Laterman Family Foundation Commits $1 Million Dollars to Combat Antisemitism and Hate Speech on Social Media
September 04 2024 - 11:17AM
Business Wire
As educational institutions across the US are opening for the
2024-2025 academic year and the need to combat hate on our nation’s
campuses has become even more urgent, the Laterman Family
Foundation has announced the creation of the “Laterman Family
Foundation Address Hate Initiative” with the philanthropic grant of
$1 million dollars to fight antisemitism on social media to promote
safer, thriving Jewish academic communities across the US.
In making the announcement, the Directors of the Laterman Family
Foundation said, “As we deplore antisemitism, we also oppose
digital hate of any group to combat this and therefore, we have
established the Laterman Family Foundation Address Hate Initiative
which will be spearheaded by Joshua Laterman, a Director of the
Laterman Family Foundation.”
The Directors continued, “The need for action to combat
antisemitism especially among children and young adults has become
crucial. The Laterman Family Foundation wants to urgently move
forward to contribute to advancing this initiative and encouraging
other Jewish families to follow our lead and support this
effort.”
Joshua Laterman explained, “With the guidance of my parent’s
legacy of supporting our Jewish communities, we will champion this
important initiative with innovative thinking and solutions, along
with like-minded allies and partners who will work closely in an
effort to help stop and reverse the promulgation of antisemitism
and hate on social media.”
According to a report by ADL, for the period from the October 7,
2023 attack on Israel through January 7, 2024 hate against Jewish
teens has risen over 360%, exacerbating a worrying trend that has
been increasing in recent years. This has been particularly
prevalent on school campuses, leading to the bullying of Jewish
children. Much of the information that advances this hate is
promulgated on social media.
About the Laterman Family
Foundation
Founded by Frances Iger Laterman and the late Bernard Laterman,
the purpose of the Laterman Family Foundation is to support
religious, charitable, scientific, literary, public education, and
educational charities and institutions. The majority of the
Foundation’s annual gift-giving are for the promotion of the Jewish
faith, the welfare of the Jewish people, and the support of
medical, educational, cultural and philanthropic organizations
affiliated with Jewish institutions.
Among the numerous recurring generous gifts that the Laterman
Family Foundation makes are the Drisha Institute for Jewish
Education, the Lautenberg Center for General and Tumor Immunology
lodged at the Hebrew University in Israel, Baruch College Fund,
Wasserman Jewish Studies Center of Baruch College, CUNY, the Shoah
Foundation, 92nd Street Y, and UJA Federation of New York and Mount
Sinai Hospital- New York City.
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