| Hate Hits Home Kids can be cruel. When Nicole Rosen’s daughter Katie* found out that a classmate at school had drawn swastikas and written, “Katie was here, check the ovens,” she was devastated. The fear of being singled out as different and the risk of being viewed as an outsider are two reasons why many Jewish youngsters often remain silent in the face of anti-Semitism. But Katie's mother refused to stay quiet and contacted their regional Anti-Defamation League office. “ADL empowered us as a family to respond,” says Rosen. “After Katie’s experience, I realized that I hadn’t noticed a lot of insensitivity toward Jews. I saw that too many families were in denial about anti-Semitism, averting their eyes and assuming, as I had, that it would never affect them.” With the knowledge gained from ADL’s Confronting Anti-Semitism program, “Katie stopped becoming a victim, and became a leader,” explains Rosen. She also notes that children can be best equipped “only by acknowledging the problem of anti-Semitism and ignorance.” Don’t let your child or others be victims. Empower them by joining ADL’s fight against hate. *Not their real names
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