Volodymyr Zelensky has been elected as Ukraine’s first Jewish president, a significant feat in a country with a long history of Jewish persecution and a short memory when it comes to the Holocaust.
The Great Replacement is a conspiracy theory rooted in white supremacist ideology that claims there is an intentional effort, led by Jews, to make whites extinct. It has inspired massacres in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Christchurch, New Zealand, and Buffalo, New York.
When 2019 AJC Global Forum kicks off in Washington D.C. on June 2, there will be newcomers and regulars, spanning generations, areas of interest, and priorities. Meet five very different participants who keep coming back because of the impact it makes.
We are stunned in disbelief that the Mayor of Gdańsk, Paweł Adamowicz, has died, stabbed by an assailant during a concert organized as part of the 27th edition of the Great Orchestra of Christmas Charity (WOŚP). A man who became one of the symbols of opposition against racial and religious prejudices in Poland, himself became a victim of hatred. He was one of the mayors who firmly reacted to manifestations of discrimination and supported respect for diversity.