Project Interchange

Take a journey with AJC Project Interchange, as we celebrate 40 years of bringing global opinion leaders and policy makers to Israel.

Humera Khan (U.S. Muslim Leaders 2018) and Adnan Ansari (Faith Based Community Leaders, 2016) of Muflehun are partnered with AJC on the new Tackle! Upstander Training. The pilot training, in Philadelphia, was hosted by MJAC-Philadelphia (AKA Circle of Friends), co-chaired by alumnus Mohamed Bakry.

The Project Interchange Alumnus of the Year award recognizes the critical role alumni play in promoting Israel's legitimacy, fighting antisemitism, building interfaith bridges, and supporting global Jewish communities. This year’s award was given to international PI alumni in the Transatlantic Friends of Israel and U.S.-based alumnus Suhail Khan.

Project Interchange plans to host delegations of policymakers and opinion influencers from countries that signed the Abraham Accords last year.

Project Interchange alumni prompted the passing of a declaration urging Eurapean Union countries, as well as democracies worldwide, to end discrimination against Israel at the United Nations.

A remarkable eighteen Project Interchange alumni have been named to vital roles in the new Biden Administration, including two Cabinet-level positions and three ambassadorships.

Five Project Interchange alumni became founding members of AJC Miami’s Community of Conscience, which brings together leaders from diverse backgrounds to address and repair divisions within American society.

87% of Project Interchange’s sitting mayoral alumni have signed onto American Jewish Committee’s Mayors United Against Antisemitism campaign, which is run in partnership with the U.S. Conference of Mayors.

Amine El Khatmi formed a new political party, Printemps Républicain, in late 2019, identifying the fight against rising antisemitism as a core tenet of the party.

In fall 2019, Kudzai Gumunyu, who traveled with Project Interchange in 2017, organized a three-day “Israel-Nigeria Agrinnovation Seminar” with the Embassy of Israel and the Office of the Vice President of Nigeria.

Suhasini Haidar traveled with Project Interchange as a leading Indian journalist in 2016. This summer she published an article promoting the UAE-Israel agreement.

Ansis Ivans penned a series of reflections highlighting the strengths of Israel’s security infrastructure, that he witnessed while in Israel with Project Interchange and fellow Baltic opinion leaders.

When parliamentarians travel to Israel with Project Interchange, they receive an unfiltered view of the realities on the ground. Five alumni have turned that experience into action, the Transatlantic Friends of Israel (TFI) created by AJC’s Transatlantic Institute.

AJC Project Interchange is dedicated to connecting leaders worldwide with Israel.

The Jerusalem Post reports on the work of Project Interchange alumnus Felix Klein.

An AJC Project Interchange delegation is a journey through both Jewish history and the contemporary Jewish state, accompanied by AJC staff who are experts in each respective field.

Take advantage of AJC Project Interchange’s nearly 6,000-strong network of esteemed alumni and AJC’s unparalleled global advocacy architecture.

Israel: the more you know, the more you understand. AJC Project Interchange invites global leaders to Israel for a first-hand look at a country that far too many people only know from headlines.

AJC Project Interchange began with a bold idea: bring to Israel key decision-makers—those who cast important votes, write for important media, and are influential in academia and society—to learn and draw informed conclusions about Israel for themselves.