Employers looking to combat antisemitism should have clear definitions, strategies, and education plans in place.
The New York State Bar Association recently hosted a webinar on what employers should know to stop anti-Jewish hate in their workplaces. More than 160 people attended.
Rory Lancman, director of corporate initiatives and senior counsel at the Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law, presented the webinar. Lancman previously served as a New York City Council member and a New York State Assembly member.
“The employers who get into trouble aren’t always the ones with bad intentions,” said Lancman. “They’re also the ones just without a plan. The Brandeis Center recommends a four-part roadmap: define, modernize, align, and educate.”
Defining Antisemitism
Lancman said the first step was defining antisemitism. He advised that organizations formally adopt the definition from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance as a tool for recognizing discrimination when it happens.
The alliance defines antisemitism as “a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. Rhetorical and physical manifestations of antisemitism are directed toward Jewish or non-Jewish individuals and/or their property, toward Jewish community institutions and religious facilities.”
The definition has been adopted and/or endorsed by 45 countries, including the U.S. The New York State Bar Association’s Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Asian Hate...
[OSEN=Choi Lee-jung Reporter] As past remarks by singer Yang Hong-won expressing his dislike of infidelity resurface, reactions continue to grow that the recent 'motel infidelity allegations' agai...