AJC Global Forum 2022 News and Video

AJC CEO David Harris concludes Global Forum 2022 with a call to action.

AJC presented its Sharon Greene Award for Campus Advocacy to Indiana University Hillel, accepted by Kaylee Werner, Chair, Indiana University Antisemitism Prevention Task Force and Zach Kolozdski, Member, Indiana University Antisemitism Prevention Task Force. The award was also presented to the Hillels of Ukraine, accepted by Osik Akselrud, Director, Hillel of Central Asia and Southeastern Europe, Lesya Firsanova, Program Director, Hillel Kyiv; National University of Kharkiv Alumna and Olena Khalina, Event Manager, Hillel Kharkiv; Student, National University of Kharkiv.

Hillel chapters in Kharkiv and Indiana University received the AJC Sharon Greene Award at AJC Global Forum.

At AJC Global Forum 2022, AJC presented its Sharon Greene Award to Indiana University Hillel and the Hillels of Ukraine.

In America today, we are faced with the rise of extremism at both ends of the political spectrum. This AJC Global Forum panel examines the rise of one end — the left-wing movement in the U.S., which calls itself progressive, and which presents particular challenges for many American Jews. David Baddiel, Comedian, Author, Screenwriter, and Television Presenter; Rachel Fish, Co-Founder, Boundless, and Yair Rosenberg, Contributing Writer, The Atlantic delve into this important topic in a thought-provoking session moderated by Manya Brachear Pashman, Host, AJC's People of the Pod.

A look back at the highlights and impactful moments of AJC Global Forum 2022.

In a special AJC Global Forum segment, Ted Deutch sat down for a one-on-one conversation with Abigail Pogrebin, Journalist and Author.

The Great Debate featuring Bret Stephens, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times; Editor-in-Chief, Sapir and Pamela Nadell, Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History; Director, Jewish Studies Program, American University, tackled the question: Is the Golden Age of American Jewry Over?

During the closing plenary of AJC Global Forum 2022 attendees heard from incoming AJC CEO Ted Deutch, experienced the Great Debate featuring Bret Stephens, Op-Ed Columnist, The New York Times; Editor-in-Chief, Sapir and Pamela Nadell, Patrick Clendenen Chair in Women’s and Gender History; Director, Jewish Studies Program, American University which tackled the question: Is the Golden Age of American Jewry Over?, examined the challenges facing Jews in progressive spaces, and closed by hearing a final call to action from AJC CEO David Harris.

As we experience a surge in political polarization in the United States, too many politicians across the country and political spectrum are either joining the bandwagon or remaining silent. James Carville, Democratic strategist and political icon, and Leslie Sanchez, Republican strategist and award-winning political commentator, discuss this and more as part of The Leonard Greenberg Forum for Domestic Policy Issues.

At AJC Global Forum 2022, friends, colleagues, world leaders, and more celebrated and honored AJC CEO David Harris at his final Global Forum as AJC CEO.

Concluding a special program celebrating the 32-year career of AJC CEO David Harris, David gives an emotional and sincere message of thank you his family, friends, colleagues, and world leaders.

Jason Isaacson, AJC Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer, reflects on the experiences and accomplishments working alongside AJC CEO David Harris over the last three-plus decades together. Isaacson begins his address by reading a letter from President Joe Biden congratulating David on this lasting impact.

Diplomats, government officials, and professionals from across Israeli society speak about AJC CEO David Harris’s storied career in service of the Jewish people and Israel. 

Over the tenure of AJC CEO David Harris, AJC has attracted a galaxy of national and world leaders, unparalleled by any other comparable organization in the world.

Leaders from across the world, including Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (1996-99, 2009-2021), Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (2017-19, 2020-21), Soviet Refusenik leader Natan Sharansky, and Luis Almagro, Secretary General, Organization of American States pay tribute to AJC CEO David Harris for his three decades-plus as CEO of AJC.

A tireless visionary and a lifelong advocate for the State of Israel and the Jewish people, AJC CEO David Harris has built AJC into the leading global Jewish advocacy organization it is today.

In his special video address to AJC Global Forum 2022, U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken praises AJC's commitment to fighting antisemitism and supporting democracy, standing up for the Jewish people and Israel, and its solidarity and support for Ukraine.  

From Russia's war of aggression on Ukraine to China's rising political, diplomatic, and military muscle and Iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons, foreign policy experts examined the threats to the postwar liberal international order raging around us.

Since 2000, antisemitism has been dramatically on the rise, first in Europe, then in the United States. U.S. Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism Deborah Lipstadt and European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life Katharina von Schnurbein, share their views from unique vantage points as part of The Max Fisher Annual Program.