The past few months have been incredible.
This community has shown what it means to turn outrage into action. You have rallied when Jews were attacked. You have pushed back when BDS campaigns tried to bring discrimination into our communities and institutions. You have stood up for Jewish civil rights, safety, and dignity - often with only days or hours to mobilize.
We are so proud of this community and everything we have accomplished together.
Activism in Action
Just last week more than 100 people joined us in Surfside, after Sarah and Abraham, a Jewish couple, were allegedly attacked while walking down the street. According to police, Jorden Stephen Perozo punched Abraham in the head and threatened to kill him. Perozo was arrested and charged with battery with prejudice and harassing or intimidating someone based on religious or ethnic heritage - a hate crime.
We stood alongside elected officials, including Surfside Mayor Shlomo Danzinger and Congressman Jared Moskowitz, to make clear that violence against Jews will not be normalized. We called on the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office to vigorously prosecute the case and pursue every applicable charge and hate crime enhancement.
Rally in Surfside, FL, August 24, 2026. Credit #EndJewHatred activists
We will not hide. We will not be intimidated. We will not surrender our streets to Jew-hatred.
That same determination brought our community together on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in July following the stabbing of a Jewish New Yorker and an Asian New Yorker in an incident investigated now charged as a hate crime. We mobilized to demand public safety and accountability and to make clear that violent extremism and hatred threaten people of every background. We were joined by New York State Assemblyman Michael Novakhov who called on the U.S. Department of Justice to open a civil rights investigation.
Rally on the Upper West Side, July 26, 2026. Credit Jayne Zirkle
This summer, we also made confronting BDS a major priority - not only by protesting it, but also by giving our community the knowledge and tools to fight it.
In July, we held a webinar examining the BDS movement, its origins, tactics, and real-world impact on Jewish communities, businesses, campuses, and civil rights. We broke down how BDS operates and gave advocates practical tools to recognize and challenge it in their own communities. The takeaway: BDS is racism, plain and simple. We need to stop arguing geopolitics and demand that this form of racism be rejected. If you missed it or want a refresher, you can watch the full webinar on YouTube.
And our community put those tools into action.
In Boston, activists from central Massachusetts and the Somerville area mobilized outside the Israeli Consulate in response to a BDS campaign calling on Boston to sever ties with Israel’s Sheba Medical Center and its technology partnerships. Activists also took the message directly into Somerville with “BDS is Racism” stickers and continued organizing around efforts to push a broader boycott through local government.
That same day in St. Paul, MN, activists confronted another BDS campaign - this one targeting an Israeli cybersecurity company helping protect the drinking water infrastructure serving more than half a million area residents. Activists met at the St. Paul City Council and argued that protecting critical infrastructure should come before ideological boycotts. After nearly three hours of testimony, the Board of Water Commissioners voted 6-1 to retain Waterfall Security Solutions.
In Brooklyn, we responded within 24 hours after Poetica Coffee publicly refused service to Jewish Congressman Dan Goldman. We brought together the community, coordinated outreach, deployed a billboard truck, and came together outside the coffee shop to stand against discrimination. Despite counter-protesters, our community remained peaceful and focused on a basic principle: Jewish civil rights are not negotiable.
Protest outside Poetica Coffee, June 24, 2026. Credit Amnon Shemi
Earlier in June, when the Park Slope Food Coop voted to boycott Israeli products, we answered exclusion with community.
THEY BOYCOTT. WE FEED.
We brought a billboard truck into Brooklyn and helped distribute the very Israeli products the Coop had chosen to remove from its shelves. With food, music, speakers, and community, we showed what our movement stands for: while others choose boycotts, we choose connection. While others choose exclusion, we choose inclusion.
Billboard truck in Brooklyn, June 10, 2026. Credit #EndJewHatred activist
Back in May more than 1,000 New Yorkers joined our protest outside Gracie Mansion - the first large-scale protest against Zohran Mamdani - to make clear that extremism and intimidation cannot go unanswered. Throughout the summer, we continued taking our message directly to the institutions and leaders who shape public life.
None of this happens without you.
Every person who rallies, shares a post, joins a chapter, volunteers, donates, brings a friend, contacts an elected official, or simply refuses to remain silent is part of building this movement.
You showed up all summer. And we’re not slowing down now.
Up Next!
And we’re finishing the summer strong. (Yes, summer. We have until September 21, and I don’t want to see any pumpkin spice nonsense for another three weeks, or any Halloween decorations for another six weeks!!)
There are plenty of ways to show up with us this September. If you’re in Surfside, join us September 4 at 9:00 AM as we show up for Sarah and Abraham at Jorden Stephen Perozo’s arraignment. Join the FL Chapter WhatsApp group for updates!
Get out on the streets with us when we rally - our next one is next week in NYC! Log on for our back-to-school webinar to hear our thoughts on navigating the 2026-2027 school year. Wherever you are, there is a role for you in this movement.
Want to bring #EndJewHatred to the streets of your community? Get in touch with our Director of Mobilization, Adar Rubin, at adar@endjewhatred.com. We’ll help you turn that energy into action.
This movement doesn’t work by waiting for someone else to show up. We are the people who show up.
Rally Outside the NYC-DSA HQ
September 8 at 6:00 PM
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Learn more: www.endjewhatred.com/dsa
Back-to-School Webinar
September 16 at 8:00 PM
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The past few months have shown what happens when this community refuses to sit on the sidelines.
When there is violence, we show up. When BDS targets our communities, we push back. When Jews are intimidated, excluded, or discriminated against, we stand together.
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