Show your support for No Tolerance for Antisemitism by sending a letter to your supervisor. Below is a template letter you can urging your supervisor to proactively counter antisemitism and make campus a safer, more welcoming environment for Jewish staff and faculty.
Dear [Supervisor Title and Name],
As a (insert position) at (insert school) I am deeply concerned about antisemitism on campus. During the 2023/24 academic year, I observed and received reports from members of the campus community about troubling antisemitic incidents taking place on our campus that wholly undermine the values of inclusivity, respect and tolerance that our institution strives to uphold.
I am proud to work at this school and to contribute to the education of countless students. That said, the toll of antisemitism on Jewish members of the campus community is not only deeply harmful, but disruptive to both teaching and learning. My colleagues and I have experienced and witnessed antisemitism first hand (insert examples and personal stories). As such, I am deeply concerned about the safety and well-being of Jewish students and faculty on campus.
To address these issues to minimize further disruptions to the work of all members of the campus community, I strongly urge you to communicate to our institution’s leadership that the following steps need to be taken:
- Speak up forcefully against antisemitism.
- Rigorously enforce student and faculty disciplinary rules and non-harassment policies and ensure transparency regarding outcomes.
- Ensure that all student groups are fully in compliance with school policies.
- Create a task force or advisory group focused on campus antisemitism.
- Update security protocols and enforce time, place, and manner restrictions.
- Conduct trainings and incorporate antisemitism awareness into DEI.
- Consider mandating, for all staff and faculty, ADL’s free 45-minute on-demand interactive module to develop our collective awareness and understanding of antisemitism.
To examine how these steps can be taken, and what other actions should be considered, please consider consulting this best practices guide.
As [insert Supervisor title], I additionally encourage you to work with those under your supervision to determine how issues of antisemitism and prejudice are permeating and affecting the students, staff and faculty in your department so that appropriate action can be taken at the department-level. Such action may include investigations of incidents, the organization of educational events or meetings on antisemitism and bias reduction, and the department’s public condemnation of antisemitism.
As a (insert position), I care deeply for this institution and hope to see it take concrete steps to counter antisemitism and better support the Jewish campus community before the next school year.
Best,
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