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Please join us in commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day with an intimate conversation with Yossi Lipschitz, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary, with a special address by H.E. Levente Benkő, Hungarian Ambassador to Israel. In this moving ACCESS New York and ACCESS Israel sponsored program, ACCESS leaders will bear witness to a survivor’s testimony and recommit to the promise of “Never Again.”
 

Monday, January 25
12:00 p.m. (ET), 11:00 a.m. (CT)
10:00 a.m. (MT), 9:00 a.m. (PT)

In spring of 1941, the Germans invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, forcing Jews into ghettos a few months later. In fall of 1942, Toby Levy and her family went into hiding until June 1944 when they were liberated by the Red Army. Today, Ms. Levy, a retired accountant and a volunteer docent for the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, remains hopeful that the COVID-19 pandemic will not steal her last years just as the Holocaust stole her youth. Join Ms. Levy on January 26, for a special conversation in the lead up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Read Ms. Levy’s powerful, poignant, and timely opinion piece in The New York Times here.

Tuesday, January 26
12:00 p.m. (ET), 11:00 a.m. (CT)
10:00 a.m. (MT), 9:00 a.m. (PT)

At the 2020 AJC Virtual Global Forum, to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Second World War, 10 Holocaust survivors, children, and grandchildren shared reflections on their family stories. Each moving testimony reminds us why we must never forget the past and its enduring lessons. On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, please join us for these incredibly personal and powerful stories.

Wednesday, January 27
1:00 p.m. (ET), 12:00 p.m. (CT)
11:00 a.m. (MT), 10:00 a.m. (PT)

Join AJC CEO David Harris, one of the Jewish world’s leading experts on global trends, as he examines developments on the world stage and analyzes the first days of the Biden administration and what lies ahead.

Monday, February 1
12:00 p.m. (ET), 11:00 a.m. (CT)
10:00 a.m. (MT), 9:00 a.m. (PT)

In memory of Lawrence Ramer

After the horrors of World War II, AJC became the first Jewish organization, in 1949-50, to seek contact with the Federal Republic of Germany. This groundbreaking effort led, among other things, to the creation of the AJC-Konrad Adenauer Foundation Leadership Exchange Program in 1980. AJC, in cooperation with the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, agreed to bring American Jewish leaders to Germany and German young professionals to the U.S. to learn about Jewish life, the legacy of the Holocaust, the scourge of antisemitism, and the transatlantic partnership, in what has been described by American and German participants alike as a “life-changing experience.” Please join us as we commemorate the 40th anniversary of this exchange, which has produced two generations of notable American and German alumni committed to this critical relationship.

Thursday, February 4
12:00 p.m. (ET), 11:00 a.m. (CT)
10:00 a.m. (MT), 9:00 a.m. (PT)

In December, the English Premier League, the world’s most popular sports league comprised of 20 football (soccer) clubs, did something we don't expect sports leagues to do - it adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. Join Lord John Mann, the United Kingdom Government’s Independent Adviser on Antisemitism and a leading proponent of the IHRA working definition, and Rola Brentlin, Head of Special Projects for Chelsea Football Club, one of the most prestigious clubs in the Premier League, to discuss this historic announcement and what it means in the battle against antisemitism.

Thursday, February 11
12:00 p.m. (ET), 11:00 a.m. (CT)
10:00 a.m. (MT), 9:00 a.m. (PT)