Founders of UTAA                                                         Photo courtesy of Brett Topel

Thank you for visiting our website! We are three teenagers from Brooklyn, NY looking to speak up against the alarming uptick in antisemitism among young people today. As the great-grandchildren of Holocaust survivors from Romania, Czechoslovakia and Poland, we have grown up learning about this ancient scourge from our families and know the intergenerational trauma it has caused. When we began experiencing in-person and online hate filled rhetoric that dehumanizes and delegitimizes the Jewish people, it felt too similar to our great grandparents’ experiences more than 70 years ago. In their memories, we knew we could no longer stay silent. We also knew that with fewer Holocaust survivors around to tell their stories, we had to make sure that they continue to be told. Our goal is to call out Jewish hate and bring awareness to the ways it materializes and festers if left unchecked. Antisemitism, it is often said, is the canary in the coal mine or an early warning of society’s ills. Together let’s work together to fight against it and all forms of hate.