The disturbing upsurge in anti-Semitic incidents — whether by the Charlotte marchers chanting "Jews will not replace us," or the "death con 3 on Jewish people" tweet of Kanye West or the display of "Camp Auschwitz" T-shirts during the January 6 Capitol insurrection or the recent conspiratorial pollution of Twitter — must focus our attention on effective ways to respond.

In the search for meaningful answers, we wish to draw attention to how a Connecticut town — both recently and in the Nazi-era 1930s — hosted one of the most effective yet least-known repudiations of an anti-Semitic campaign. The way Southbury organized and carried out its action against discrimination may provide a template for launching more effective responses in the future.