As an organizer on college campuses for J Street U, the campus wing of the pro-Israel, pro-peace movement, I meet a lot of passionate students determined to stand up for a better future for Israelis and Palestinians alike. But I also see how much of the American Jewish and pro-Israel establishment places far-right, extremist voices…
Mainstream Jewish groups are getting behind President Donald Trump’s strike on a Syrian airbase, launched from a warship late Thursday night. In a tweet Friday morning, the American Jewish Committee, a leading U.S. Jewish organization, openly backed the attack. .@POTUS did the right thing. Given #Syria’s horrific use of chemical weapons & after yrs of…
Jews About Town is a new weekly column that features the hottest Jewish social events, parties, and networking opportunities for young professionals. To suggest a future event or write about one of these events, email us . Follow us on Twitter at @JewAboutTown. Your Week Ahead: March 28-April 2 Tuesday NYC — The rabbi behind…
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) – The American Jewish Committee returned to Warsaw after eight years. AJC on Monday opened a new office in the city dedicated to serving Poland and six other Central European countries: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania and Slovakia. “Welcome home!” Andrzej Folwarczny, founder of the Forum for Dialogue and recipient…
“Bravo, Ambassador Haley!” This is the headline David Harris, CEO of the American Jewish Committee, chose for his Huffington Post opinion piece dedicated to America’s new ambassador to the United Nations. “Ambassador Haley, you have quickly established yourself as a courageous and unbending voice of principle in a setting where the word is more often…
WASHINGTON (JTA) – Citing the importance to Israel of a robust U.S. posture abroad, Jewish groups decried drastic proposed cuts in foreign assistance funding in President Donald Trump’s budget despite assurances that aid to Israel would be unaffected. Israel’s guaranteed $3.1 billion defense assistance next year is a “cutout” and not subject to proposed drastic…
American Jews who love Israel and see boycott as a tool to change the country for the better are anguished over a new Israeli law that could ban them from visiting the country they cherish. Israel’s parliament passed a law February 6 to ban advocates of the movement to boycott, divest from and sanction Israel,…
WARSAW, Poland (JTA) — An American Jewish Committee official in Warsaw — who twice served as Bulgaria’s ambassador to the United States — was detained for stealing cosmetics at the Polish capital’s airport. Police said Elena Poptodorova, the director of the AJC’s Warsaw office for Central Europe, admitted her guilt after stepping out of a duty-free…
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