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For all media inquiries and requests for interviews with AJC leadership and content experts, please contact Kenneth Bandler, Director of Media Relations, at bandlerk@ajc.org or 212.891.6771. Click here to view a list of AJC's leadership and content experts.

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AJC Statement on Impeachment of President Trump
January 13 2021
American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomes today’s House passage of the impeachment resolution and reiterates our unqualified condemnation of the actions of President Donald J. Trump, which, by any measure, run counter to the democratic values we hold dear, and disqualify him from continuing to occupy the highest office in the land.
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AJC Welcomes EC Handbook for Antisemitism Working Definition
January 8 2021
AJC Europe welcomes the European Commission’s publication of the Handbook for the Practical Use of the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism. This new publication offers clear guidance and examples of how the definition is already being used throughout Europe by law enforcement, the judiciary, educational institutions, and civil society.
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American Jewish Committee Statement on “Act of Sedition” by Washington Insurrectionists
January 7 2021
AJC was appalled and deeply saddened by the events of January 6, which brought bloodshed, mayhem, and dishonor to the temple of American democracy. Those who committed crimes must be held accountable – as must those who encouraged and hoped to benefit from them.
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AJC CEO on Situation in Washington
January 6 2021
AJC CEO David Harris issued a tweet on today's situation in Washington, DC.
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American Jewish Committee’s ACCESS, Morocco’s Mimouna Association Sign MOU
January 4 2021
American Jewish Committee's young professionals network, and the Mimouna Association, an organization of young Moroccan Muslim leaders, are partnering to educate and build ties among their American, Israeli, and Moroccan peers. The two organizations have signed a Memorandum of Understanding.
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AJC Condemns EU Court Ruling on Religious Slaughter
December 17 2020
“We are shocked by the EU Court of Justice decision, which is nothing less than a frontal assault on the basic rights and religious freedoms of Jews and Muslims in Europe. Within living memory of the Holocaust, a European court not only bans a core Jewish ritual but potentially Jewish life altogether in Europe, ” said Daniel Schwammenthal, Director of the AJC Transatlantic Institute.
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Iran’s Murder Of A Journalist Proves Tehran Is Not A Peaceful Partner
December 17 2020
European countries, in cooperation with the United States, must stand firm in their opposition and take an approach that reflects our strategic interests, convictions, and values.
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AJC Applauds Morocco-Israel Agreement to Normalize Relations
December 10 2020
American Jewish Committee (AJC) applauded Morocco for its decision to establish full diplomatic relations with Israel. The North African country, a close ally of the United States and home to a Jewish community for more than 2,000 years, becomes the sixth Arab state to normalize relations with Israel – and the fourth since August.
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Colombian President Duque, On AJC Advocacy Anywhere, Extols Relations with Israel, United States
December 7 2020
Colombian President Ivan Duque, appearing today on an American Jewish Committee (AJC) Advocacy Anywhere program, declared that his country is “the number one ally” of Israel and the United States in Latin America. In a 30-minute conversation with Dina Siegel Vann, Director of AJC’s Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs (BILLA), President Duque discussed Colombia’s relations with Israel and the United States, the Jewish community in Colombia, Hezbollah, and the crisis in Venezuela.
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AJC Praises British Premier League Adoption of IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism
December 3 2020
“Bravo to Lord John Mann and all of those involved in this landmark decision,” said AJC CEO David Harris. Mann is the British government’s top advisor on antisemitism and a leading proponent of the IHRA working definition. “The importance of the British Premier League recognizing the most widely used definition of antisemitism cannot be overstated,” said Harris. “Hundreds of millions of people around the world follow closely the Premier League’s teams and players. The impact of today’s decision and its implementation can be extraordinarily helpful in the battle against rising antisemitism.”
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Myra Clark-Siegel Named Director of AJC Westchester/Fairfield Region
December 3 2020
American Jewish Committee (AJC), the leading global Jewish advocacy organization, has appointed Myra Clark-Siegel Director of American Jewish Committee Westchester/Fairfield.
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AJC Praises Slovenia’s Designation of Hezbollah as Terrorist Organization
November 30 2020
American Jewish Committee applauded the Slovenian government for recognizing Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization. The government announced today that it “adopted a decision on treating the Hezbollah Group as a criminal and terrorist organization posing a threat to peace and security.”
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Europe, Do Better At The UN
November 27 2020
Next month the United Nations General Assembly will pass a litany of one-sided resolutions against Israel. Europe, for the most part, supported in committee a whopping eleven texts lambasting the Middle East’s lone democracy. Six more resolutions are headed straight to the world body’s plenary.
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AJC Welcomes Nomination of Antony Blinken as Incoming U.S. Secretary of State
November 23 2020
American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomed the selection by President-elect Biden of Antony Blinken, his longtime national security advisor and a former Deputy Secretary of State, as the nation’s 71st Secretary of State.
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2020 Richard H. Adler Community Leadership Award Presented to Dr. Alex Johnson
November 16 2020
AJC Cleveland Presents its 2020 Richard H. Adler Community Leadership Award to Dr. Alex Johnson, President of Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®). 
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New FBI Hate Crimes Report Spurs U.S. Muslims, Jews to Press for NO HATE Act Passage
November 16 2020
The Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council (MJAC) is deeply troubled by the new Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) assessment of hate crimes in the United States. The Hate Crimes Statistics report shows 7,314 hate crime incidents in 2019, up slightly from the 7,120 incidents reported in 2018. Incidents targeting Jews were up 14 percent compared to last year. While hate crimes against Muslims decreased slightly in 2019, they remain the next largest target of crimes based on religious bias.
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AJC: New FBI Hate Crimes Report Partially Reveals Extent of Antisemitic Incidents
November 16 2020
American Jewish Committee, the leading global Jewish advocacy organization, warned today that the continuing rise in hate crimes incidents targeting Jews in the United States is a threat to society that demands urgent national attention. While Jews account for less than 2% of the American population, the new FBI Hate Crimes Statistics report found that more than 60% of religious-based hate crimes in 2019 targeted Jews, an increase of 14% over 2018.
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AJC Supporting IsraAID Relief Efforts in Guatemala
November 13 2020
American Jewish Committee (AJC) is supporting IsraAID efforts to furnish urgent humanitarian supplies to Guatemala following the devastation wrought by Hurricane Eta in the Central American country.
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AJC Presents Recommendations to Inter-parliamentary Task Force on Online Antisemitism
November 11 2020
Holly Huffnagle, American Jewish Committee (AJC) U.S. Director for Combating Antisemitism, briefed members of the Inter-parliamentary Task Force on Online Antisemitism. “The future of combating antisemitism, in many ways, is combating the digitization of the problem. We all need to send the message that antisemitism in any form is unacceptable on or offline,” Huffnagle told the task force.
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Biden Joined AJC Initiative Reaffirming Transatlantic Ties
November 9 2020
President-Elect Joe Biden’s commitment to strong, cooperative relations between the United States and Europe was publicly demonstrated when he joined with 30 notable U.S., European and Canadian leaders in an American Jewish Committee (AJC) statement of support for the Transatlantic Partnership and the core values that bind North America and Europe together.

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