Now, as American Jews, we are confronting the reality that we dreaded and feared—it could happen here. We are mourning the loss of American Jewish innocence.
Syria and Iran are entwined tighter than an intricately woven Persian carpet. Unless Syrian President Bashar Assad has a change of heart and decides to expel Iranian forces, his most treasured foreign guests are staying.
The bipartisan, multiethnic, interfaith rejection of Nazi party member Arthur Jones’s bid for a seat in the U.S House of Representatives is an encouraging example of Americans coming together to actively combat hate.
This week on AJC Passport we were joined by AJC Associate Executive Director Avi Mayer to discuss AJC’s response to the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and CONIB President Fernando Lottenberg to talk about the election of Jair Bolsonaro as Brazil’s new right-wing populist president.