Everything You Need to Know about the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism and AJC's Task Force

Seeking to stop the insidious creep of antisemitism in the U.S. that threatens the Jewish community and American democracy at large, the Biden administration has unveiled the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) today announced its latest step in helping implement the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, tapping more than 35 lay leaders from across the country to join AJC’s implementation task force.

Ted Deutch, CEO of American Jewish Committee (AJC) today announced AJC will launch a task force to help implement the White House National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism

Our Task Force has developed multiple guides to help government officials, civil society leaders, educators, and more integrate recommendations from the National Strategy into practice. View and download each of our Task Force Guides here.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch today revealed the structure, direction, and priorities for a task force to implement the White House strategy to counter antisemitism and help ensure the U.S. Jewish community is safe, strong, and secure.

American Jewish Committee and the Small Business Administration (SBA) announced a new effort to help small business owners recognize, respond to, and help prevent antisemitism and other forms of hate.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomed the Biden administration’s release of the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. The National Strategy is the first whole-of-government approach in the United States to counter antisemitism in its multiple and distinct forms and comes as studies by AJC and other Jewish organizations found an alarming rise in antisemitism and more American Jews feeling less secure.

Here are the ways that AJC is leveraging its deep and broad connections—from elected officials to faith and civic leaders, from corporations to celebrities—to ensure they are also working to counter antisemitism using the action items in the Strategy and AJC’s Call to Action.

In June in Tel Aviv, AJC hosted, and awarded, seven experts from around the world devoted to combating antisemitism. They shared their valuable insights with the AJC Global Forum 2023 audience at the Leonard Greenberg Forum for Domestic Policy Issues.

At AJC Global Forum 2023, CEO Ted Deutch details how American Jewish Committee (AJC) will leverage its connections across society, drawing on the nonpartisan approach of AJC, to ensure that the action items in the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism are fully implemented to the benefit of the Jewish community.

Jews have settled all across America for centuries, not just in big cities. While the Jewish presence in rural areas may be smaller, antisemitism remains a growing problem in those communities. How to change that narrative is part of the U.S. National Strategy to Combat Antisemitism, released in May by President Biden. Gavriela Geller, Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Bureau/AJC Kansas City, said the focus on rural areas was both needed and welcome.

Two weeks ago at the White House, a group of antisemitism envoys from around the world attended an AJC-convened gathering as part of the efforts of an interagency group created by President Biden to build a national strategy to combat antisemitism. This week, two of those envoys join us to discuss that meeting.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) today convened a meeting at the White House of antisemitism envoys from around the world as part of the efforts of an interagency group created by President Biden to build a national strategy to combat antisemitism.

American Jewish Committee CEO Ted Deutch today lauded an announcement by the White House that it would establish an interagency group to coordinate efforts to fight antisemitism and other forms of hate. Its first order of business will be to develop a national strategy to combat antisemitism.

Ted Deutch, CEO of American Jewish Committee (AJC) joined New York Governor Kathy Hochul for her major announcement that New York State is committing — with will and resources — to implement the National Strategy.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch thanked the White House for convening a roundtable discussion on combating antisemitism with the heads of U.S. Jewish organizations. The meeting is slated to be held Dec. 7. AJC has long advocated for such a meeting in a time when antisemitism and other hate crimes in the U.S. have dramatically increased in recent years.

Take our quiz and learn how the White House is combating antisemitism.

Hear from two student leaders who are working to share and implement the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism's recommendations at their colleges and beyond.

Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, joins AJC's People of the Pod to discuss how she’s settled into her new role and to share insights on the development of the new U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, which AJC has long advocated for.

AJC CEO Ted Deutch joined CNN's "The Lead With Jake Tapper" to shed light on the profound importance of the recently unveiled U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, emphasizing its pivotal role in safeguarding the well-being of the Jewish community.

AJC CEO Ted Deutch breaks down the most important aspects of the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism in his latest Ten from Ted video newsletter.

The U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, incorporating various recommendations from AJC, outlines over a dozen measures to combat the concerning surge of antisemitism on college campuses. In the fall of 2023, the U.S. Department of Education will launch an Antisemitism Awareness Campaign, ensuring that schools heed complaints of discrimination against Jewish students, and AJC will continue to work closely with university administrators and secondary school administrators nationwide to help effectively enact the recommendations this coming academic year.