Resources for Rabbis
This list of sources and resources will assist rabbis who wish to lead their communities in protecting and strengthening democracy. It is meant to be a living document that will be updated regularly with new links.
Nonprofit Toolkit: Resources for organizations facing government investigations
Protect Democracy’s toolkit offers best practices for responding to politicized government investigations so that organizations can keep doing lawful, mission-based work.
Scenario Planning Worksheet
This resource provides leaders of Jewish organizations with guidance for thinking through potential threats to democracy and how their institutions can best prevent and respond to them.
Rapid Communications Around Threats to Democracy: A Guide for Jewish Organizations
This resource provides rapid communications guidance on whether and how Jewish organizations should respond to anti-democratic activity.
Quick Reference: Rapid Communications
This quick reference guide on Crisis Communication comes from the Equip Toolkit.
Messaging Guidance: Talking Points for Countering Misinformation
These talking points come from the Counter Toolkit.
Quick Reference: Basic Principles and How To’s of Countering MDM
This quick reference guide on Basic Principles and How To’s comes from the Counter Toolkit.
Equip Messaging Assets
This resource includes talking points to help Jewish organizations message effectively to preserve social cohesion in contentious times.
Drashing Democracy 2024: Talking About the Elections and Beyond During the High Holy Days Webinar
This webinar, held on July 11, 2024, provided tangible ideas and information to clergy interested in speaking about American democracy and the 2024 election during their High Holiday observances.
Countering Mis-, Dis-, and Malinformation (MDM) Messaging Assets
This resource includes talking points to help Jewish organizations communicate internally and externally about mis-, dis-, and malinformation meant to disrupt our elections.
Speaker's Bureau
Find the expert speaker you need for your next event or gathering. Everyone on this list is a member of the Democracy Communications Collaborative and takes a non-partisan approach to their work. Information on how to contact each expert is listed.
Communicating to Prevent Violence
Using Over Zero's years of research into conflict resolution, this resource identifies six ways to discourage violence through intentional communication.