The opening of the Shapiro Silverberg Central Europe Office in Warsaw in March 2017 afforded AJC the opportunity to strengthen its friendship with Slovakia and its people.
For the 11th consecutive year, Rabbi Andrew Baker, AJC’s director of International Jewish Affairs, will serve as Personal Representative on Combating Antisemitism for the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Over the past two weeks, the memory of Anne Frank, a global symbol of Jewish perseverance in the face of hate, was twice evoked in an unsettling fashion—first in Rome, then in Berlin.
Over 20 years ago, we were the first Jewish organization to open an office in Berlin. In the coming year, we will bring over a thousand of our members and donors to Berlin for the AJC Global Forum.
With over 100,000 total cases of the disease and more than 9,000 deaths, after the United States and Italy, Spain ranks third in cases of COVID-19, and is second only to Italy in the number of fatalities.