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The Berman Archive documents American Jewish Communities. We’re the largest archive of the printed material of communal American Jewish life.

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In our latest reseacrch roundup we explore the Jewish community's laser focus on the many flavors of antisemitism in AI, K-12 education, and the secular workplace. Read the latest edition of the Documensch Newsletter here: documensch.substack.com/p/antisemiti...
January 29, 2026 at 11:28 PM
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Cite & Sound | Season 2 Episode 4 Rachel Cockerell on writing from the archive! @rachelcockerell.bsky.social @bermanarchive.bsky.social

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January 29, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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NEW: Today, we’re excited to announce the creation of the Nexus Center for Antisemitism Research (NCAR), which will work to improve the quality of research, data, and analysis available to advance the broader mission of confronting hate and promoting Jewish safety.
Senior ADL antisemitism researcher leaves to lead competing effort at watchdog Nexus - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Aryeh Tuchman will direct a new Nexus research center focused on improving data, definitions and public understanding of antisemitism.
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January 29, 2026 at 3:36 PM
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Research Moves: @nexusproject.bsky.social is building out a new Antismetism Research Center and has tapped Aryeh Tuchman, the ADL’s longtime researcher, to lead the effort.

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Senior ADL antisemitism researcher leaves to lead competing effort at watchdog Nexus - Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Aryeh Tuchman will direct a new Nexus research center focused on improving data, definitions and public understanding of antisemitism.
www.jta.org
January 29, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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AI Antisemitism: The ADL just released its AI Index which aims to determine which LLM service has the strongest protections against antisemitism. The best AI for antisemitism guardrails? It’s Claude. www.adl.org/adl-ai-index...
ADL AI Index
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January 28, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, and every day, we honor the sacred memory of the six million Jews and millions of other victims murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators during the Holocaust.
January 27, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we honor the six million Jews who were murdered and the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution.

As we witness a dangerous rise in antisemitism, misinformation, and Holocaust denial, it is more important than ever that #WeRemember.

#HMD2026
Over 80 years later, the world's Jewish population has still not recovered to pre-Holocaust numbers.
January 27, 2026 at 2:04 PM
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“From the beginning I was not following their orders"

Bronka Klibanski was a Kashariyot of Jewish resistance during the Holocaust. She got weapons, gathered intelligence, rescued Jews, and saved the archive of Bialystok ghetto.She was born this week in 1923. #HolocaustRemembranceDay buff.ly/cZz8YV7
January 27, 2026 at 3:24 PM
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On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we are remembering the six million Jews and millions of others killed by the Nazis. We are honoring their memories by learning from history.
January 27, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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"Remembrance must translate to responsibility. We all have a responsibility to one another to fight against oppression and discrimination wherever we see it."
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Today marks 81 years since the liberation of Auschwitz and we remember the six million Jews and millions of other victims murdered in the Holocaust.
January 27, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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"As our communities refuse to comply with the authoritarian horror we face, we must continue to show up for each other in our neighborhoods and in the halls of power."

Read our statement:
As we pray and mourn, we must keep moving into action. And our elected officials must follow.
Democrats in Congress must act as boldly as the constituents they say they represent by halting funding for ICE until the violence, abuses, and deaths in American communities and immigration detention...
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January 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM
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Rabbi Emma Kippley-Ogman of Minnesota was arrested on Friday, along with 96 other miltifaith clergy members protesting ICE’s actions in the region. She shared her story and a call to action with the @forward.com.

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I'm a rabbi arrested for protesting ICE in Minneapolis. The Book of Exodus shows us how this ends
Amid Minneapolis ICE protests, nearly 100 clergy members were arrested. One rabbi among them sees a deep biblical precedent for this time.
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January 26, 2026 at 6:42 PM
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@standwithus.bsky.social is out with a report surveying Jewish K-12 educators, 61.6% of which reported experiencing or witnessing antisemitism at work.

