The future is bright for young American Jews. Granted, my crystal ball isn’t totally accurate and I’m not into tarot cards. But I feel good about my prediction after spending a few days with a special group of high school students.
AJC is launching Municipal Leaders Against Antisemitism. This bipartisan initiative on Long island is led by Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone, five town supervisors, and the Nassau and Suffolk village officials associations, representing all 98 Long Island mayors.
Azerbaijan, which has enjoyed diplomatic relations with Israel since 1992, opened its embassy in Tel Aviv on March 29 – a significant step in the relationship between the world’s only Jewish state and the strategic Shi’ite Muslim-majority country that shares a land border with Iran.