10.7.2023

AJC CEO Ted Deutch addressed Kabbalat Shabbat worshippers at Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. Ted provided a line-by-line takedown of the four big lies spread by Hamas supporters on college campuses and around the world. Learn more about these antisemitic lies and tropes.

November 14, Jews from all across the U.S. will gather in Washington, D.C. for a pro-Israel march. Together, we will show our support for Israel, call for the release of the hostages, and rise against antisemitism. We will stand united for human dignity and against terror and hate. This moment transcends politics, generations, and religions.

Saving lives is a core mission of ZAKA—95% of whose volunteers are EMTs—and they are used to doing that under the most difficult of circumstances.

In this heartfelt conversation with Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg, the parents of 23-year-old Hersh, who is among the over 240 hostages held by Hamas terrorists, they detail what they know about their son’s abduction from the Supernova music festival on October 7th and the challenges they face in trying to secure his rescue.

After spotting a tent near a gas station in the Galilee, AJC Jerusalem Director Lt. Col. (Res.) Avital Leibovich stopped by and met an inspiring group of volunteers who are lifting up the spirits of IDF soldiers.

Families of those being held hostage by Hamas terrorists share their heartbreaking stories with Congress.

Families of those being held hostage by Hamas terrorists share their heartbreaking stories with Congress. As the global advocacy organization for the Jewish people, American Jewish Committee (AJC) helped mobilize this important event on Capitol Hill.

AJC Jerusalem Director Lt. Col. (Res.) Avital Leibovich is heartened by this week's solidarity mission from Members of 7 European Parliaments and the EU to the Jewish state. Leibovich provides a glimpse into the mission's agenda, including visiting families of hostages and a trip to Barzilai Medical Center in Ashkelon, a common target of Hamas rockets.

Don't believe Hamas’ lies and propaganda machine. The Iran-backed terrorist group, who is responsible for the October 7th massacre of innocent Israelis, must be condemned by all of society. Share the truth about their heinous acts today.

AJC Jerusalem Director Lt. Col. (Res.) Avital Leibovich recalls a powerful story of how a Filipino caregiver helped save the life of an elderly Israeli woman during Hamas’ brutal terrorist attack on October 7, 2023.

AJC Jerusalem Director Lt. Col. (Res.) Avital Leibovich shares harrowing details about the capture and release of Yocheved Lifschitz, 85, from Hamas captivity and the trauma she endured. Leibovich also explains how the terrorist organization is being methodical in which hostages are released.

AJC Jerusalem Director Lt. Col. (Res.) Avital Leibovich gives an update on day 17 since the October 7 massacre by Hamas.

At 6:30 a.m on October 7, 2023, Renana Gomeh’s life changed forever when Iran-backed Hamas terrorists stormed her home in Kibbutz Nir Oz and took her two sons, ages 12 and 16, hostage. Listen to Renana’s painful account of what happened two weeks ago, how she is coping, and her mission to bring them home.

AJC Jerusalem Director Lt. Col. (Res.) Avital Leibovich, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor herself, shares how 580 survivors were evacuated from their homes near the Gaza border.

After Hamas fired rockets and invaded southern Israel, killing some 1,400 hundred people and abducting more than 200, Israel’s response has been under intense scrutiny. Israel’s actions have been informed by the rules of International Humanitarian Law, or the law of armed conflict, which places obligations on parties to war whether they are states like Israel or non-state actors like the terror group Hamas.

In the wake of a deadly blast at the Al-Ahli Arab Hospital due to a misfired Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) rocket, AJC Jerusalem Director Lt. Col. (Res.) Avital Leibovich urges society to be aware of Hamas' propaganda and the media bias that often amplifies it.

Within hours of the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel Saturday, a tidal wave of propaganda and conspiracy theories flooded social media in an effort to shape the narrative – not only for the days to come but for the history books.

As we continue to watch with horror the updates coming out of Israel, we are finding new ways to come together as a community, to stand in solidarity, and share information and resources.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) would like to offer guidance to our academic partners and administrators on ways to effectively respond to the recent terror attacks in Israel.