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Current Lauder Fellow, Claire Frankel, had the opportunity to speak with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about current trends of antisemitism on university campuses in Canada. She also had the opportunity to meet and speak with Canadian Member of Parliament Anthony Housefather.
Ethan Bergman of the Make Your Memory Shine project sat down with the Dutch Prime Minister Rutte and the Minister of Social Affairs Van Gennip for a meaningful conversation on the Israel-Palestine conflict in the Netherlands.
Ramiz Bahktiar of Peace in Our Schools sent an open letter to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, with the Network of Former Youth Delegates to the United Nations regarding the Israel-Hamas war.
JDA member and alumna of the University of Pennsylvania wrote an open letter to UPenns leadership as the war between Israel and Hamas continues and urging the university's leadership to act against antisemitism.
Micah Gritz, current JDA member, former Lauder Fellow, and Chief Operating Officer of Jewish on Campus, spoke to the Washington Post about a recent incident of antisemitism on his college campus.
Hanna Veiler, President of the German Jewish Student Union (JSUD) and current Lauder Fellow, has been working to bring awareness to what is happening in Israel and encouraging German citizens to speak up and stand with their fellow German Jewish citizens and the Israeli hostages currently stuck in Gaza.
Nechama Huba, former Lauder Fellow and current JDA member, and her brother, Yaacov Huba, wrote a joint op-ed for the Times of Israel about how to fight isolation during this time and how to find community.
Havurah announced their creation of אין מילים (There are No Words), a pamphlet of poetry to express this moment of immense Jewish suffering, grief, and hope.
JD Academy Galia Wechsler, who made Aliyah earlier this year, shares with her Substack followers what it's like to be an American-Israeli Jew living in Israel in this day and age, especially during the Israel-Hamas war.