Who were the Americans killed or taken hostage by Hamas on October 7? Learn what happened to U.S. citizens and how many Americans were killed, abducted, or lost their lives in the war that followed.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) has presented veteran diplomat Nickolay Mladenov with the AJC Madeline and Bruce M. Ramer Award for Diplomatic Excellence in recognition of his decades of work to advance peace and stability in the Middle East.

While Jewish literacy is not a replacement for advocacy, it is crucial if we want to be effective. When Jewish advocates find themselves engaging with Muslim partners or Catholic members of Congress who demonstrate a greater familiarity with Judaism’s foundational texts and ideas than they do, it exposes a profound and concerning gap in our Jewish communal investment.

Why is an advocacy organization inviting our advocates to engage in Torah study? And why now, after more than a century of a predominantly universalist and secular orientation? Because AJC believes that knowing what we are advocating for requires knowing who we are.