AMCHA Initiative

INVESTIGATING: launched an Anti-Zionist Faculty Barometer ranking 700+ campuses based on faculty academic boycotters, anti-Zionist statements, and Faculty for Justice in Palestine activity after AMCHAs previous reports documented a surge in anti-Zionist faculty advocacy as well as detailed FJPs central role in escalating antisemitic incidents and pushing forward the academic boycott of Israel; providedcomprehensive dossiers on faculty and departmental activity to policymakers (Georgetown, UC Berkeley, UCLA, CUNY) in federal agencies; filed a Title VI complaint regarding such activity at UCSC.DOCUMENTING: provided crucial, on-going, real-time documentation of antisemitic incidents in our decade-running publicly accessible database of 11,000 antisemitic incidents on over 700 U.S. campuses, including adding 1,300 incidents to the database which recieves 40,000 unique visitors monthly; built an in-house AI system to process 100,000+ articles and social media posts amid post-10/7/23 surges; expanded data-sharing partnerships; witnessed AMCHA data cited in 10 major reports, including by the ADL, Indiana University and others.EDUCATING: featured in 120+ media outlets; produced two educational video campaigns(#NoAcademicBDS, #NoFacultyHarm); helped launch a weekly podcast on campus antisemitism with an esteemed professor; provided expert consultation to federal agencies, congressional staffers and Jewish organizations; shaped cross-sector strategies to combat antisemitism; disseminated AMCHA's analyses and approaches to combatting campus antisemitism via publishing op-eds in Edsource, Los Angeles DailyNews, Jewish Journal and other publications as well as sending 13 bulletins.COMBATING: mobilized grassroots (20,000+ activists), coalition (150 organizations) and media campaigns that advanced AMCHAs core advocacy initiatives to combat the adoption of antisemitic curricula, curb the implementation of academic boycotts of Israel on U.S. campuses, and ensure equal and adequate protection for Jewish and Zionist college/universtiy students. Efforts resulted in defeating two major California initiatives promoting antisemitic ethnic studies curricula; raising awareness of faculty-driven antisemitism on 170 campuses with a national 120-group campaign that urged safeguards against faculty abuse; and an-AMCHA expos of UCSCs Ethnic Studies department prompting the UC Regents to bar departments from using official websites for political and antisemitic advocacy.