It's back to school time, and many Jewish families are worried. They are worried that their children may not be safe because they are Jewish.

School is where children learn and grow. But the recent rise in antisemitic threats and violence is putting everything in jeopardy.

In New York City, antisemitic hate crimes increased by 8.5% in the first seven months of 2026. Most hate crimes in the city were anti-Jewish.

There was an antisemitism controversy at an elite high school in New York.

There was vile antisemitic graffiti on a university campus in 2024.

This is not just a problem in New York.

Jews make up only 2% of the US population, but they were victims of 16% of all reported hate crimes.

10% of those crimes happened in schools. Antisemitic incidents at schools have increased 434% since 2020.

Rising antisemitism is a problem for our entire society. It requires a response from all of us, including our leaders.

Christian leaders held an emergency summit in Jerusalem to confront the global rise in antisemitism.

An attacker rammed into a synagogue building in Michigan.

Online platforms must enforce their rules against incitement and threats. Most Americans who encountered antisemitism saw it online.

This is a big problem for both Jewish and non-Jewish children. Students often carry what they see online into their real lives.

Schools cannot solve every social problem, but they can set the standard for how we respond to hate.

The US Department of Education reminded schools that they must protect all students from discrimination.

The DOJ sued a university over alleged antisemitic conditions.

A photo of students at a Hasidic school in Brooklyn was provided to Fox News.

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Administrators should say that antisemitism is unacceptable.

Education must be more than just a one-time assembly after an incident. Students should learn about antisemitism.

Schools and law enforcement should coordinate before a crisis. Every school that serves Jewish students should have a clear plan.

Safety should be treated as a public responsibility, not a private surcharge on Jewish families.

Jewish schools spend a lot of money on security, which could be used for other things.

Jewish students at a high school in California walked out to protest antisemitic incidents.

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Public funding must meet the scale of the threat. The FEMA Nonprofit Security Grant Program helps nonprofits at high risk.

Congress should quadruple funding for the program to a billion dollars.

Leaders should not treat antisemitism as someone else's problem.

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We need a whole-of-society response to antisemitism. This includes better education, stronger security, and moral clarity.

Sydney Altfield is the CEO of Teach Coalition, which works with Jewish and other schools to champion policies that put students first.