Our Work

Our trainings equip Jewish leaders and engage people of all backgrounds to recognize, challenge, and reduce the spread of anti-Jewish sentiment.

Our work helps people navigate difficult conversations about anti-Jewish harm, reduce polarization, and build inclusion within and beyond the Jewish community.

Our approach

We all encounter anti-Jewish ideas through the cultures and institutions around us. Each of us has a responsibility to examine these biases, challenge what we have absorbed, and turn awareness into action. These ideas appear throughout mainstream society, including in some conversations about Israel and Palestine. When anti-Jewish biases become normalized, they can dehumanize and isolate Jewish people, putting Jewish communities at risk.

We all have a responsibility to interrupt antisemitism wherever it appears, especially when the harm comes from people in our own communities.

We also recognize how antisemitism fuels white supremacy, undermines democracy, and divides efforts to advance equity and progress.

What we do

TRAINING & WORKSHOPS

Our workshops give Jewish leaders and people of all backgrounds with the skills & understanding needed to navigate difficult conversations about antisemitism

Training for Jewish organizations, communal professionals & lay leaders
Training for non-Jewish participants in corporate, non-profit and political organizations
Training for staff, administration, and students in schools and on campuses

ANTISEMITISM EDUCATION

Our antisemitism education is for Jewish, and non-Jewish audiences, organizations, and corporations working to create more inclusive spaces

Programming for all professional settings including all-staff presentations on antisemitism
Education and support for corporations integrating antisemitism into DEI curriculums
Facilitation, strategies and support for safe space dialogue

RESOURCES &
SUPPORT

We provide tactical guidance & resources covering key topics. Our facilitators provide ongoing support to address challenges as they happen

Ongoing training & support sessions
Engagement & conversation strategies and guidance
Resource guides on understanding & addresssing challenging topics

Where we work

University leaders shoulder a dual responsibility: fostering academic inquiry and the free exchange of ideas, while cultivating a healthy learning environment that is genuinely safe, inclusive, and pluralistic. These commitments are not in opposition, but they can be in tension, particularly in conversations involving antisemitism, Israel, and Palestine. The challenge is not choosing between free expression and safety. It is learning how to uphold both.

Project Shema’s university engagement model is designed to support institutions in navigating this tension with clarity, nuance, and principled consistency. The frameworks we provide are applicable beyond antisemitism and can strengthen institutional responses to polarization more broadly

In polarized times, mission-driven organizations are asked to respond quickly and decisively to issues beyond the core focus of their work. Yet urgency can crowd out nuance, and moral certainty can unintentionally narrow the space for empathy and pluralism internally.

In our highly polarized environment, organizations committed to inclusion may struggle to navigate differences within their own teams, and leaders need support to strengthen culture or repair and rebuild from internal fractures.

Project Shema partners with organizations through deep listening and collaborative design, helping teams navigate moments of tension with clarity and care. While our work is grounded in confronting anti-Jewish harm and strengthening Jewish inclusion, the frameworks we bring support broader efforts to sustain pluralism, strengthen internal cultures by deepening understanding across difference, support principled decision-making in polarized times, and build more resilient movements for progress.

School leaders play a vital role in fostering communities where every student can learn, grow, and thrive. At their best, schools cultivate a healthy learning environment that is safe, inclusive, and pluralistic. That work has become increasingly complex, as broader social and political tensions increasingly surface in school communities.

We recognize that today’s administrators and educators are navigating sensitive issues around Jewish identity and antisemitism, often without the tools or support they need. Project Shema partners with schools to meet this moment with clarity, nuance, and compassion.

Grounded in advancing Jewish inclusion and addressing antisemitism, our work also strengthens wider efforts around equity, trust, and connection. We offer tailored frameworks that help leaders navigate difficult conversations, respond to tension, and build more connected, resilient communities.

Want to learn more?

Please reach out to our team to learn more about the programs and trainings we offer