AJC Seattle

Global Jewish Advocacy in the Emerald City

AJC Seattle connects our community with AJC’s global advocacy work to enhance the well-being of the Jewish people and Israel. Our access to diplomats, elected officials, and interfaith leaders at the local level advances AJC’s broader global priorities: combating antisemitism, promoting Israel’s place in the world, and countering the spread of radicalism and extremism.

Our impact extends well beyond the Seattle community, helping AJC achieve tangible results in the form of government policies, formidable alliances, and hard-hitting legislation that make our world safer and more secure.

Upcoming Events

January 25, 2021

Zikaron BaSalon

Please join us in commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day with an intimate conversation with Yossi Lipschitz, a Holocaust survivor from Hungary, with a special address by H.E. Levente Benkő, Hungarian Ambassador to Israel. In this moving ACCESS New York and ACCESS Israel sponsored program, ACCESS leaders will bear witness to a survivor’s testimony and recommit to the promise of “Never Again.”

Monday, January 25
12:00 p.m. (ET), 11:00 a.m. (CT)
10:00 a.m. (MT), 9:00 a.m. (PT)

January 26, 2021

Toby Levy holding a picture of an old man

Resilience: A Holocaust Survivor Reflects on Life During the Pandemic

In spring of 1941, the Germans invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, forcing Jews into ghettos a few months later. In fall of 1942, Toby Levy and her family went into hiding until June 1944 when they were liberated by the Red Army. Today, Ms. Levy, a retired accountant and a volunteer docent for the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York City, remains hopeful that the COVID-19 pandemic will not steal her last years just as the Holocaust stole her youth. Join Ms. Levy on January 26, for a special conversation in the lead up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Read Ms. Levy’s powerful, poignant, and timely opinion piece in The New York Times here.

Tuesday, January 26
12:00 p.m. (ET), 11:00 a.m. (CT)
10:00 a.m. (MT), 9:00 a.m. (PT)