Beyond Binary Thinking: Jews, Antisemitism, and Navigating Difference

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

Jews have been mostly excluded from the equity and inclusion work that has exploded over the last few decades. We are a diverse group of researchers affiliated with a national university-based fellowship for education faculty and DEI administrators focused on antisemitism and Jewish inclusion. We aim to work in solidarity to create a future we imagine and construct differently. As advocates of diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”), we believe that the exclusion of Jews is a shortcoming that harms Jews and non-Jews alike in the collective effort to move our educational systems toward a just democracy. Our objective with this session is to advance this core argument both theoretically and empirically, and provide a vision for a possible DEI 2.0.

Sub Unit

• Division G - Social Context of Education / Division G - Section 2: Differences and Intersectionalities

Chair

• Jennifer Goldstein, California State University - Fullerton

Papers

• Introducing and Critiquing HebCrit: A Framework for Understanding and Combating Antisemitism and Jew-Hate - Noah D. Drezner, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Invisibilized: Being a White Jew in the Space - Jennifer Goldstein, California State University - Fullerton

• Allyship & Audience: Jewish Inclusion and Combating Antisemitism in Elementary Teacher Education - Keitha-Gail Martin-Kerr, University of Minnesota; Jana Lo Bello Miller, University of Minnesota

• Towards a Liberatory Future: Thinking with and Beyond Oppression and Intersectionality Frameworks - Majida Kargbo, Northwestern University

Session Organizer

• Jennifer Goldstein, California State University - Fullerton

Discussant

• Benjamin M. Jacobs, The George Washington University