
Confronting Antisemitism: Empowering Our Students & Ourselves
Antisemitism is on the rise around the world, and Jewish tweens and teens are very aware of this troubling trend. Educators can help address the impact on their students’ personal lives and on their identities as Jews in the modern world.
This series aims to equip educators with the knowledge, tools, and skills needed to address rising antisemitism with their students.
Participants will learn and workshop classroom strategies for:
- Understanding, coping with, and responding to antisemitism
- Dealing with subtle antisemitism and with traumatic events
- Building student and communal resilience
- Empowering students
Session #1: Monday, July 31, 1:00 – 2:15 PM EST
Finding our Jewish Identities Amidst Rising Antisemitism
Session #2: Thursday, August 3, 1:00 – 2:15 PM EST
Confronting Antisemitism: Understanding and Coping
Session #3: Monday, August 7, 1:00 – 2:15 PM EST
Meaningful Steps to Combat Antisemitism
This series is being offered at a subsidized rate to ShalomLearning network partners.
Individual registration costs $18/teacher per session or the discounted price of $45/teacher for the entire series.
Schools/synagogues may register four or more educators for the full series (all three sessions) for the discounted group rate of $150.
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This series is facilitated by members of The Lookstein Center staff.

Hyim Brandes
Director of Technology

Shani Sicherman
Digital Content Manager
For more than a decade, Shani Sicherman has been teaching in a range of settings, creating engaging content, and training educators. She holds a BA in Special Education and Jewish History as well as a Teaching Certificate from Bar-Ilan University. Shani creates, curates, and manages the educational content on The Lookstein Center's website and social media channels, designs digital curricular materials for the Center's online school, Lookstein Virtual Jewish Academy, and runs varied PD trainings.