Our Statements & Press Releases
Our Statements & Press Releases
Our Statements & Press Releases
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For Immediate Release: Concord Select Board Members Quell Public Outcry by Clarifying Meaning of Proclamation & Disavowing IHRA Examples
April 16, 2026
At a recent public meeting, a strong majority of Concord’s Select Board clarified that their January antisemitism proclamation did not adopt the controversial examples associated with the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism....
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CJFS urges U.S. Commission on Civil Rights to distinguish between Jewish identity and political perspectives
March 19, 2026
BOSTON – CJFS submitted written comment to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, which held a briefing on Thursday, February 19, 2026, to investigate ...
Massachusetts Jews Urge Governor Healey to take immediate and decisive action to protect all Massachusetts residents from ICE & pass PROTECT Act
March 4, 2026
BOSTON – In a letter from Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff (CJFS), hundreds of Jewish residents from across Massachusetts are calling on Governor Healey to ...
For Immediate Release: Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff Urge Concord Select Board to Reject IHRA: "Don't Bring MAGA Policies to Massachusetts"
January 27, 2026
On this year’s International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff (CJFS) called on the Concord Select Board to reject a proposal to adopt the IHRA ...
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Jewish Organizations Warn Lawmakers that MA Antisemitism Commission Failed to Address Antisemitism and Puts Free Speech at Risk
December 11, 2025
In an end-of-year visit to the State House, a group of Jewish organizations representing
over 20,000 Jewish residents of Massachusetts delivered a warning to state ...
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For Immediate Release: Antisemitism Commission “Fails to Meet the Moment” Jewish Scholars Urge No Vote & Release Shadow Report Detailing Commission’s Missteps
November 20, 2025
BOSTON, MA – As the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism convenes to vote on its Final Report, Jewish scholars from across the state delivered ...
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CJFS Releases Shadow Report Detailing State Commission's Missteps and Offering Guidance to Address Antisemitism
November 20, 2025
The Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism failed to meet the moment ...
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Response to MSCCA Draft Recommendations on Higher Education
November 17, 2025
The Massachusetts Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism has released a draft final report of their findings and recommendations, including new ...
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November 7, 2025
BOSTON – As Trump and allies like the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) continue to levy spurious accusations of antisemitism to vilify political opponents and erode core ...
How to Combat Antisemitism in Massachusetts Higher Ed
September 18, 2025
This document provides guiding principles and concrete practices that institutions can employ to meaningfully combat antisemitism without enabling the Trump...
September 8, 2025
MASSACHUSETTS STATE HOUSE, BOSTON – Concerned Jewish Faculty & Staff (CJFS), a group representing Jewish academics and staff members from roughly 25 Boston...
August 19, 2025
Together for an Inclusive Massachusetts (TIM) and Concerned Jewish Faculty and Staff – Boston (CJFS-B) call on the Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism to ...
As CJFS highlighted earlier this year, “the ADL has become a clear and present danger to every norm, freedom, and right that keeps Jewish communities safe in the United...
The IHRA definition conflates criticism of Israel with antisemitism and has been routinely employed to silence legitimate criticism of Israel. Not only does this...
Preliminary Reaction to Mass SCCA Draft K-12 Findings & Recommendations
On Wednesday July 2, the Massachusetts Special Commission on Combatting Antisemitism (MSCCA) released its Draft K-12 Education Findings and...
CJFS-B Letter to Harvard Leaders on Antisemitism and Islamophobia Task Force Reports
Criticism of Israel, its government and policies, the ideology of Zionism, or US military or diplomatic support for Israel does not constitute antisemitism or any other form of ...
CJFS Joins Inter-Faith Community and Civil Rights Groups in Denouncing ADL President’s Reckless and Dehumanizing Statements about Peaceful Student ...
CJFS-B Condemns Disgraceful and Disturbing Repression at NYU
As Jewish faculty and staff opposed to the false premise that criticism of Israel is itself an act of bias, we applaud Mr. Rozos for speaking with empathy, compassion...
The Special Commission has consistently ignored or refused CJFS’ invitations for a public hearing at which commission members could learn from local scholars who ...
ADL “Audit of Antisemitic Incidents 2024” is Misleading and Dangerous
Statement and press release on the Anti-Defamation League (ADL)’s “annual audit of antisemitic incidents” for 2024: “As Jewish faculty and staff deeply concerned about ...
On Wednesday March 26, the Interim Harvard Dean of Social Science David M. Cutler dismissed the faculty leaders of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies (CMES)...
We are Jewish professors, staff members, and students from universities across the United States. We hold various views about Israel and Palestine, politics in the Middle ...
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Statement from Concerned Jewish Faculty Opposing the Antisemitism Awareness Act
Criticism of the state of Israel, the Israeli government, policies of the Israeli government, or Zionist ideology is not – in and of itself – antisemitic....