Last updated 10/27/25
Teaching American Jewish History: As part of its Hidden Voices curricular effort, NYC public schools will be getting a new tool this year to help teach about American Jews. Created with the help of many Jewish Studies scholars and educators, Hidden Voices: Jewish Americans in United States History is a robust supplement to the required social studies K-12 curriculum.
Hopeless? Hopeful?: M²: The Institute for Experiential Jewish Education released The Hope Study, finding Jewish community professionals are experiencing a crisis of hope.
How are the Jews doing? Jewish People Policy Institute released its Annual Assessment of the Jewish People 2025 | 5785.
Jews on Antisemitism and Trump: a new survey by University of Rochester, University of California, and Ipsos finds, Jewish Americans Worry About Antisemitism, But View Trump’s Attack on Universities as Disingenuous.
Jewish University Students around the World: The ADL and the World Union of Jewish Students released a Global Survey of Jewish University Student Experiences highlighting reports of threats, self-sensorship and accommodations related to their Jewish identity.
Anti-Jewish and Israel Bias: The ADL and the Academic Engagement Network (AEN) released, Faculty Under Fire: Antisemitism and Anti-Israel Bias in Higher Education. The survey respondents described “patterns of hostility, institutional inaction, and personal tolls that merit immediate attention.”
Gaza Disagreement: JPPI released its Voice of the Jewish People Index for August 2025: Disagreement over expanding the operation in Gaza.
Groundbreaking Sephardic/Mazrahi Study: JIMENA (Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa) released the first-of-its-kind study, Sephardic & Mizrahi Jews in the United States: Identities, Experiences, and Communities. Dr. Mijal Bitton at New York University led this wide-ranging and thorough study of a population that comprises 10% of the American Jewish population.
Jewish Inhibition on Campus: Eric Kaufman, Professor of Politics at The University of Buckingham and Director of the Centre for Heterodox Social Science, released a new report on the ways in which Jewish college students at Ivy League schools are increasingly suppressing their views. Kaufman summarizes his findings in Tablet.
Hillel Tracks Antisemitism: Hillel International’s report finds antisemitism on campus is at its highest rate ever.
Orthodox Families: Nishma Research conducted a survey of Orthodox Jewish family life, marriage, and divorce.
