Congresswoman Grace Meng (D-NY) and Haipei Shue, President of United Chinese Americans, joined AJC on Tuesday for an online discussion about the rising racism and xenophobia that has targeted Asian Americans during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Amid rising antisemitism and a wave of deadly terror attacks on Israel, we’re calling on all Jews and allies of the Jewish community to unite against all forms of Jew-hatred in celebration of Jewish American Heritage month and Israeli Independence Day, Yom Ha’atzmaut.
Faced with the dilemma of choosing between discretion and defiance, AJC chose the latter by designating January 6 as #JewishandProud Day. On that day, members of the Jewish community, along with Jewish community allies, were invited to stand up and show off their Jewish pride
We were honored to host the President of the Kurdish Community of Southern California (KCSC), Dyari Ahmed, last night. The Kurdish people are spread across a large swath of Turkey, Iraq, Iran, and Syria. Jews and Kurds share a history of persecution. We will not remain silent. We stand with the Kurds of Syria and beyond.