AJC Educational Programming and Resources for Universities and Colleges

AJC currently offers programming for university administrators that includes advising sessions for university leaders, senior leadership briefings, antisemitism training for university staff, and a range of educational offerings on Jewish history, identity, and culture focused on meeting the needs of the higher educational community. Our education team consists of Ph.D. holders who are content experts in their fields and seasoned educators. Our work is guided by the U.S. National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism, which insists that antisemitism and efforts to combat it are society-wide undertakings, and that educational institutions have a crucial role to play. Please contact us to discuss which educational programming would work best for your campus community.

Our programming offerings include:

• Advising university leaders on responsive communications, including statements
• Senior leadership briefings that orient presidents and chancellors’ cabinet members to current areas of concern, including free speech and antisemitism, DEI and the Jewish community, and building resilient infrastructures to combat campus antisemitism
• Trainings for staff - sensitivity training and education on Jewish history, identity, and culture for university employees and student-facing staff
• Antisemitism awareness education within DEI and student life divisions
• Education for administrators, faculty, and students on
  • The history and cultures of the global Jewish community
  • Historical origins of anti-Jewish hatred
  • Workshops on unpacking antisemitic tropes
  • Jews, race, and the premodern history of antisemitism
  • Israel, Zionism, and modern Jewish identity

In addition to our programming offerings, we also encourage university administrators to consult AJC’s Guide to the U.S. National Strategy for Confronting Antisemitism for University Administrators and AJC’s Action Plan for University Administrators, which contains short-, medium-, and long-term solutions for universities to employ to confront antisemitism on campus.