricula.