Confronting Antisemitism
Natan's Confronting Antisemitism grants support organizations that are developing positive, constructive efforts to understand, expose and undermine contemporary antisemitism, particularly those that focus on the ways in which delegitimization of Israel is a form of antisemitism; prosocial activities that bring Jewish and other ethnic and religious communities together; and building awareness of Israel and the Jewish People's cultural, historical, ethnic, religious and political complexity and diversity.
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2020-2021 Grantees |
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Abrahamic House is a new organization striving to build sustainable interfaith learning and action across Jewish, Muslim, Baha’i and Christian communities in order to foster an environment of respect, justice, and social change. Modeled after the highly successful Moishe House (a former Natan grantee), Abrahamic House brings young people from different religious backgrounds to live together and program for their peers. Programs will transform hatred and ignorance into love and compassion through human to human connection and the creation of an intentional interfaith community. |
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The Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM) serves as the national voice for Jewish museums across sixty communities in North America. For more than forty years, CAJM has been the central network for Jewish museums, bringing together colleagues and leading thinkers to promote new thinking, innovative practice, and community engagement, and strengthening its member museums as visible, magnetic arenas for the expression of Jewish culture and community. Natan’s grant supports the Museum Educator's Workshop on Combating Antisemitism, which will better equip educators in Jewish museums and Holocaust museums with knowledge, fluency, analytical tools, and access to experts and solid source materials on contemporary antisemitism in America and beyond. |
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Creative Community For Peace (CCFP) brings together prominent members of the entertainment industry who are dedicated to promoting the arts as a means to peace, defending artistic freedom, and countering the cultural boycott of Israel. CCFP believes in the power that music, film, and television have for bringing people together and that the arts are crucial to bridging cultural divides. |
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Institute for Curriculum Services (ICS) promotes accurate K-12 education about Jews, Judaism, and Israel across the United States by working directly with publishers and digital content producers nationally to improve social studies textbook content on Jewish subjects. ICS also strengthens pre-collegiate education by providing standards-aligned curriculum and training for public school teachers so they can offer their students more accurate instruction on Jewish history. These efforts are designed to reduce prejudice against Jews and promote understanding of Israel’s history and its significance to the Jewish community. |
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The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of St. Louis works within the Jewish and broader communities in St. Louis to enhance cooperation with other religious, racial, ethnic, and civic groups; to foster a just, democratic, and pluralistic society; and to promote the security of Israel and Jews everywhere. Natan’s grant supports the replication of the JCRC’s Student to Student program, which empowers Jewish teens to talk about Judaism and Israel with proficiency, authenticity, and confidence. Student to Student fights antisemitism through peer-to-peer presentations to diverse audiences and deepens the leadership and communication skills of the teenage participants. |
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JIMENA spreads awareness of the heritage, history and culture of the 850,000 indigenous Jewish refugees who fled persecution or were expelled from Middle Eastern and North African countries in the years following the creation of Israel in 1948. Natan’s grant supports the Arabic Outreach Initiative, which educates and engages Arabic speakers on issues related to Jewish and Middle Eastern identity, multiculturalism and diversity, the stories and reflections of Jewish refugees from Arab countries and their descendants, and the ongoing role of antisemitism in the Middle East. |
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Presbyterians for Middle East Peace (PFMEP) was formed by a group of volunteer clergy and laypeople to address a contemporary version of anti-Semitism that had become commonplace in the Presbyterian Church USA as anti-Zionist activists organized for the Church to embrace the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions movement. PFMEP is committed to confronting traditional and contemporary versions of anti-Semitic, anti-Jewish and anti-Israel language and actions. Natan’s grant supports Pathways for Middle East Peace, a new program designed to expand and replicate the work of PFMEP in other mainline Protestant denominations to combat anti-Semitism. |
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Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom builds trust, respect and relationships between American Muslim and Jewish women. Together, participants commit to limit acts of anti-Jewish and anti-Muslim sentiment, stand up to hate, and engage in social action work. Natan’s grant supports Teenage Girl Chapters across North America. Through these chapters, Jewish and Muslim girls develop strong relationships that inspire a commitment to protect one another and to fight against hatred directed towards either faith group. |
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The Western States Center believes that antisemitism is the fuel that feeds white nationalism, and that there is a lack of full understanding of contemporary antisemitism and the ways it works in the media, civic institutions and among community, philanthropic, and faith leaders. Natan supports WSC’s work to convene and educate progressive leaders from various sectors to build a shared understanding of antisemitism and its threat to inclusive democracy. |
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The Zioness Movement empowers and motivates people to stand up for civil rights as proud, progressive Zionists. The movement was established to challenge the narrative that Jews and Zionists cannot be feminists, liberals, or progressives. Zioness rejects the false choice and the litmus tests imposed on American Jews in progressive spaces, and argues that Jews and Zionists should not have to choose between those identities and their social justice advocacy. Zioness is developing curricula and building relationships across diverse communities to advance social, racial, economic and gender justice in America. |
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