A wealth of resources exists in Greater Boston and beyond to equip teens with the knowledge, tools, and resources needed to combat antisemitism in their communities. To learn more about each organization’s specific offerings, visit each organization’s website.
CJP’s Center for Combating Antisemitism (CCA)
CJP’s CCA mobilizes and unifies efforts in Greater Boston that educate, confront, and prevent antisemitism with a focus on public education institutions, civic spaces, workplaces, and on local college campuses. CCA also curated resources online for teens to enhance their knowledge and discover opportunities for action and activism.
CJP’s Communal Security Initiative (CSI)
CJP is deeply committed to ensuring a safe Jewish community through its Communal Security Initiative (CSI) in order to build a more pluralistic society where Jewish community members feel welcome and secure.
CJP’s Jewish Teen Initiative (JTI)
Jewish Teen Initiative at CJP helps to connect, inspire, empower and support #JewishBostonTeens and their supporting adults through network building, amplifying and strengthening the menu of opportunities and resources available (check out JewishBostonTeens.com!), and acting as a catalyst for collaboration and partnership across the community.
Anti-Defamation League (ADL): How To Report An Antisemitic or Bias Incident
We all have a responsibility to report and respond to antisemitism or bias when we see it. Doing this can make our communities safer, empower us, and assist law enforcement investigations.
ADL New England, in partnership with The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law and StandWithUs, has also created a K-12 Antisemitism Legal Line providing pro bono legal assistance to anyone experiencing antisemitism.
American Jewish Committee (AJC): Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT)
AJC’s education and advocacy program for teens empowers young Jews to speak up for Israel and the Jewish people.
BeWell, an initiative of Jewish Federations of North America’s study on “Strength, Stress, and Support: A Portrait of American Jewish Teen Well-Being“
BeWell offers support and tools to respond to the growing mental health concerns of young people aged 12 to 26, as well as resources for parents, caregivers, and Jewish professionals. This initiative was designed to explore how Jewish teens’ communal involvement, interpersonal connections, and perceptions of themselves as Jews relate to their overall well-being.
BBYO’s Stand Up Against Antisemitism
BBYO, the world’s largest pluralistic Jewish teen organization, was founded to be a safe space where Jewish teens can feel proud of their heritage, draw strength from their peers and traditions, and advocate for causes they are passionate about.
Blue Dove Foundation’s Wellness Resources for the Situation in Israel
The ongoing Israel-Hamas war and rising rates of antisemitism have caused an increasingly high level of mental health challenges for people across the globe. And while we have learned so much about how to be resilient, supportive, loving, and present with one another as we all walk this path together, this site offers additional resources for help.
BaMidbar
Traumatic events can reverberate across the American Jewish community in various ways and the current climate can take a toll on the mental health and wellness of teens and their supporting adults. A national Jewish mental health organization with a strong presence in Boston, BaMidbar creates spaces and opportunities to offer mental health support to Jewish teens, young adults, and caregivers.
Foundation to Combat Antisemitism (FCAS): Get Involved
We are stronger together. Your support fuels our work to stand up to Jewish hate and all hate. With your help, we can reach, educate, inspire, and empower people and communities across the globe. Explore the ways you can join the fight against hate.
HeartStance Education Consulting
Local Jewish educator and HeartStance founder Jonathan Golden proposed his “Heart-Head-Hand” model in this 2024 eJewish Philanthropy piece that offers guidance to schools on how to remember October 7.
Hillel International’s Confronting Antisemitism
As the world’s largest Jewish student organization, Hillel International takes a leading role in confronting antisemitism on college campuses and ensuring the safety and security of Jewish students.
Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of Greater Boston
JCRC Greater Boston’s K-12 Education Initiative counters antisemitism by promoting an understanding of Jewish people in both public and non-Jewish independent K-12 schools to promote safe and inclusive school cultures. One of their programs, Be The Narrative’s Student-to-Student, is a nationally recognized peer education program where Jewish high schoolers share about their Jewish identity through personal stories in order to reduce prejudice and bigotry and facilitate discussions to dismantle antisemitism.
Jewish Education Project’s Teen Antisemitism Resources
The Jewish Education Project inspires and empowers educators to create a vibrant Jewish future. The Jewish Educator Portal is a central source for Jewish professionals who work with children and families from birth through high school graduation to explore and share quality educational resources.
Jewish Family Service (JFS) of Metrowest
JFS of Metrowest helps to connect the Metrowest Boston Jewish community to a variety of resources and opportunities focused on anti-racism and fighting antisemitism, including active bystander trainings and other communal programs.
Jewish Studio Project’s Creative Prompts & Exercises
Jewish Studio Project cultivates creativity as a Jewish practice for spiritual connection and social transformation.
Lappin Foundation
Lappin Foundation’s mission is enhancing Jewish identity across generations. One of the ways that the Lappin Foundation accomplishes their mission is by serving as an educational resource center to the community for programs about Judaism, the Holocaust, and antisemitism.
Moving Traditions
Moving Traditions emboldens Jewish youth to thrive through the pursuit of personal well-being (shleimut), caring relationships (hesed), and a Jewish and feminist vision of equity and justice (tzedek). Combining positive psychology with Jewish values, we partner with Jewish institutions across North America to engage Jewish teens, families, and communities.
Project Shema
Project Shema is a training and support organization focused on addressing contemporary antisemitism with an emphasis on how anti-Jewish ideas and implicit biases can be carried alongside conversations about Israel and Palestine. Built by progressive Jews, they focus on depolarizing difficult conversations around anti-Jewish harm to strengthen allyship for and within the Jewish community.
StandWithUs High School
StandWithUs High School is the leading organization supporting teens across North America to make a difference on their high school campuses and in their communities. StandWithUs High School specializes in educating and empowering student leaders to proudly bring Israel to their peers of all backgrounds while effectively combating antisemitism through programs such as their Teen Leadership Council and the Kenneth Leventhal High School Internship.
Common Sense’s “Talking with Students about Shocking or Disturbing News”
In our 24/7 breaking news world, there seems to be a new crisis every day. As news outlets compete for clicks, all of us — including kids — are immersed in more headlines than ever before. This resource from Common Sense Media is full of age-based tips and lessons to help students process upsetting events.
TribeTalk
Antisemitism on college campuses is rising at an alarming rate, and young adults are ill-equipped to manage the challenges they may face. In response, TribeTalk was created to help prepare Jewish students and their allies to address the most challenging issues of antisemitism and anti-Israel bias at school and on campus.
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