14 | JUNE 8 • 2023 

OUR COMMUNITY

O

n May 25, the 
Biden-Harris 
Administration 
released the first-ever U.S 
National Strategy to Counter 
Antisemitism. 
This strategy advances a 
whole-of-society approach 
to countering antisemitism, 
resting on four pillars: increase 
awareness and understanding 
of antisemitism, including 
its threat to America, and 
broaden appreciation of 
Jewish American heritage; 
improve safety and security 
for Jewish communities; 
reverse the normalization 
of antisemitism and counter 
antisemitic discrimination; 
and build cross-community 
solidarity and collective action 
to counter hate.
To develop this strategy, 
listening sessions were held 
with more than 1,000 diverse 
stakeholders across the Jewish 
community and beyond. 
These listening sessions 
with stakeholders sought 
their perspectives, analysis, 
expertise and views on how 
antisemitism manifests today 
and how we should fight it at 
every level, from the national 
scale to the grassroots. 
These discussions provided 
critical insights into the 
experience of antisemitism 
in America and produced 
concrete ideas to counter it.
To implement this strategy, 
executive agencies will take 

a broad array of actions to 
address antisemitism. This 
strategy also calls on Congress 
to act and play its part in 
countering antisemitism. 
It urges action from all 
of society — state and local 
authorities, civil society, 
community and faith leaders, 
the private sector and 
individual citizens. 
This strategy includes over 
100 new actions and over 
100 calls to action to combat 
antisemitism, including 
new actions to counter 
antisemitism on college 
campuses and online. 
For example, the U.S. 
Holocaust Memorial Museum 
will launch the first-ever U.S.-

based Holocaust education 
research center in 2024, while 
the National Endowment for 
the Humanities will expand 
investment in K-12 education 
on Jewish history.
The U.S. has witnessed an 
alarming rise in antisemitism 
in recent years. The 2022 
Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 
issued March 23 by the Anti-
Defamation League (ADL) 
showed troubling nationwide 
figures. Antisemitic incidents 
once again reached an all-
time high in the United 
States in 2022, with a total 
of 3,697 incidents of assault, 
harassment and vandalism 
reported to the ADL. 
The 36% year-over-year 

increase represents the largest 
number of incidents on record 
since ADL began tracking 
antisemitic incidents in 1979.
“
As the U.S. Jewish 
community is experiencing 
antisemitism at levels not 
seen in generations, we deeply 
appreciate that the White 
House has stepped up and 
delivered this significant, 
comprehensive strategy,” 
Jonathan Greenblatt, ADL 
CEO, said in a statement.
Speaking during a 
videotaped address at the 
White House, Biden said the 
strategy sends a “clear and 
forceful message” that “in 
America, evil will not win, 
hate will not prevail” and 

The Biden-Harris Administration released its awaited 
U.S National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism. 
A First-Ever National Strategy

DANNY SCHWARTZ STAFF WRITER

SCREENSHOT

Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff speaks about the Biden administration’s antisemitism strategy at the 
State Department, May 25, 2023. 

