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Board and ADL launch classroom resource to combat ‘global tsunami of antisemitism’

Free digital resource aims to ‘inoculate’ against antisemitism with classes on Jewish life in Britain

October 29, 2024 12:33
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Introduction to new Jewish Living Online course launched by Board of Deputies and ADL
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A new online education resource for the classroom aims to “inoculate” young people against antisemitism.

The Board of Deputies and the Anti-Defamation League have joined forces to launch the free course for secondary schools in the UK which they hope will help to combat anti-Jewish hatred and prejudice..

Board president Phil Rosenberg said the resource addressed the “urgent need” for improved education about Jewish life in the wake of souring antisemitism after October 7.

Instances of antisemitism in UK schools reflect the rise in anti-Jewish hate crimes since the beginning of the war. According to the Community Security Trust (CST), antisemitism affecting schools in the UK rose by 119 per cent in the first half of 2024, from 74 incidents in the first half of 2023 to a record 162 in the first half of this.