AJC is appalled by a Russian Orthodox Church bishop’s assertion in Moscow that Jews were responsible for the deaths of Czar Nicholas II and his family in 1918, a year after the Bolshevik Revolution.
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AJC Appalled by Russian Bishop’s “Ritual Murder” Claim
AJC Urges Rutgers President to Condemn Antisemitic, Hateful Professors
AJC is outraged that Robert Barchi, president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, refuses to openly confront the blatant antisemitism and hate espoused by three faculty members.
AJC CEO to Larry David: Meet Mila Racine
In a Huffington Post op-ed, AJC CEO David Harris criticized Larry David for his “vulgar banalization of the Holocaust” when opening the Saturday Night Live show over the weekend.
AJC Briefs House Judiciary Committee on Campus Antisemitism
Rabbi Andrew Baker, AJC Director of International Jewish Affairs, addressing the House Judiciary Committee today, called for expanding the use of the Working Definition of Antisemitism to American college and university campuses.
AJC, Jacob Blaustein Institute Urge U.S. Action on Burma
AJC and its Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI) joined 56 other NGOs in a letter to Secretary of State Tillerson and Secretary of the Treasury Mnuchin urging U.S. action in response to the ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya Muslims in Burma.
AJC Study Reveals Danger of Salafism in Berlin Schools
An AJC survey of Berlin public school teachers reveals the growing infiltration of Salafism, and a corresponding increase in antisemitism in classrooms.
The Rebels Rise
The bloody confrontation in Charlottesville tragically showed again that hate groups are still very active and cannot simply be dismissed as marginal or insignificant elements in our society.
AJC Supports IsraAID Relief Efforts in Nepal
AJC, the global Jewish advocacy organization, is supporting IsraAID in responding to the devastating floods and landslides that left at least 120 dead and affected over six million people in Nepal.
Latino and Jewish Leaders United Against Violence, Racism and Antisemitism
Members of the Latino Jewish Leadership Council (LJLC) strongly denounce the violence, hatred and antisemitism displayed by white supremacists, the KKK, and neo-Nazis in Charlottesville, Virginia, on August 12.
AJC Praises House Adoption of Bill to Combat European Antisemitism
AJC praised the U.S. House of Representatives for adopting unanimously the Combating European Antisemitism Act of 2017, and urged the U.S. Senate to move expeditiously to pass its version of the bill.
AJC Urges Secretary of State to Appoint Antisemitism Special Envoy
AJC is urging Secretary of State Tillerson to fill without further delay the position of Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism.
AJC Donation Aids Internally Displaced Syrians
AJC is partnering with Israeli Flying Aid to provide urgent humanitarian assistance to Syrians who were forced from their homes by the civil war and are living elsewhere in the country.
AJC Deeply Concerned by New DHS Immigration Guidelines
AJC expressed deep concern over the new and sweeping immigration enforcement policies announced this week by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
AJC Condemns Attack on St. Louis Jewish Cemetery
AJC condemns the mass vandalism at the Chesed Shel Emeth Cemetery in University City. More than 100 headstones were reportedly damaged in the attack earlier today.
AJC Praises Arrest of Chicago Synagogue Attacker
AJC Chicago praised the Chicago police department for apprehending a suspect who vandalized the Loop Synagogue early Saturday morning.
AJC Deplores Attack on Chicago Synagogue
AJC Chicago condemns an attack on the Loop Synagogue, which authorities have labeled a hate crime.
AJC Statement on Trump Administration Refugee Policy
AJC views with profound concern the Trump Administration’s plans to pose unjustified new obstacles in the path of refugees and asylum seekers. Such actions reinforce anti-Muslim stereotypes and run contrary to international perceptions of a compassionate America.
