Deconstructing and Responding to Anti-Jewish Ideas

Join us for a virtual training, led by Project Shema, that offers tools and tips for navigating difficult conversations across the ideological spectrum with respectful, evidence-based dialogue. This training is designed to challenge the emerging anti-Jewish sentiment spreading within progressive circles.

Since October 7, conversations around Israel and Palestine have grown more polarized, and rising anti-Israel sentiment has made these conversations even more complicated for American Jews. Project Shema trains and supports the Jewish community to nurture compassion for Jews and disrupt the spread of anti-Jewish ideas, which can emerge even in well-intentioned conversations about Israel and Palestine. We want to ensure that important conversations around Palestinian justice do not close space for empathy with the Jewish people.

In this training you will learn:

• A proven strategy for engagement to build empathy and create space for nuance
• Why anti-Jewish ideas go unnoticed and unchecked in progressive spaces
• A process to navigate the most challenging questions with practical tips for responding

Find instructions for using the J’s registration system, DaySmart, here.

Co-Hosted by:

• The Samis Foundation
• JCRC of the Jewish Federation of Greater Seattle
• American Jewish Committee Seattle
• Jewish Family Service Seattle
• StandWithUs Northwest
• Bet Aleph Meditative Synagogue
• Congregation Beth Shalom
• Temple De Hirsch Sinai
• Temple B’nai Torah
• Seattle Jewish Community School

About Project Shema

Project Shema trains and supports the Jewish community and allies to understand and address contemporary antisemitism, with an emphasis on how anti-Jewish ideas can emerge in discourse around Israel and Palestine.

Founded by Jewish leaders with deep ties in social justice movements, Project Shema brings a fresh and humanizing approach to these challenging issues. Named after the Hebrew word Shema, which means “to hear,” “to listen,” or “understand,” Project Shema works to deepen understanding and build compassion and bridges across communities. We provide a truly unique, nuanced approach to antisemitism education for those working to ensure inclusive spaces for all Jews.

Since its founding, Project Shema has supported Jewish institutions and major corporations, locally and globally, to explore these complex issues.