Aug 12, 2026 · 15 min · 8 segments
Massachusetts created the Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism to take a statewide look at how antisemitism is affecting Jewish life and what institutions can do about it. The Commission’s…
Jeremy BurtonGuestSo we've spoken a lot about Jewish American Heritage Month and the role that that plays and played in the commission's recommendation.
So how does Jewish American Heritage Month fit into municipal implementation.
This is a theme that cuts across all of the commission's work in various areas and municipalities in particular have a really important role to play in communicating belonging.
that Jewish communities, other vulnerable communities, are a value part of a civic culture.
There are other things that municipalities can do, acknowledging the life cycle of the Jewish year.
And in the same way that municipalities, through their various ways, mark and celebrate things like Black History Month or Women's History Month or Pride, This is a moment that they can, through their libraries, through their institutions, through displays in municipal halls, through programming in the schools, and we cover this in K-12, Jewish American Heritage Month in a municipality can lift up the experiences of Jewish Americans.
It can lift up specific contributions that have been made in that municipality, and it can help to bring people together in a broader understanding of civic belonging.
And it reinforces the message that combating anti-Semitism is a civic responsibility and not just something that rests on the targeted and victim community.
So we've spoken a lot about Jewish American Heritage Month and the role that that plays and played in the commission's recommendation.
So how does Jewish American Heritage Month fit into municipal implementation.
This is a theme that cuts across all of the commission's work in various areas and municipalities in particular have a really important role to play in communicating belonging.
that Jewish communities, other vulnerable communities, are a value part of a civic culture.
There are other things that municipalities can do, acknowledging the life cycle of the Jewish year.
And in the same way that municipalities, through their various ways, mark and celebrate things like Black History Month or Women's History Month or Pride, This is a moment that they can, through their libraries, through their institutions, through displays in municipal halls, through programming in the schools, and we cover this in K-12, Jewish American Heritage Month in a municipality can lift up the experiences of Jewish Americans.
It can lift up specific contributions that have been made in that municipality, and it can help to bring people together in a broader understanding of civic belonging.
And it reinforces the message that combating anti-Semitism is a civic responsibility and not just something that rests on the targeted and victim community.
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