Brandeis University Presidential Initiative to Counter Antisemitism in Higher Education

• Monday afternoon, June 3 through Friday morning, June 7, 2024

• the Brandeis University campus in Waltham, MA, a suburb of Boston

• Completion of a project or initiative to help counter antisemitism at your home campus. Projects should be tailored to your specific institution's needs, may be conceived of and implemented from one or multiple departments, and do not follow a prescribed template. During the institute, participants will develop the project and then implement it afterwards.
• Attendance at the entire Institute.

• LeManuel "Lee" Bitsóí, vice president of diversity, equity and inclusion, Brandeis University
• Rosann Catalano, independent scholar
• Miriam Elman, executive director, Academic Engagement Network (AEN), and affiliated with Syracuse University
• Jake Fay, director of education, Constructive Dialogue Institute
• Rachel Fish, associate research professor, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, and special advisor to the president, Brandeis University
• Rabbi Ron Fish, New England interim regional director and east division director of antisemitism education and advocacy, ADL
• Eitan Hersh, professor of political science, Tufts University
• Laura Jockusch, Albert Abramson Associate Professor of Holocaust Studies, Brandeis University
• Alexander Kaye, Karl, Harry, and Helen Stoll Associate Professor of Israel Studies, Brandeis University
• Jacob Lassner, Phillip M. and Ethel Klutznick Professor Emeritus of Jewish Civilization, Northwestern University
• Christopher Leighton, former founding executive director, The Institute for Islamic, Christian, and Jewish Studies (ICJS)
• Alyza Lewin, president, The Louis D. Brandeis Center for Human Rights Under Law (“LDB”) 
• Meir Litvak, professor, Department of Middle Eastern History, Tel Aviv University
• Linda Maizels, independent scholar and faculty member, Spertus Institute
• Alvin Rosenfeld, professor of English and Jewish studies, Irving M. Glazer Chair, Jewish studies director, Center for the Study of Contemporary Antisemitism, Indiana University Bloomington
• Jonathan Sarna, university professor and Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History, Brandeis University
• Leonard Saxe, Klutznick Professor of Contemporary Jewish Studies and director, Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies and the Steinhardt Social Research Institute, Brandeis University
• Jeffrey Shoulson, dean of the School of Arts and Sciences and professor of English, Brandeis University
• Izabella Tabarovsky, Kennan Institute senior advisor on regional partnerships and programming, Wilson Center
• Graham Wright, associate research scientist, Steinhardt Social Research Institute and Cohen Center for Modern Jewish Studies, Brandeis University

• Open to academic and student affairs administrators and other higher education leaders currently working at U.S. colleges and universities in departments such as: academic affairs, DEI and legal affairs, communications, development, president, provost, and deans' offices, etc.
• Institutions are strongly encouraged to send cross-departmental teams of two to four administrators, but individuals are also welcome to apply.
• Applicants must have support from their division head, senior manager, or supervisor to implement a project or initiative to help counter antisemitism on their campus after the Institute. A letter of support from this senior administrator will be required as part of the application process.

• Housing in single rooms (possibly suite-style) with shared bathrooms in one of the university’s newer, air-conditioned dormitories. (Local attendees welcome to commute from home.)
• All meals (special dietary needs accommodated)
• All instruction and materials
• $4,000 stipend. Half is paid to participants upon completion of the Institute and the other half upon completion of the campus initiative developed during the Institute.

• Participants are responsible for all travel expenses to and from the Brandeis University campus just outside Boston, MA

Please fill out this short application. Applications are due April 15, 2024 and we will notify you of your acceptance by April 30, 2024.

You will need to complete the application in one sitting so please have all of the following required information & documents at hand. If applying as a team from one institution, please have all members apply individually, but feel free to utilize same "Statement of Challenges & Opportunities". (See below.)

• Statement of Purpose (under 250 words): Please let us know what you hope to gain from participation. How does your role intersect with the ways in which antisemitism manifests on your campus? 
• Statement about the Challenges & Opportunities at your campus (under 250 words): Please describe your campus environment. How does antisemitism manifest? What are the challenges and opportunities your campus faces in addressing this issue? (Team members can utilize same statement.)
• Résumé or c.v.
• Institutional Support: Name and email address of Division Head/Senior Manager/Supervisor providing letter of support. (Please have them send letter directly to pica@brandeis.edu)
• Recommendation: Name and email address of colleague providing recommendation (Please have them send recommendation directly to pica@brandeis.edu)