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From serving in the U.S. military to educating the next generation to saving countless lives and advancing medical research, Jewish Americans make important contributions to society every day. Celebrate Jewish American Heritage Month with AJC. Here are seven personal stories that shine a light on the impactful ways ordinary Jewish Americans continue to shape our nation’s past, present, and future.

AJC New Jersey Regional Director David Levy released the following statement in reaction to the agreement made between Rutgers News Brunswick Campus administration and protest encampment leaders.

During a weekend panel at the annual Netroots Nation conference for political progressives, demonstrators interrupted a discussion that included Washington Democrat Rep. Pramila Jayapal and two other members of Congress.

AJC is calling on the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) to “conduct a thorough investigation” of UCLA’s conduct regarding Milan Chatterjee, a law student and former president of the school’s Graduate Student Association.

A student group at Washington, DC’s largest high school, which had sued to compel the school to screen a documentary filled with antisemitic tropes and conspiracies, has agreed not to show the film. A coalition of Jewish groups, including American Jewish Committee, and Jewish parents had supported the school’s decision to stop the film from being shown.