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New Study: Over 60% of Jewish K-12 educators report exposure to antisemitism - StandWithUs
(Los Angeles, CA – January 22, 2026) – The StandWithUs Data & Analytics department has conducted the first academic study of antisemitism faced by American Jewish educators in K-12 public and non-Jewi...
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January 26, 2026 at 6:28 PM
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I would ordinarily put this in the jewsletter but it's before the next edition, so here you go: Radical Yiddish Song For This Moment: Anti-Authoritarian Yiddish Sing Along with DJ Chaia from the Workers Circle www.circle.org/events/radic...
Radical Yiddish Song For This Moment: Anti-Authoritarian Yiddish Sing Along with DJ Chaia — The Workers Circle
Want to learn about revolutionary Yiddish music? Join DJ Chaia and Daniel Carkner for a sing-along meets historical adventure.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:47 PM
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From our CEO @jamieberan.bsky.social, in Minneapolis:

"...we have seen that the only way to truly stop an authoritarian takeover is sustained civil action — individuals and people everywhere refusing to comply, speaking out, demanding justice, and rejecting this as our new normal."
I’m in Minneapolis to fight for the soul of our nation
If we do not intervene now, Minneapolis is only the beginning.
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January 23, 2026 at 8:49 PM
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Jan 27 Webinar: @neatoday.bsky.social & JCPA will come together on International Holocaust Remembrance Day for a critical webinar on understanding antisemitism and the growing threat it poses to students, educators, and all of our communities.

Join the conversation: nea-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Graphic promoting a webinar titled “Understanding Antisemitism,” a joint JCPA and National Education Association event marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The background shows an empty classroom with desks and windows. Text includes “WEBINAR,” “January 27 | 7:00 PM ET,” and logos for the Jewish Council for Public Affairs and the National Education Association.
January 23, 2026 at 7:33 PM
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Rabbi @baratellman.bsky.social is in Minneapolis alongside hundreds of clergy from across the country, as part of a JFREJ delegation from NYC answering the call from local organizers to come, bear witness, and support the city as they continue resisting ICE’s brutal occupation and attacks.
January 23, 2026 at 6:59 PM
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“Across the region, there are dozens of sites and thousands of volunteers coming together. It’s about teaching the next generation the importance of giving back and building community," said UJA-Federation of New York's Stephanie Davidson https://ow.ly/Q0Nh50Y1Uft
Sid Jacobson JCC marks MLK Day with community-wide service effort
Volunteers of all ages gathered at Sid Jacobson JCC on Monday, Jan. 19, to honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. not with speeches or ceremonies alone,
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January 23, 2026 at 7:00 PM
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Haredi for Love: In the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies, a new qualitative study investigates the transformative impact of digital media on traditional matchmaking (shidduchim) within Israel's insulated Haredi community. 
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The swipe and the shadchan: navigating tradition and technology in Haredi Matchmaking
This qualitative study investigates the transformative impact of digital media on traditional matchmaking (shidduchim) within Israel's insulated Haredi community. Based on in-depth interviews with ...
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January 23, 2026 at 7:04 PM
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Ford’s Libel: the @forward.com explores a new documentary about the first hate speech trial in America, a Jewish lawyer vs Henry Ford.
A Jewish lawyer sued Henry Ford and changed how we think about hate speech
The documentary ‘Sapiro v. Ford’ explores what some consider to be America's first modern hate speech trial.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:44 PM
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Exit interview: eJP interviews Eric Goldstein, CEO of UJA-Federation of New York, as he prepares to leave his role.

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After latest trip to Israel, N.Y. federation CEO says country’s needs greater today than post-Oct. 7
Eric Goldstein says New York community was insufficiently focused on local politics head of mayoral race: 'This is a moment of recognition that, as a community, we need to take nothing for granted. We...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Rabbi Tamar Magill-Grimm is Senior Rabbi at Beth Jacob Congregation.

