Press Releases and Statements

With the new school year about to begin, AJC welcomes the appointment of Lele Yutzy as California's first Office of Civil Rights Director. This comes at a vital moment for building the capacity, expertise, and accountability necessary to support students, families, educators, and school communities across the state.

Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s nomination as the Democratic candidate for Senate in Michigan is a deeply troubling reflection of the growing mainstreaming of divisive rhetoric and exclusionary politics in America. At the same time, Steven’s strong showing demonstrates that there is still a place and support for nuanced, moderate voices.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, has named Kimberley Plotnik as Director of its Los Angeles regional office.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, has named Andrew Gross to be Director of its New York regional office.

American Jewish Committee welcomed a federal court decision dismissing a challenge to AB 715, a landmark California law to protect public school students from harassment and ensure that curricula are accurate and nondiscriminatory.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, welcomed today’s decision by the United Kingdom to designate the Iranian regime’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) as a threat to national security under the National Security (State Threats) Act 2026. AJC has tirelessly advocated for UK government action to counter the IRGC. This new policy is an important step to address the Iranian regime's malign activities and weaken its ability to spread terror and instability.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, mourns the passing of Senator Lindsey Graham, a powerful advocate for many of the issues AJC champions, including American global leadership, Israel’s security, a robust North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and Ukraine's defensive fight against Russian aggression.

Today, American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, joined the Polish Jewish community in remembering the at least 340 Jews who were murdered in the Jedwabne Pogrom. Eighty-five years ago, on July 10, 1941, more than 300 men, women, and children were burned alive in a barn in the Polish town of Jedwabne. As confirmed by Poland’s own Institute of National Remembrance, this horrific crime was carried out by the victims’ Polish neighbors, incited by the occupying Nazi German forces. In recent years, there have been efforts from far-right extremists to deny these facts.

ADL (the Anti-Defamation League), American Jewish Committee (AJC), Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Hadassah, The Women’s Zionist Organization of America, and StandWithUs congratulate the Jewish Affairs Caucus (JAC) of the National Education Association (NEA) for its leadership and success at this year’s NEA Representative Assembly.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) has announced that Teresa Drenick has been named Northern California Regional Director.

American Jewish Committee welcomes the U.S. Supreme Court decision to uphold more than a century of legal precedent that any child born on U.S. soil is a citizen regardless of their parents’ immigration status.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) is deeply concerned by the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the United States and Iran that appears to surrender significant U.S. leverage upfront while deferring the most consequential and necessary Iranian concessions to a future comprehensive agreement that may never materialize. However, we urge caution at this early stage, as subsequent clarifications could significantly affect the ultimate impact of the MOU.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, and the Hellenic American Leadership Council (HALC) together welcome the Senate Foreign Relations Committee’s passage of the Eastern Mediterranean Gateway Act (S.4443).

American Jewish Committee and Emirates Scholar Center for Research and Studies announced a new formal partnership to bolster interfaith dialogue and cooperation throughout the Middle East in pursuit of regional stability and prosperity.

AJC welcomed Senators Jon Fetterman (D-PA) and Dave McCormick (R-PA) to AJC Global Forum for a bipartisan conversation reflecting on America at 250, the importance of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and growing antisemitism in politics.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, and the Jewish Representative Council of Ireland (JRCI), the main body representing the Jewish community in the country, today announced a formal partnership agreement to deepen their cooperation in combating antisemitism at a critical moment for the Irish Jewish community and world Jewry. The agreement, announced at AJC Global Forum in Washington, D.C., marks AJC’s 43rd international Jewish community partnership.

Three college students who were unrelenting in fighting antisemitism on their campuses despite threats, taunts, and intimidation, today received the AJC Sharon Greene Award for Campus Advocacy at American Jewish Committee (AJC) Global Forum.

San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria was recognized by American Jewish Committee with the Donald M. Ephraim Global Jewish Advocacy Award, which is given to a civic or public-sector leader who has demonstrated a commitment to bridge-building, public service, and combating hate in their communities.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, today posthumously honored Sarah Milgrim (z”l) and Yaron Lischinsky (z”l) with the Ofir Libshtein Bridge Builder Award.

In response to surging antisemitism in the United States that is increasingly violent, American Jewish Committee (AJC) today released its Combating Antisemitism Playbook, a new framework to enable leaders across society to understand, respond to, and prevent antisemitism.