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AJC Welcomes Report That Outlines Failures to Address Antisemitism at CUNY Campuses
American Jewish Committee today welcomed a sweeping report that found the City University of New York (CUNY) is ill-equipped to handle rampant antisemitism at many of its campuses.
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The Forgotten Exodus - Season 2: Iran
Einat Admony is a chef, cookbook author, comedian, and social media star who grew up in Bnei Brak, Israel. With parents from Iran and Yemen, Einat spent her childhood in the kitchens of Mizrahi, Sephardi, and Ashkenazi neighbors. Learn about her family's deep-rooted Jewish heritage in Iran and the broader Middle East. Along with her mother Ziona’s journey from Iran to Israel in 1948, Einat discusses the antisemitism she’s dealt with online and on the streets in the past year.
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BDS

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Tough Questions on the Anti-Israel BDS Movement Answered
What is the meaning of BDS? Why do people boycott Israel? The anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement markets itself as a non-violent movement to get Israel to withdraw from its pre-1967 borders. While many members of the movement sincerely want peace and are lured in by this human rights façade, BDS leadership in fact seeks nothing less than the elimination of Israel as a Jewish state.
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Interreligious Relations

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Respected Indonesian Religious Leader Completes Six-week Fellowship in Interfaith Dialogue, Study of Judaism
Professor Nasaruddin Umar, the Grand Imam of Masjid Istiqlal – Indonesia's national mosque and the largest mosque in Southeast Asia – recently completed a six-week intensive fellowship with American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). The fellowship included academic study, meetings with civil society leaders and government officials, and participation in interreligious dialogues across the United States.
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Human Rights

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AJC Lauds Ukraine President Zelensky’s Plea to UN to Not Waver In Fight Against Russian Aggression
The world community must not waver in its support of Ukraine in its fight against the brutal and unprovoked invasion by Russia, now in its third year. In his address today to the UN General Assembly, President Zelensky made a compelling case for a just peace. Ukraine deserves nothing less.
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Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah gives a speech during a Ashura Day ceremony in Beirut, Lebanon on October 24, 2015. Ashura day, the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar, is well-known because of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the second grandson of Muhammad, who was killed during the Battle of Karbala in 680.
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METULA, ISRAEL - MARCH 19: A journalist views a house that was damaged by a rocket fired from Lebanon by Hezbollah during a tour organized for journalists in a northern village on March 19, 2024 in Metula, Israel. Israel and Hezbollah, the Iran-backed militant and political group in Lebanon, have traded near daily strikes in recent months, as the war in Gaza has stoked regional hostilities.
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AJC Statement on Iranian Regime Attack Against Israel
American Jewish Committee (AJC) CEO Ted Deutch issued the following statement in response to today’s Iranian missile barrage against Israel:
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For the Neutras, A Year of Agony
Getting all the hostages out of Gaza must remain a top priority. There can be no lasting ceasefire until all are released. The Biden administration made their plight the centerpiece of a three-phase proposal released in May that could not only end the war, but deliver relief to beleaguered Gazans victimized by a terrorist regime using them as human shields.
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U.S. security aid is particularly important in Israel, the only democracy in the Middle East, which is constantly under attack.

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Secretary-General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah gives a speech during a Ashura Day ceremony in Beirut, Lebanon on October 24, 2015. Ashura day, the tenth day of Muharram in the Islamic calendar, is well-known because of mourning for the martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali, the second grandson of Muhammad, who was killed during the Battle of Karbala in 680.
Is Nasrallah’s Death a Game-Changer? Matthew Levitt Breaks Down What’s at Stake for Israel, Iran, and Hezbollah
Could Israel’s elimination of Hezbollah’s leaders reshape the landscape of power in the Middle East? Matthew Levitt, Director of the Washington Institute's Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, answers that pressing question, discusses the impact of Israel's recent offensive against Hezbollah, following the death of its leader, Hassan Nasrallah, and analyzes the ongoing military operations on the Israel-Lebanon border.
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