80 | MAY 18 • 2023 

O

n Thursday, April 
20, Hillel of Metro 
Detroit (HMD) hosted 
a virtual antisemitism training 
in partnership with the ADL 
and University of Michigan - 
Dearborn’s student affairs staff. 
HMD’s Executive Director 
Miriam Starkman and Associate 
Director Brittany 
Begun attended, as 
well as Amy Finley, 
UM-Dearborn’s 
dean of students, 
and Shareia Carter, 
director at the 
Center for Social 
Justice and Inclusion. 
The training aimed to pro-
vide resources on antisemi-
tism to student-facing staff at 
UM-Dearborn, while equipping 
staff with actionable steps to 
combat antisemitism on campus. 
Additionally, it was HMD’s goal 
to foster a relationship between 
the three organizations and pro-
vide a deeper level of context on 
Jewish student backgrounds and 
antisemitism.
Michigan native Ryan 
Woloshin led the program. 
Woloshin, associate director 
of Antisemitism Programs for 
the ADL, regularly presents to 
community organizations and 
colleges. 
He began by providing the 
ADL
’s definition for antisemi-
tism, as well as a brief history of 
Jews around the world. Woloshin 
highlighted intersectionality and 
Jewish identity. Ashkenazim, 
Mizrachim, Sephardim, Beta 
Israel and Bene Israel Jews were 
all included in these slides, as 
Woloshin aimed to broaden the 
typical lens through which many 
view Jews.

Woloshin then facilitated an 
in-depth discussion on historical 
antisemitism both internationally 
and in the Metro Detroit area 
(featuring, most prominently, 
Dearborn). While he brought 
up well-known examples of 
antisemitism, Woloshin was 
also careful to include other 
instances, such as Henry Ford’s 
antisemitic weekly publication, 
The Dearborn Independent, and 
his series of pamphlets, The 
International Jew: The World’s 
Foremost Problem. 
Woloshin also provided 
tangible resources for the 
UM-Dearborn staff on further 
education and student support.
After the presentation, 
Woloshin, along with the 20+ 
staff members, participated in a 
short Q&A. He provided a quick 
tour of the resources section on 
the ADL website and provided 
his personal suggestions for 
resources to be used in and out 
of the classroom. 
Hillel of Metro Detroit 
wants to extend our gratitude 
to Ryan Woloshin, the ADL 
and the student affairs staff at 
UM-Dearborn. We look for-
ward to partnering further with 
UM-Dearborn and the ADL and 
feel optimistic about the collabo-
rative efforts to combat antisem-
itism on the UM-Dearborn cam-
pus, along with all the schools 
HMD serves. 
If you would like to learn more 
about HMD’s work with the 
ADL or how to access resources 
to combat antisemitism on our 
Metro Detroit campuses, contact 
LeahB@hillel-detroit.org. @

Leah Burian is a program associate at 

Hillel of Metro Detroit.

Ryan 
Woloshin

Antisemitism 
Training

Leah Burian } jewish@edu writer

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