Antisemitism and You!by Mark Goldstein, President, Men’s Club Temple Etz Chaim This article is adapted from a drash delivered on Men’s Club/Women of TEC Shabbat, April 3, 2026. This Shabbat ocurrs during Passover. As we all know, Passover commemorates the freedom of the Israelites, the Jewish people, from slavery in Egypt under Pharoah. Many modern …
Welcome from the FJMC Committee to Combat Antisemitismby Irv Varkonyi, Committee Chair On behalf of the FJMC Committee to Combat Antisemitism, we extend our welcome to our Regions, Clubs and FJMC friends to the Catalyst. Formed when we meet at our Philadelphia Convention in 2023, our committee has successfully reached out to engage you through …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed – Executive Director, FJMC International Our ancestors are standing at the edge of possibility. They have been freed from Egypt. They have received Torah at Sinai. They have been shaped, however imperfectly, into a people. Now, in parashat Sh’lach, they are close enough to the Promised Land to imagine actually entering it. Moses sends twelve …
Spertus Institute Combats Antisemitismby Dr. Dean P. Bell, President and CEO For decades, Jewish communal professionals have been trained to build communities, inspire learning, and strengthen Jewish life. Increasingly, however, they are being asked to do something else entirely: respond to antisemitism—constantly, publicly, strategically, and often without adequate preparation or support. That reality is …
Welcome to Hillelby Adam Lehman, President and CEO, Hillel For more than a century, Hillel has served as the home away from home for Jewish college students and young adults around the world. Today, Hillel engages, empowers, and inspires more than 190,000 Jewish students annually across 850 campuses worldwide, helping students explore, celebrate, lead, and …
ADL Audit of Antisemitic Incidentsby Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO, ADL (Anti-Defamation League) Dear CATALYST readers and friends of FJMC International: Congratulations and Mazal Tov on the inaugural issue of Catalyst. We so much appreciate our partnership with your organization at both the national and regional levels. As you may have heard, ADL just released our annual …
From Awareness to Action: How the Blue Square Alliance Is Fighting Jewish Hateby Adam Katz, President, Blue Square Alliance Against Hate The Blue Square Alliance (BSA) is a nonprofit research organization and national leader in the fight against antisemitism. Founded in 2019 by Robert Kraft, we combat hate online, educate the public, and build meaningful …
The Jewish Man after October 7By Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.ed, Executive Director, FJMC InternationalCo-host, Mamas’ Boys podcast With rising antisemitic threats, security is necessary — but when rage turns into identity, something essential in Jewish life begins to erode There is a reason a group like a new Jewish Defense League (JDL) can sound compelling right now. …
Maybe U.S. Patent No. 2,612,994 doesn’t mean much to you. But have you ever seen or used a bar code? You can thank two Jewish-Americans, Norman Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver for developing the first optically scanned bar code, patented in 1952. You may not remember before bar codes but one had to trust the …
Rabbi Noam Raucher, MA.Ed – Executive Director, FJMC International When I became a father for the first time, like many men, I had no idea what I was doing. Short of helping create an actual human being, I had no real understanding of how to care for that life. I relied on instinct, love, anxiety, …
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