Hearing DetailsCombatting Antisemitism

Event Details

Status:

Completed

Event Date:

Thursday, October 16, 2025

Start Time:

12:30 PM

Location:

Kerem Shalom Synagogue

Event Description

Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism - Commission Meeting #13

Special Commission on Combating Antisemitism

Representative Simon Cataldo & Senator John C. Velis, Co-Chairs

Commission Meeting #13

October 16, 2025 – 12:30 P.M

Kerem Shalom Synagogue

659 Elm St, Concord, MA 01742

Virtual via Microsoft Teams

AGENDA

1. Roll Call

2. Approve Prior Meeting Minutes: September 25, 2025

3. Discussion on Combating Antisemitism while Protecting Civil Liberties – The Honorable David A. Lowy, current General Counsel, University of Massachusetts, former Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court.

4. Discussion: How Law Enforcement Uses Restorative Justice to Address Antisemitism – Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan.

5. Discussion on Charging, Prosecuting and Sentencing Hate Crimes in Massachusetts –Christina Miller, Associate Clinical Professor of Law and Associate Director of Clinical Programs, Suffolk University Law School; Former Chief of District Courts and Community Prosecutions, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office.

6. Perspectives of Local Rabbis – Panel of Local Rabbis:

· Rabbi Darby Leigh, Kerem Shalom Synagogue, Concord

· Rabbi Karen Thomashow, Temple Isaiah, Lexington

· Rabbi Braham David, Congregation Beth Elohim, Acton

7. Discussion on Community Efforts to Combat Antisemitism – Panel of Community Organization Leaders

· Jodi Sperber, Concord-Carlisle Against Antisemitism;

· Steven Van Evera, Lexington United Against Antisemitism

8. The Impact of Antisemitism in Healthcare: The Need for Clinical Neutrality – Panel of Medical Professionals

· Jacqueline A. Hart, MD, Internist; Consultant, Vaccine & Immunotherapy Center at MGH; Jewish-ERG leader, MGB

· Janette Lawrence, MS, LGC; Senior Genetic Counselor, MGH.

· Elyse Park, PhD, MPH, FAPOS; Professor of Psychiatry and Medicine, MGH and Harvard Medical School; Director, MGH Health Promotion and Resiliency Intervention Research Center in the Mongan Institute, Department of Psychiatry; Leader and co-founder MGB Jewish-ERG

· Rodrigo Monterrey, MPA -- Senior Director of Health Equity, Belonging and Engagement, Tufts Medicine

· Leila Caplan, BU Medical Student

9. Concord-Carlisle Student Experiences and the Value of Jewish Student Organizations –Panel of Student Members of Concord-Carlisle HS Jewish Student Union

10. Discussion on Holocaust Museum Boston: Teaching the Lessons of the Holocaust to Confront Antisemitism Today – Dr. Nicole Freeman, Education Director, Holocaust Museum Boston

11. Adjourn

This virtual meeting will be viewable by the public via a livestream that can be found on the https://malegislature.gov/ website. Please be advised that the schedule and agenda are subject to change at the discretion of the co-chairs.

For general feedback and comments please fill out the Special Commission's feedback form on the Commission’s website, which can be found here:

For questions, or to contact the Commission, please email: scca@malegislature.gov

Posted at 3:00pm on 10/10/2025

Updated at 10:30am on 10/14/2025 to reflect correct speakers for agenda item #8 and with correct meeting materials.

Item Name	Start Time	Duration	Webcast
Combatting Antisemitism - 10-16-2025	10/16/2025 12:30 PM	04:12:34

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Hearing DetailsCombatting Antisemitism

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