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This Chanukah, we will come together to observe the inaugural Shine A Light Shabbat on Friday, Dec. 8.

The organization #ShineALight offers a conversation guide for Shabbat. The first step to eliminating forms of hate is to talk about it openly and honestly.

Watch the program from the largest pro-Israel gathering in history.

We have work to do, which is why I’m so proud that over the past year CJP has partnered with ADL and so many other organizations to launch our 5-Point Plan to combat antisemitism and anti-Zionism. We will not likely eliminate a 3,000-year-old hatred in our lifetimes, but we will certainly be stronger and fight against it more effectively when we fight it together.  

Offering comfort, support and a secure place to worship, Jewish religious leaders are trying to keep community members safe in both body and spirit.

Repair The World Fellow Rebeccah Lipson joins CJP and the ADL for The March on Washington. She says "the decision to journey from our base in Boston to Washington, D.C. wasn't just a logistical one; it was an unequivocal statement of our commitment. We wanted to take what we learned and put it into action."

The head of the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt, reflects on the march for equality in Washington, D.C.

In a remarkable turn of events, the painting is now on view at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, following an announcement earlier this month that the MFA and the painting’s current owners struck a deal with heirs to the two art dealers, who both survived the war.

We live in one of the largest Jewish communities in the Diaspora, but it’s still a calculated risk to show your Judaism publicly. And it’s not getting any easier.

Despite the reality of antisemitism, the Jewish people, at our core, always believe that things can and will get better.