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Hello Friends,
I am excited to share a few upcoming events that I believe will be of great interest to you. These events offer valuable opportunities for engagement, learning, and connection with fellow community members in the fight against antisemitism.
Read below for more information.
Warm regards,
Meredith R. Weisel
ADL D.C. Regional Director |
The recent rise in antisemitism, especially in educational spaces, is unprecedented. We invite parents and caregivers to join AJC Washington, D.C., Anti-Defamation League (ADL) Washington, D.C., and the JCRC of Greater Washington for our 2025 Parent Summit.
Sunday, February 9, 2025
Doors Open 9:00 AM
Program 9:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Location in Montgomery County, MD
*Address will be sent prior to event*
Register Here!
Learn vital and valuable advocacy skills and proactive strategies to navigate and combat antisemitism in K-12 schools. Hear from Dr. Michelle Reid, Fairfax County Public Schools Superintendent; Dr. Robert (Robby) Dodd, former Walt Whitman High School Principal and current Director in Montgomery County Public Schools' Office of School Support and Well-Being: Marlo Thomas, Assistant Head of School at Georgetown Day School; and more experts at our Parent Summit in just two weeks! The program will feature several panel discussions and breakout sessions on the following topics:
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The state of antisemitism in our educational institutions nationally and locally
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Dr. Michelle Reid, Fairfax County Public School Superintendent; Dr. Robert (Robby) Dodd, former Walt Whitman High School Principal and current Director in MCPS's Office of School Support and Well-being, and Marlo Thomas, Assistant Head of School at Georgetown Day School sharing best practices for preventing and addressing antisemitism in their educational institutions
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Concrete steps to take when there is an incident in your child's school
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How to have a conversation with your child about antisemitism
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Legal resources and when to pursue them
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Parents and students sharing proactive ways to advocate against antisemitism and positive ways to help increase cultural competency around Judaism and the Jewish experience
Please contact Shayna Meisel, ADL Washington, D.C. Education Director with any questions or request for accommodations. |
movie screening & panel discussion, february 24 | |
Washington Hebrew Congregation is excited to present a special screening of Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice (2021). Directed by Abigail Graham, and performed by Shakespeare’s Globe, this is an incredible opportunity to see this timeless story in a unique setting. Following the screening, there will be a panel discussion on the representation of antisemitism in the play. Panelists include:
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Pamela Nadell: Nadell holds the Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History at American University. Her book America’s Jewish Women: A History from Colonial Times to Today won the 2019 National Jewish Book Award’s “Jewish Book of the Year.” W.W. Norton will publish her new book Antisemitism, an American Traditio
n in October 2025. Past president of the Association for Jewish Studies, she consults to the museum planned for the rebuild of Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life. She was the fourth witness in the Congressional hearing with the presidents of Harvard, MIT, and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Meredith R. Weisel (ADL Washington, D.C.): Weisel serves as the Regional Director of the ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) Washington, D.C. Regional Office. She plans, executes, and oversees the direction and administration of all regional office activities in order to advance ADL’s mission in the D.C region, which serves the District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Virginia. She is an experienced attorney and government relations professional who has spent decades engaged in public policy and community issues.
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Meredith Jacobs (JWI): Jacobs is CEO of Jewish Women International (JWI), a 125-year-old nonprofit dedicated to ending violence against women and girls. Since assuming the role of CEO in 2020, Jacobs has shepherded the development of numerous JWI initiatives, including the National Center on Domestic & Sexual Violence in the Jewish Community. Under her leadership, JWI is spearheading state-wide advocacy efforts to achieve justice lending practices that would give survivors of financial abuse access to bank loans that would set them on the path to long-term economic security.
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