Recognizing and Responding to Anti-Jewish Bias in Coaching Spaces

Cycles of inclusion and exclusion return like uninvited seasons, unless we choose to interrupt them. As many communities feel the chill of rising bias, the ICF New Jersey Charter Chapter is offering a timely two‑hour workshop, Recognizing and Responding to Anti‑Jewish Bias in Coaching Spaces.

Developed by Project Shema and led by Eli Cohen‑Postell, VP of Education and Innovation, this session helps coaches understand and contextualize the anti‑Jewish narratives woven into our social fabric. These narratives are subtle, adaptive, and centuries old, yet they continue to shape how people experience belonging, inclusion, and identity‑harm today.

This empathy‑based, non‑political workshop traces how anti‑Jewish ideas have evolved over two millennia and how they surface in modern discourse. Coaches will deepen self‑awareness, cultural humility, and ethical presence, learning approaches to hold a complex, emotionally charged space where every person’s safety and dignity are protected.