Standing alongside her fellow Minnesota clergy, Rabbi Tamar announced that her congregation will take part in a statewide day of fasting and non-violent moral action to call for an immediate end to ICE’s operations in Minnesota.
January 22, 2026 at 8:52 PM
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NEW in Pedagogy: "A Repository for All: YIVO’s New Learning and Media Center" by Dinah Megibow-Taylor (one of our fabulous interns!)

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January 22, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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"American Jews cherish our own families’ immigration stories.

"We recall that we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity.

"We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more."

-- Joint statement by 7 rabbinical groups, asking Trump & Noem to back off
Jewish Cross-Denominational Statement Against Violent Immigration Enforcement January 21, 2026 Love the stranger, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt. (Deuteronomy 10:19) Adding our voices to millions of others across the United States, leaders of the Reform, Conservative/Masorti, and Reconstructionist Movements of Judaism condemn, in the strongest terms, the violence with which the Department of Homeland Security is enforcing American immigration law—above all, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as well as in cities and towns across the nation. Many Americans are deeply disturbed as they see their neighbors targeted for detention and deportation in their homes, at work, at their schools, and at their houses of worship. They are deeply concerned about numerous accounts of the use of intimidating and violent detention tactics, dangerous and unhealthy holding facilities, lack of appropriate warrants or due process, and wrongful apprehension of US citizens or individuals with proper visas based on appearance or language. In response, some are taking nonviolent steps to warn and protect their neighbors from this immigration enforcement overreach. The right to protest and speak freely are fundamental American rights, protected by the United States Constitution. Too often, though, nonviolent protest and civil disobedience is being met with violence. The United States is a nation of laws, and as Americans we expect that our laws will be enforced with clarity and consistency. We are pained by reports and videos indicating that in carrying out their assignment, members of law enforcement are engaging in behavior that escalates confrontation, risking the safety of those suspected of having violated the law, of bystanders and protesters, and their own safety. Candidates for law enforcement must be properly vetted, fully and carefully trained, and held accountable when they do not meet appropriate standards. Such accountability includes investigating complaints fair… Immigrants are members of our congregations, our families, and people with whom we interact in our broader communities. American Jews cherish our own families’ immigration stories. We recall that, like many being expelled from America today, we or our ancestors came to this country to escape oppression and find opportunity. That is why so many Jewish congregations, rabbis, cantors, and lay leaders have engaged in a variety of legal actions to protect immigrants in our midst. We grieve an American promise that seems to be no more. We who lead the North American Reform, Conservative/Masorti, and Reconstructionist Jewish Movements stand with the members and leaders of Jewish communities in Minneapolis—and before that, in the Chicago area and other cities in the United States—who have confronted Immigration and Customs Enforcement nonviolently, legally, but resolutely. We fear that additional communities will need to be prepared to do the same in the months ahead. We call on President Trump and Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem to pursue immigration enforcement and their response to protest through just and non-violent means, upholding our nation’s highest values and commitment to due process and the rule of law. Rabbi David Lyon, President, Central Conference of American Rabbis Rabbi Hara Person, Chief Executive, Central Conference of American Rabbis Rabbi Rick Jacobs, President, Union for Reform Judaism Shelley Niceley Groff, Chair of the North American Board of the Union for Reform Judaism Cantor Josh Breitzer, President, American Conference of Cantors Rachel Roth, Chief Operating Officer, American Conference of Cantors Rabbi Jacob Blumenthal, Chief Executive Officer, Rabbinical Assembly and United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Eliot Meadow, President, United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism Rabbi Jay Kornsgold, President, Rabbinical Assembly Cantor Matt Axelrod, Executive Director, Cantors Assembly Edwin M. Baum, Board Chair, Reco…
January 22, 2026 at 6:01 PM
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The Center for Small Town Jewish Life at @colbycollege.bsky.social is making big strides and garnering some impressive funding as it celebrates its 10th anniversary this year.
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More Than Colby’s Hidden Gem
The Center for Small Town Jewish Life receives $1M in grants, acknowledging its rising stature and impact
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January 22, 2026 at 5:48 PM