Press Releases and Statements

AJC mourns with our nation the killing of four unarmed U.S. Marines, who were murdered in cold blood in Chattanooga, Tennessee, by an assailant apparently inspired by radical Islam.

As the 21st anniversary of the deadly terror attack on the AMIA Jewish community center in Buenos Aires approaches, AJC remembers the victims, and remains profoundly disturbed by the failure to apprehend and convict anyone responsible for the bombing.

The announcement today of a deal between the P5+1, led by the United States, and Iran on its nuclear program culminates intense and difficult negotiations spanning several years.

AJC applauds the California State Legislature resolution urging “each University of California (UC) campus to adopt a resolution condemning all forms of antisemitism.”

AJC mourns the passing of Philipp Missfelder, a leading member of Chancellor Merkel’s Christian Democratic Union, and a strong advocate for transatlantic relations and German-Israeli relations.

AJC called the latest French report on antisemitism “deeply troubling and another wake-up call” for France.

AJC called today’s mass demonstrations across Iran against Israel and the U.S. a stark reminder that Tehran remains implacably wedded to a hateful, fanatical ideology that threatens the region and the world.

Sixteen prominent U.S. Christian leaders will soon complete an intensive 13-month educational program on Judaism, as part of the Christian Leadership Initiative (CLI), a partnership of AJC and the Shalom Hartman Institute in Israel.

The Jewish Religious Equality Coalition (J-REC) is dismayed by the Israeli government’s decision to repeal the conversion reform legislation approved in November 2014.

AJC deplores the condemnation of Israel by UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee. Meeting in Bonn, Germany, the committee voted 13 to 2, with 5 abstentions and one country absent, to express “deep concern” about Israeli actions that allegedly damage the structures and “visual integrity” of the Old City of Jerusalem.

In high-level meetings days after deadly attacks in Sinai and Heliopolis, AJC expressed its solidarity with Egypt in the fight against Islamist terror.

U.S. mayors across the country are joining an AJC initiative calling on their European counterparts to publicly address and take concrete actions against rising antisemitism.

AJC Executive Director David Harris, in his Huffington Post and TheTimes of Israel blogs, castigates the UN Human Rights Council for singling out Israel for condemnation.

AJC commends the Episcopal Church for rejecting calls for divesting from companies doing business with Israel and for boycotting Israeli products.

AJC mourns the passing of Sir Nicholas Winton, the Englishman who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis during the Holocaust.

AJC has made a donation to the Elijah Interfaith Institute to help restore the Church of the Multiplication of the Loaves and Fishes.

AJC denounced the United Church of Christ (UCC) adoption of a policy resolution accusing Israel of blocking efforts to achieve peace with the Palestinians and calling for punitive measures against Israel.

AJC applauds the U.S. Congress for passing, and President Obama for signing into law the Trade Promotion Authority (TPA)—a landmark bill that paves the way for the largest trade pact in U.S. history, the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

An international coalition of organizations led by AJC will dedicate memorials at five Holocaust mass grave sites in Ukraine in a series of ceremonies tonight through Tuesday.

AJC saluted the historic U.S. Supreme Court decision recognizing that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry.