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Ilene Serlin, Program Chair Please join us for APA’s 2024 Mini convention on antisemitism called “Never Again” in Seattle, August 8-10. Building on an unexpectedly successful program last year, we are expanding with proposed titles and speakers from clinical, advocacy, research and educational areas. Some of these include: The Trauma of Indigenous People: JIMENA: Jews from […]

Tara Liberman, Committee Chair As many college/graduate students face an increase in antisemitism on campus, AJP decided to create a space for the campus community to share their experiences and find support. The Campus Task Force is dedicated to supporting facets of college campus life. In consultation with various Jewish student organizations who met with

Ester (Esti) Cole, Committee Chair As a flourishing new organization, AJP has the advantage of building a novel psychology entity for its members. Within this context, its Mission statement has been guiding all Board and Committee undertakings from its inception. Although the tragic and unspeakable events of October 7th, 2023 continue to impact our ongoing

Sarah Landua Friedman, Committee Chair The mission of the Research Committee is to promote the scientific study of the psychology of antisemitism. The assumptions motivating the work of the Committee are that the eradication of antisemitism requires understanding (a) the psychological and social processes that lead to it and maintain it; (b) the effects of

Congrats on the excellent newsletter.  I am writing in support of the Association’s response to the awful letter of non-support by APA.  Thanks to the board for composing it and you for including it Alan Entin, PhD, ABPP   Your overly nuanced message neglected to mention the well-documented, irrefutable use of the systematic use of

Welcome to Issue number 2 of our Newsletter Schmooze.  Thank you for the great feedback on our first issue. We even received some letters to the editor (see below) – keep them coming. It’s hard to believe how much AJP has accomplished in a little over 9 months. If you attended our first town hall

When I originally set out the structure of this newsletter my plan was to have a “Jewish Humor” column where subscribers would send in their favorite Jewish jokes that we could share. Well, as we all know, the world has changed since October 7 and some people might feel that it’s not an appropriate time

by Steven Stein For many of us it’s shocking to see all the support for terrorism and murder of innocent civilians being celebrated by allies and friends of the Hamas terrorists – both abroad and domestically. Our first response may be shock, followed by anger and disgust. But then there might be some helplessness along

The APA Statement on the Hamas terrorist massacre in Israel: APA warns of psychological impacts of violence in Middle East  The psychology community stands in solidarity with all who are working to protect and safeguard human life during this conflict  Washington – The American Psychological Association has condemned in no uncertain terms the recent violent

People seem to recall exactly where they were when first hearing about major human caused tragedies Like most of you, I’m still in shock. Actually, I’m in double shock – I’ll explain later. I am sure we all remember where we were when we heard about 9/11 and when we heard about the assassination of