For Administrators: Best Practices and Principles
The Academic Engagement Network and Hillel International partnered to create “Best Practices and Principles” to assist higher education leaders and administrators in protecting and advancing the goals and values of higher education: the discovery and dissemination of knowledge, and respect for free inquiry and diversity of viewpoints.
Jewish students deserve to learn, not to be attacked. Use these resources to stand up to antisemitism on your campus.
FAQs
What is the Faculty Against Antisemitism Movement (FAAM)?
FAAM provides concerned faculty with opportunities to address antisemitism, anti-Zionism, and anti-Israel activity on campus and in the U.S. academy. FAAM is a project of the Academic Engagement Network, a national organization of 1,000+ faculty on 300+ campuses committed to advancing Jewish inclusion and academic freedom.
Who can be part of FAAM?
Any faculty member with an appointment at an accredited university or college in the United States who agrees with our core principles can represent FAAM on campus, in academic associations, and other academic arenas.
Why is FAAM launching now?
We have to light a fire under administrators to ensure a better academic year ahead. And that means having the right conversations — right now. By doing so, we can provide students with the support they need and deserve as they wrap up a difficult academic year. And we can ensure that the necessary action plans will be in place by fall 2024.
What can I do to support students?
Step 1: Sign up to get a materials box, filled with FAAM-branded items that you can wear and display in your office and around campus.
Step 2: Participate in #KeepTheLightOn, a campaign to support Jewish, Zionist, and Israeli students on campus.
Step 3: Stay tuned for a FAAM social media toolkit you can use to spread the word about how you’re standing against antisemitism.
Get Support on Your Campus
Since October 7, 2023, faculty have been countering an intolerable spike in campus antisemitism and anti-Israel bias by forming their own affinity groups to support Jewish students, leading solidarity and educational exchange missions to Israel, and writing and speaking out.
New faculty groups that focus on countering antisemitism and supporting a robust discourse about Israel on campus include:
Columbia University: Jewish Faculty and Staff Supporting Israel
University of Illinois: Faculty for Academic Freedom and Against Antisemitism
Rutgers University: Jewish Faculty, Administrators, and Staff (JFAS)
University of Southern California: Circle Against Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism
University of Pennsylvania: Penn Faculty Against Antisemitism
University of Nevada, Las Vegas: Jewish Faculty and Staff Group (JFS-UNLV)
University of South Carolina: Jewish Faculty and Staff Council
University of Buffalo: Association of Jewish Faculty, Staff, and Friends
University of Cincinnati: Israel Initiative Committee
UC Davis, SVM: Jewish Climate Advisory Council (JCAC)
Tufts University: Tufts Faculty and Staff for Jewish Resilience
