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Amid rising tensions between Israel and Spain resulting in an unprecedented increase in antisemitic incidents, American Jewish Committee (AJC) brought together more than one hundred Jewish community leaders from across Ibero-America to explore regional trends, exchange best practices and resources, visualize future scenarios, and design guidelines for effective collective action for its annual Strategic Forum for Leaders of Ibero-American Jewish Communities.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, together with 15 communities from across Iberoamerica, today issued The Madrid Declaration, calling on governments throughout the region to protect local Jewish communities from the growing “atmosphere of targeting and fear” and to prioritize the rebuilding of diplomatic relations with the State of Israel.

Together with 15 communities from across Iberoamerica, American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, issued this declaration calling on governments throughout the region to protect local Jewish communities from the growing “atmosphere of targeting and fear” and to prioritize the rebuilding of diplomatic relations with the State of Israel.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, today praised Costa Rica for adopting the widely recognized working definition of antisemitism from the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). The announcement followed meetings with government leaders by a delegation from AJC’s Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs (BILLA).

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, today expressed profound concern regarding the Chilean government’s behavior toward the State of Israel and the Chilean Jewish community.