Ending the Hate Celebrating the Heritage
We believe that every person, no matter our religion, faith, where we come from, or what we look like, deserves to live with freedom, safety, and belonging. Yet, purveyors of antisemitism promote stereotypes, conspiracies, and hateful ideologies pushing for a country that is only for themselves, and people like them, or to isolate, exclude, or scapegoat Jews and others.
Antisemitism is an old and widespread system of prejudice, racial superiority theories, and conspiracy theories against Jews. When it is allowed to flourish and spread, it poses a real threat to Jewish communities, students, and educators—leading to discrimination, ostracization, and violence against Jewish people and communities. Antisemitism does not only threaten Jews, it also undermines our diverse, pluralistic democracy by pitting communities against each other and sowing distrust and division, and it intersects with and fuels other forms of hate, including anti-Black racism, contempt of people of color, and xenophobia.
Antisemitic and broader bias-motivated crimes have been on the rise in recent years as antisemitic tropes and conspiracy theories, extremism, and other hateful rhetoric have become increasingly normalized. Antisemitism uniquely manifests as a conspiracy theory rooted in tropes and lies about Jewish control and power. For example, conspiracy theories like the Great Replacement Theory argue that Jews are seeking to replace the white race through support for immigrants, refugees, Black and brown people, and more—illustrating how antisemitism, racism, xenophobia, and other forms of hate intersect; fueling violence against Jews and many other communities; and directly informing policies that threaten Jewish safety and the safety of all communities. At the same time, we see rising antisemitism that seeks to apply litmus tests on Jews related to Israel, accuse Jews of “dual loyalty,” or create exclusionary spaces where all should be welcome. Especially over the past few years, we've seen this manifestation of antisemitism become increasingly violent.
Together, these have contributed to the alarming number of antisemitic threats in K-12 schools, on college campuses, and across our society, where Jewish students and educators have felt unsafe or unwelcome.
The National Education Association has fought antisemitism throughout its history and remains deeply committed to ensuring the safety and inclusion of Jewish educators and students. Our union, educators, students, and families must work together towards actionable solidarity to be able to name and counter antisemitism wherever it occurs and help ensure that discourse, debate, and protest are never a justification for identity-based bias, hate, or harassment. As we work to counter the rise in antisemitism, we need to understand better how anti-Jewish hate shows up across society, while celebrating Jewish identity, faith, culture, and history.
It is our call to action to create safe and welcoming school and campus communities for Jewish, and all, students and educators. In support of that goal, we’ve curated a list of resources from partners and respected organizations to help educators, families, and students understand the history and significance of the Holocaust, what antisemitism looks like today, and how we can effectively counter anti-Jewish bias and incidents in our schools and society. We will continue to update this page with additional resources.
Holocaust Remembrance
NEA, JCPA partner for International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemoration
On January 27, 2026, the National Education Association (NEA) and the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) partnered to co-host a virtual event commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Click here to watch the recording
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) offers extensive teaching materials to support lessons on the Holocaust—the systematic state-sponsored persecution and murder of six million European Jews by the Nazi German regime and its allies and collaborators. Educators can request resources for use in their classrooms and access some lesson plans in Spanish, in addition to accessing a series of videos designed to provide guidance on teaching the Holocaust that include classroom-ready lessons, digital learning tools, and classroom strategies.
USHMM Days of Remembrance Resources
There are many ways to recognize Days of Remembrance in your city, school, workplace, or religious institution. The resources provided here are for the most common types of remembrance activities. However you plan to commemorate, it is important to ensure the activity is respectful of Holocaust survivors and victims and their suffering.
USHMM Fundamentals of Teaching the Holocaust
Teaching about the Holocaust can inspire students to think critically about the past and their own roles and responsibilities today. Use the resources below to help develop your approach and to find lesson plans to use in your classroom.
PBS Holocaust Remembrance Day Resource Collection
The following collection is designed to provide teachers with rich and meaningful resources on the Holocaust, engaging lesson plans and information to help students take steps to move forward without forgetting the past.
Echoes & Reflections
Echoes & Reflections empowers middle and high school educators with dynamic classroom materials and professional development to help teach the history and significance of the Holocaust. Their teaching resources include lesson plans, activities, podcasts, and a timeline, along with educator programs to foster confidence and amplify the skills needed to teach about the Holocaust in a comprehensive and meaningful way.
Yad Vashem Education Materials for Holocaust Remembrance Day (Yom Hashoah)
This collection provides resources and tools to support learning about the Holocaust.
Resources for Educators, Students, and Families to Understand & Counter Antisemitism
Jewish Council for Public Affairs: Antisemitism and Our Democracy
The fight for democracy and the safety of all communities requires countering antisemitism because it animates and fuels broader extremism and hate. At the same time, Jewish safety is most assured in inclusive, pluralistic democracies where the safety and rights of all communities are protected. JCPA's Antisemitism x Democracy report provides an overview of contemporary antisemitism and the threats it poses to Jews, all communities, and our democracy.
Truah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
Antisemitism is a problem that affects all of us, but many people — both Jews and non-Jews — feel they don’t sufficiently understand antisemitism and aren’t empowered to take action when they encounter it. Watch this training, led by T’ruah’s Director of Learning Rabbi Jonah Winer, where we work to create a shared vocabulary around antisemitism, provide clear examples of what is and what is not antisemitism — including in the context of Israel — and deepen knowledge about how antisemitism is linked with other forms of bigotry and discrimination.
AJC: Guidance for K-12 Schools to Ensure the Jewish Experience is Included Across the Curriculum
The Center for Education Advocacy (CEA) at American Jewish Committee (AJC) shares a commitment to fostering educational environments that promote critical thinking and inclusivity. Our collaboration with schools ensures that these spaces remain welcoming to all identities, including Jewish students, faculty, and families, while firmly rejecting all forms of antisemitism.
