In New York, people adjust their behavior before companies adjust their policies.

After October 7, I started seeing it in the people I work with. Small changes. Quieter ones. Jewish employees walking into offices are a little more aware of who is around them. Some stopped wearing visible symbols during the workday. Some chose different routes to and from the office. Others began asking questions they had never asked before. Not about policy. About what they would actually do if something happened.

These are not dramatic shifts. They are practical ones.

At the same time, companies continued operating within the same structure. Policies remained in place. HR trainings continued. Statements were issued. From the outside, nothing seemed broken.

From the inside, something had changed.

In recent months, Jewish employees across major companies have reported feeling isolated, targeted, or pressured to stay silent in their own workplaces. Internal tensions at Google became public when protests over the company’s involvement with Israeli cloud contracts led to arrests inside company offices and widespread internal conflict, as reported by CNBC and The New York Times. Employees described workplace channels turning hostile and trust in internal systems weakening.

At the same time, lawsuits and formal complaints have begun to reflect a similar pattern. Reports covered by........

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