Los Angeles - L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti, second from right, with other U.S. mayors in an educational seminar in Tel Aviv. (AJC Project Interchange)
Mayor Eric Garcetti chaired an AJC delegation of U.S. mayors in Israel from May 11 to 17. The mission, organized by AJC Project Interchange, met with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and explored numerous facets of Israeli society. The seminar enhanced U.S.-Israel relations and marked the first delegation under the support of a new Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. Conference of Mayors and AJC. Read more in the Jewish Journal and in the Los Angeles Times.