JCRC's Boston Jewish Now

How You Can Use Massachusetts' Antisemitism Report

July 30, 2026·21 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

The Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism has given our community something we have long needed: a clear set of recommendations for what the Commonwealth, as well as school districts, colleges, workplaces, and local governments should be doing to address antisemitism.Now we need to know how to use it.In this episode of Boston Jewish Now, JCRC CEO Jeremy Burton speaks with Melissa Garlick of CJP’s Center for Combating Antisemitism about how community members can take this report into the institutions they are already part of and use it to make meaningful, credible asks.What should you be asking of your child’s school district? What should students and faculty expect from a university? What can Jewish employees and allies ask their workplace to put in place? And what should residents expect from municipal leaders and law enforcement?This episode gives parents, students, employees, advocates, and allies an intro to the roadmap that is the Commission’s final report: a way to identify what is missing, understand who is responsible for addressing it, and a credible way to ask for concrete action backed by and embraced by civic leadership across all sectors of the Commonwealth.For anyone who wants to get started doing this work, and for the school leaders, administrators, employers, municipal officials, and others responsible for putting those recommendations into practice, CJP’s Center for Combating Antisemitism has developed practical, sector-specific resources to help you take the first step.Listen to the conversation, then explore the resources here.

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