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Our mission: demand Jewish leaders prioritize the safety and welfare of the Jewish community. Congress. The Jewish community deserves better.

It is becoming obvious to most Jews that we are living in a state of siege. Practically every Jewish institution in America now needs significant security. College campuses have become hostile territory for Jewish students. Jews are murdered in Pittsburgh, San Diego, and Jersey City, stabbed in Boston, beaten on the streets of Brooklyn, bullied and harassed in the universities, defamed by “The New

York Times” and CNN, and now maligned in the U.S. To win there must be a paradigm shift within the Jewish establishment! There are many reasons for the growing hostility towards Jews in America. Many are not within our control, but one thing is, namely Jewish leadership. The Jewish community cannot prevail against multiple and mounting assaults without strong leadership. Sadly, Jewish leaders have failed to protect the community, have failed to stop the growing hostilities. We need strong, proud, and courageous Jewish leaders who are unafraid to fight and who are not ideologically conflicted. The Jewish Leadership Project’s mission is to demand Jewish leaders prioritize the safety and welfare of the Jewish community over all other concerns. We must challenge the establishment Jewish leaders and the donors who have supported and enabled them but failed to hold them accountable.

02/09/2026

Join us for this week’s Jewish Leadership Project Community Update Webinar, part of our weekly briefing on modern antisemitism and institutional failure.

This session will provide an update on JLP’s expanding work, including our growing role in strategic advisory and consulting, the launch of our education and training initiatives, and a look at projects and collaborations currently in development.

Dr. Charles Jacobs, President of the Jewish Leadership Project, will discuss recent developments and JLP’s strategic direction for the next phase of work.
Guest speaker will offer insight into how modern influence campaigns operate and why narrative discipline and leadership matter.

A live Q&A will follow.

Sunday, February 15
12:00 PM ET
Online via Zoom

Register via the link (https://tinyurl.com/bdwts47y) or by scanning the QR code.

Because Jewish safety depends on clarity, courage, and honest leadership.

02/04/2026

Antisemitism rarely announces itself clearly. More often, it is minimized, redefined, or dismissed as something else entirely, until the damage is already done.

This clip speaks to why definitions matter. When antisemitism is blurred, excused, or treated as a matter of interpretation, it becomes easier to justify, normalize, and ultimately ignore. That failure of clarity has real consequences for Jewish communities.

Leadership requires naming the problem honestly and refusing to legitimize hatred through ambiguity or silence.

Video credit:
Original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VJCyp4wqtU

02/02/2026

Silence is not neutral.

Hate doesn’t emerge out of nowhere, it grows when leaders refuse to name it, challenge it, or stop legitimizing it through excuses.

History shows us that what goes unchallenged doesn’t stay contained. It escalates.

Leadership means recognizing the threat before it becomes normalized.

01/29/2026

Let’s talk about accountability.

There is a federal security training program for houses of worship, developed by DHS/CISA, paid for by taxpayers, and available for free to every synagogue in America.

Yet a Jewish legacy organization that raises over $25 million a year and pays its CEO more than $500,000 has taken this free program, rebranded it, and presented it as a major initiative of its own.

That is not innovation.
That is not value.
That is marketing.

Repackaging publicly available resources and claiming credit for them does not make communities safer. It creates the illusion of impact while positioning the organization as an “indispensable” gatekeeper of Jewish security.

Meanwhile, volunteer-driven Jewish security groups, staffed by former law enforcement and security professionals — deliver similar training at no cost, without massive budgets or inflated executive pay.

Here’s the question donors should be asking:
If $25 million is raised every year, why are synagogues still lacking basic security, and why is success measured by rebranding free federal programs?

Communities deserve transparency.
They deserve integrity.
They deserve real value. NOT a $25M-a-year middleman.

01/26/2026

Antisemitism isn’t new.
What’s new is how easily it’s excused, reframed, and ignored.

When leadership fails, old hatred finds new space to grow.

01/21/2026

Antisemitism doesn’t only come from the fringe.
Today, it often appears in mainstream spaces, reframed, justified, and ignored.

Recognizing that shift is the first step toward confronting it.

01/19/2026

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
Dr. King’s words remind us that moral clarity is not optional, it is the foundation of leadership.

01/15/2026

Iran is in crisis, protests have spread across all provinces, and government forces have responded with brutal force, mass arrests, and communication blackouts. People are risking everything for basic freedoms, even as the world watches and institutions struggle to meaningfully respond.

Leadership isn’t just about reaction, it’s about standing for universal human dignity, especially when it’s hardest to do.

01/13/2026

Neutrality is not moral high ground.
It is a choice, and too often, it protects the oppressor.

Leadership means taking sides when it matters most.

01/12/2026

Who is being paid, and who is being protected?

According to publicly available records, one nonprofit executive earns $2.39 million.
By comparison, the combined salaries of the President of the United States, a major city mayor, a police commissioner, and the FBI Director total about $1.23 million.

These are not opinions.
They are figures drawn from IRS Form 990 filings and official government salary records.

This post isn’t about legality, it’s about accountability.
Charitable organizations exist to serve communities. Leadership compensation should reflect responsibility, performance, and outcomes, especially during moments of real crisis.

When trust is strained, transparency matters.
And when leadership fails, communities pay the price.

01/07/2026

History shows a pattern.

Again and again, leaders treated antisemitism as temporary, something that would fade, calm down, or resolve itself.
Again and again, delay turned warning signs into crises.

Leadership isn’t judged by reassurance.
It’s judged by what’s confronted early, and what’s ignored.

01/05/2026

Free speech is protected.
Harassment is not.
Selective enforcement is discrimination.

This isn’t a matter of opinion. it’s a civil rights standard.
Congressional hearings and civil rights experts have shown that when universities fail to enforce their own rules equally, Jewish students are left unprotected.

That’s why campus antisemitism became a civil rights issue, not because of ideology, but because of institutional failure.

Equal protection isn’t political.
It’s the law.

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The Jewish Leadership Project, C/o Americans For Peace And Tolerance, 15 Main Street, Suite 118
Watertown, MA
02472

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+16172023004

Website

https://www.jewishleadershipproject.org/

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