Frieze Family Foundation Summer Institutes
The Summer Institute on Antisemitism in Higher Education
The second Frieze Family Foundation Summer Institute on Antisemitism in Higher Education was held on the Brandeis University campus June 9-13, 2025. Eighty two senior administrators from 26 higher education institutions from across the US attended. One hundred twenty five senior administrators from 43 institutions have now gone through this intensive, fully-funded educational program.
The goal of the Institute is to raise awareness and provide academic and student affairs administrators with a toolbox of practices and actions to effectively confront antisemitism on their campuses. Participants engage with academic, legal, and Jewish communal experts to learn about the history of antisemitism, the varied and nuanced ways in which antisemitism affects higher education, and how research data can inform campus interventions and policies. The Institute also explore anti-Zionism and its relationship to contemporary antisemitism, developing skills to navigate engaging with Israel in a time of crisis.
During the Institute, participants–working in departments, such as dean's, provost's and president's offices, DEI , communications, student affairs and spiritual life –develop and workshop initiatives to create meaningful change upon return to their home campuses.