Nexus: A Campus Guide to Identifying Antisemitism in a Time of Perplexity
This guide, which does not aspire to be an authoritative code but rather a catalyst to deeper thought, presumes that terms contain multiple meanings to different people. The Guide seeks to help all members of the university community make more careful distinctions between discourse that some claim to be antisemitic, while others claim to be merely political speech. Rather than presume that certain speech is or is not antisemitic, we believe this guide can help clarify a nuanced and contextualized approach to thinking about antisemitism in this current moment. At the same time, the Guide is not intended as a legal standard nor to be enshrined into law, for to do so risks weaponization that could be used to suppress or chill speech.
Antisemitism Education Initiative – University of California Berkeley
This video is part of the Antisemitism Education Initiative on the Berkeley campus. This video charts the history of antisemitism from its origins until today. It tackles the hard questions about different and changing forms of antisemitism, persistent anti-Jewish stereotypes, the complex racial position of Jews in contemporary America, and the precise line between criticism of Israel and antisemitism. While the video stands alone as a valuable tool for antisemitism education, we also provide discussion questions so that it may be a starting point for deeper conversation.
New Guides to Countering Antisemitism Added to Nickelodeon Anti-Hate Series
USC Shoah Foundation and partners Nickelodeon and The Conscious Kid today launch a pair of Talk and Take Action: Guides to Countering Antisemitism that provide teachers and parents with content and tools to talk with children about the discrimination and hate directed at the Jewish community in the United States. Co-written by USC Shoah Foundation, Nickelodeon and The Conscious Kid, an education, research and policy organization dedicated to reducing bias and promoting positive identity development in youth, the new guides provide critical, age-sensitive resources at a time when antisemitic incidents are on the rise in the United States and around the world.
Jewish Council for Public Affairs Fact Sheet | Jewish Safety and the Department of Education
JCPA’s fact sheet examines what dismantling the Department of Education means for Jewish safety and democracy.
What you can do to learn more and fight antisemitism
How we understand antisemitism is critical — it shapes how we can talk about it, how we fight it, and how we can support peers and colleagues facing it.
Western States Center – Speaking Out Against Bigoted, Dehumanizing Rhetoric: What We Can Do
The Western States Center and their partners at Princeton’s Bridging Divides Initiative have the shared goal of strengthening inclusive democracy. They released a new guide that documents the recent surge in antisemitic and Islamophobic hate incidents, explains the link between rhetoric and violence, and provides suggestions and resources to take action.
American Jewish Committee 2024 Survey of American Jewish Opinion
American Jewish Committee, the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, has released the annual State of Antisemitism in America Report, the first analysis of the impact of antisemitism on American Jews and the U.S. general public for the full-year following Hamas’ October 7, 2023, massacre of Israelis. The data, from surveys conducted in Fall of 2024, assesses and compares Jewish and general population perceptions of, and experiences with, antisemitism in the United States. The report is the largest annual poll of its kind and the first report to analyze a half decade’s worth of this type of data from both American Jews and U.S. adults.
Truah: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights
A Very Brief Guide to Antisemitism: The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights empowers rabbis and cantors to advance democracy and human rights for all people in the United States, Canada, Israel, and the occupied Palestinian territories. This free guide provides context, language, and tools to help fight antisemitism, along with all other forms of racial, cultural, religious, and gender oppression.
Bard Center for the Study of Hate – A Community Guide for Opposing Hate
Written by the Bard Center for the Study of Hate, Western States Center, and the Montana Human Rights Network, this manual provides a step by step guide for those who want to “do something” about hate in their communities, not only immediately after an incident, but also for the long-term. In addition to guidance, the comprehensive publication includes several common scenarios to think through and plan for before a hate incident occurs.
Skin in the Game
Eric K. Ward is a nationally recognized expert on the relationship between authoritarian movements, hate violence, and preserving inclusive democracy. He wrote a seminal article, "Skin in the Game: How Antisemitism Animates White Nationalism," in which he explains how antisemitism forms the core of White nationalism, arguing that we must come to terms with the centrality of antisemitism to white nationalist ideology so that we can identify the fuel that White nationalist ideology uses to power its anti-Black racism, contempt of people of color and xenophobia.
Bend the Arc – Dismantling Antisemitism: A Message Guide
How we talk about antisemitism is critical — it shapes how we understand it, how we fight it, and how we stop its use for political gain. In 2020, in deep collaboration with Jewish organizing partners around the country, Bend the Arc: Jewish Action worked with Uprise to develop this message guide as a tool to help stop the increase in antisemitism and imagine a future in which Jewish people — and all people — can live free and safe in a thriving multiracial democracy.
Jewish Council for Public Affairs—Real Concerns About Antisemitism
JCPA CEO Amy Spitalnick joined Anderson Cooper on CNN to discuss the ICE arrest of a Tufts University graduate student. She made clear that multiple things can be true at the same time: the Jewish community has legitimate concerns about antisemitism and the Trump administration is exploiting those real concerns as an excuse to undermine civil liberties, the rule of law, and democratic norms. Jewish safety is inextricably linked with inclusive democracy in which everyone’s fundamental rights are protected. Selectively applying these rights, including due process, based on someone’s identity or views makes Jews – and everyone – less safe.
How White Nationalism Animates Antisemitism
A NEA-hosted webinar that examines how antisemitism has a real impact beyond just hate crimes, and how White nationalists utilize bigotry toward the Jewish community to deconstruct democratic practices, thereby eroding faith in democracy.
