-
Antisemitism Is On The Rise. Here’s What You Can Do About It.
Jeremy Burton, the CEO of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston, told HuffPost that all Americans need to recognize that antisemitism is not just a Jewish problem to fight; it’s everyone’s problem. “We’re going to keep living our lives and building vibrant Jewish communities, but antisemitism is a virus that infects our society,” Burton…
-
JCRC: Fighting Antisemitism for 80 years
Are we having an impact in the fight against antisemitism? I hear a variation on that question virtually every day. Often, multiple times a day. There is, rightly, great concern in our community right now. Even fear. Because it is very clear that both expressions of and acts of antisemitism, including violent acts targeting people…
-
To Tweet or Not to Tweet?
A few years back, a member of the JCRC team told me about a conversation he had while advocating on Beacon Hill. In a conversation with a senior member, he expressed that a particular issue was one that the organized Jewish community was keenly interested and invested in. The legislator’s chief of staff responded, to…