The American Jewish Committee’s ACCESS Leadership Fellowship (ALEF) is an eight-part series designed to give an elite group of young professionals an exclusive deep-dive into the work of AJC and ACCESS, AJC’s young professionals division.
In recent years, we have witnessed violent attacks on Jews and Jewish institutions, proposals in some countries to ban central Jewish religious practices, and anti-Jewish sentiments expressed by the leaders of far right- and left-wing political parties. American Jewish Committee (AJC) counters antisemitism in all its guises by calling on governments to act and by organizing coalitions with other faith and ethnic groups to forge a united front against hate.
The Director of Engagement and Advancement makes an impact at AJC by developing and overseeing strategies for engaging potential leaders through enhancing development campaigns, initiatives, and events to secure financial resources to support the agency's mission and activities.
Heading into the school year, college campuses must be a place where Jewish and pro-Israel students can learn, thrive, and grow—and not be a hotbed for antisemitic and anti-Israel hate. As Jewish students around the country face harassment, intimidation, and violence on campus, these students are flipping the script, showing their Jewish pride and sounding the alarm on rising antisemitism.
AJC is under no illusions that a definitive resolution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict will be simple - or is close at hand. However, with pragmatism and visionary leadership, AJC continues to imagine, and strive for, a more hopeful future in which Israelis’ security requirements and Palestinians’ political aspirations can be fulfilled.