Recently, major Jewish organizations joined forces in contacting government leaders, gathering interfaith allies, and mobilizing the Jewish community to prevail upon government, religious, and civil rights leaders to #ActAgainst Antisemitism. The organizations included: Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA), American Jewish Committee (AJC), ADL, Hadassah - Women's Zionist Organization of America, The Orthodox Union, Reconstructing Judaism, United Synagogues of Conservative Judaism (USCJ), Union for Reform Judaism, Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Rabbinical Assembly, Reconstructionist Rabbinical Assembly, and Rabbinical Council of America.  

"Seeing Human" is a interfatih and multi-ethnic conversation series aimed at stemming hate, bias, and bigotry, opening the door for bridge-building opportunities with non-Jewish groups to enter into conversations about working together to end hate in our community. Participants explore ways to build alliances and strengthen interfaith collaboration between communities that share the same values is necessary to overcome hate. Included in our ongoing series, we recently conducted the first "Seeing Human" session with teens of different faiths. 

We have conducted a series of briefings with the Governor's office on the recent spike in antisemitism and called for actions at the state level to compliment those called for at the national and local levels. Additional briefings with the Governer's office have resulted in favorable actions on a broad range of topics, from COVID relief and vaccines to health and human services for the elderly, Holocaust survivors, people special needs, people with mental health issues, and more.