Our Mission
The Jewish Faculty Resilience Group (JFRG) is a non-partisan coalition of Zionist Jewish and allied faculty, researchers, and staff committed to combating all forms of anti-Jewish hate, including antizionism, classical antisemitism, and religious antijudaism, as well as defending academic freedom and building Jewish resilience in higher education.
Core Commitments
We embrace the IHRA definition of antisemitism and its examples. We proudly defend Zionism as the Jewish people’s national self-determination movement and as a movement of hope, freedom, and belonging, rooted in coexistence, not exclusion.
We believe in peace, coexistence, nonviolence, and the rule of law. We mourn the suffering and loss of all innocent civilians.
We support the health, safety, dignity, and belonging of Jewish faculty, staff, students, and allies, as well as Jewish people around the world, including in the State of Israel.
We champion accurate and authentic representations of Jewish history, culture, religion, peoplehood, indigeneity, and connection to the land of Israel.
We work with university leadership to make higher education safe and welcoming places to live, work, study, teach, and learn for everyone, including Israelis, Zionist Jews, and Zionist non-Jews.
When anti-Jewish hate is ignored, minimized, or mishandled, we pursue appropriate documentation, advocacy, and accountability.