Press Releases and Statements

AJC is appalled and outraged by the violence triggered by Haredi Orthodox Jews at the Kotel (Western Wall), one of Judaism’s holiest sites, in Jerusalem today.

AJC deplored the UNESCO World Heritage Committee adoption today of a resolution seeking to erase the age-old Jewish connection to the Old City of Jerusalem.

A six-member AJC leadership delegation just concluded a three-day visit to Japan’s capital.

AJC deplored today’s UNESCO vote erasing any Jewish connection to Judaism’s holiest site, the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem.

U.S. governors across the country are joining an AJC initiative to affirm their rejection of the BDS (boycott, divestment and sanctions) movement against Israel.

The Board of Deputies of British Jews and AJC have signed an association agreement.

AJC congratulates Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich on being named Cardinal by Pope Francis.

AJC congratulates Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos on receiving the 2016 Nobel Peace Prize.

AJC joins with the people of Israel and advocates of peace around the world in mourning the passing of Shimon Peres, the last surviving leader of Israel’s founding generation, at the age of 93.

AJC honored Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades with the global advocacy organization’s prestigious Light Unto the Nations Award for his steadfast defense of democratic values, relentless pursuit of peace, and unwavering commitment to friendship with the United States and Israel.

AJC lauded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s powerful address at the UN General Assembly today in which he exuded optimism about Israel’s place in the world.

Agnieszka Markiewicz has been named associate director of the newly-established Shapiro-Silverberg AJC Central Europe Office.

Following a meeting in New York this week with AJC and other Jewish organizations, Hungarian State Secretary Levente Magyar claimed that we concurred with his view that U.S. Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power’s remarks about antisemitism in Hungary at a recent UN Conference were “exaggerated,” “intentionally mistranslated sentences” based on “distorted information.”

The Mexican government today bestowed one of its highest honors, the prestigious National Ohtli Award, on Dina Siegel Vann, Director of AJC’s Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs (BILLA).

AJC is profoundly disappointed with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA (NCC) joint statement on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

AJC praised the U.S. and Israel for signing a milestone Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that upgrades and extends for another ten years the current military aid program.

In an intense, one-week period, AJC will hold more than 70 private meetings with the leaders of countries from every continent attending the opening of the UN General Assembly in New York from September 20 to 26.

A new AJC survey of American Jews shows that Democrat Hillary Clinton would win 61 percent of the Jewish votes and Republican Donald Trump would garner 19 percent, if elections were held today.

An AJC delegation just ended a visit to Brussels, the last stop on a trip that began in Santiago, continued to Buenos Aires and London, before ending in the European Union's capital city.