Join JFedDC, PJ Library & PJ Our Way,
and the Jewish Book Council
for a virtual discussion
Tuesday | September 10th at 7pm
With Lynne Azarchi and Harlene Lichter Galen
the authors of COUNTERING ANTISEMITISM & HATE
A How-To Guide For Youth (8-18), Family & Educators
*Books available for purchase at the JFedDC office now!*
Countering Antisemitism & Hate is a guidebook with solutions to help prepare Jewish children, 'tweens, & teens for the challenges they may face from antisemitism, bullying, and other bias.
For more information, to become a sponsor
or to get your bookclub involved,
call 845-471-9811
or email [email protected]
Countering Antisemitism & Hate is a guidebook with solutions as its main focus. Parents, grandparents, and educators of Jewish children need to prepare our youngsters, ‘tweens, and teens for the challenges they face from antisemitism, bullying, and other bias. In order to fully comprehend the solutions, background information on both the current breadth of antisemitism and the historical building of Jewish identity, values, pride, and empathy are summarized first. The main resources offered are interactive, engaging and enjoyable tools to safely push back against antisemitism. Adults can learn, model, and help the younger generation practice these activities to use when an antisemitic incident occurs. Included are how-to — form a T.E.A.M. with your family to effectively support and protect each other; foster Jewish identity and pride, the foundation to stand up and speak out; recognize a safety issue and understand the necessity to share details with a trusted adult. In addition, scenarios for different age groups provide for youths’ thinking about and discussing nonviolent ways to be an UPstander who deters antisemitism.
Lynne Azarchi
Lynne Azarchi, M. A., is the former 20-year Executive Director of Kidsbridge Youth Center in New Jersey — a nonprofit dedicated to fostering bullying prevention, empathy, anti-bias, anti-racism and empowerment skills for students. Lynne has managed the education of more than 35,000 children/teens. Lynne speaks at conferences, seminars, associations and author of The Empathy Advantage: Coaching Kids to be Kind, Respectful and Successful.
Harlene Lichter Galen
Harlene Lichter Galen volunteers as the chairperson of Kidsbridge Youth Center’s Education Committee. There she draws upon her diversified career in education, encompassing teaching preschoolers through college graduate students; administering as a Jewish nursery school director and public elementary school principal, presenting professionally at regional, national, and international events, and writing published in educational journals and books.
