Fighting Anti-Semitism: #Jew4ADay

1. Coordinate an impactful, major national-level campaign on the topic of Anti-Semitism that will raise awareness on the issue before, during, and post campaign.
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2. Educate individuals on the definition, identification, and prevention of Anti-Semitism, while having individuals pledge to commit taking action towards it.

As Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial continues to rise. SSI designated the day of Monday, April 20th of 2020, which is Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day in Israel, and also close to the date of the final battle of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising (April 19), symbolizing Jewish people standing up to resist to anti-Semitic forces. 

This day ​was chosen as the designated day to host this national campaign across campuses. 

Students from across the country will gather at the main areas of their campuses to show their Jewish peers that they stand in solidarity with them, and understand what it means to be “you,” a “Jew,” for that day.

Campaign Materials for

In the area there will be signs, banners, and handout materials explaining multiple topics such as brief history of the Jewish people, the IHRA's and the State Department's adopted definition of anti-Semitism, listing recent anti-Semitic attacks, providing statistics of Jews being the most targeted group for hate crimes, and more.

​Items will be provided for students to take and proudly wear around campus throughout the day, such as: ​
  • Pledge cards
  • T-Shirts
  • Pins
  • Bracelets
  • SSI Logo Kippot ​

    Materials Order Form for Students:
    ​(please enter your shipping and contact information below to receive the #Jew4ADay Campaign Kit) 
In each location students will have a chance to sign a pledge physically and on an online petition created specifically for the event.

Students will take a massive group photo on their campus to be shared online with the hashtag #Jew4ADay and the participants will commit to learn more on the topic and help fight anti-Semitism.

We will be educating the campus community and beyond on the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of anti-semitism, adopted by the state department of the United States of America; on the fact that most religious hate crimes in the USA are against Jews, according to the FBI ; and more!  

    YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
    YOU CAN SAY NO TO ANTI-SEMITISM. 
    TAKE THE PLEDGE. 
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    ​I hereby Pledge to stand in solidarity with the Jewish community in commitment of combating one of the world's oldest, most heinous, and destructive forms of hatred and bigotry, anti-semitism, as it continues to persist increasingly across the globe.

    “ANTI-SEMITISM IS A CERTAIN PERCEPTION OF JEWS, WHICH MAY BE EXPRESSED AS HATRED TOWARD JEWS. RHETORICAL AND PHYSICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF ANTI-SEMITISM ARE DIRECTED TOWARD JEWISH OR NON-JEWISH INDIVIDUALS AND/OR THEIR PROPERTY, TOWARD JEWISH COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS AND RELIGIOUS FACILITIEs,” according to the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's definition of anti-semitism, adopted by the state department of the United States of America.

    I stand today, as a Jew for the day, in remembrance that Today, the ages-old anti-Semitism still exists. Whether comes from Holocaust deniers, bigots, or racists, in its oldest religious based, racial based, or in its newest based shape of demonizing, delegitimizing, and applying a double standard to Israel, the only Jewish state in the world, fueling groups and individuals to physically attack, isolate, or boycott the Jewish people:

    I pledge now, and always, to take action to protect my Jewish peers.