Steve Zelkowitz lost grandparents, six aunts and uncles, and first cousins whose names he will never know in the Holocaust. He explains why he “cannot and will not be a bystander while antisemitism grows in Europe, the United States, and elsewhere.”
Belle Etra Yoeli’s grandmother was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, where more than 95% of the Jewish population was murdered by Nazis. Her grandfather, whose family was also murdered during the shoah, served in the British army as a doctor. Yoeli shares how her grandparents’ story forms the center of her Jewish identity and her missions to protect the memory of the Holocaust and build “a bright Jewish future.”
Harriet Schleifer’s parents lost most of their relatives in the Treblinka extermination camp and raised their daughters to have a strong Jewish identity. She reveals why she works to ensure Jewish identity can thrive around the world. “I always strived to fill the hole in my parents’ lives … that they would never again be victims or feel fear.”
AJC is disappointed by the United States Supreme Court decision allowing a nearly 100 year-old cross to remain standing on government property in Maryland.
Dr. Remko Leemhuis, Assistant Director for Policy and Public Affairs at AJC’s Berlin Ramer Institute for German-Jewish Relations, joins us to discuss Hezbollah’s nefarious activities in Germany and the urgent need to designate the Iranian proxy in its entirety as a terrorist organization. We also caught up with Bill Kristol, founder of The Weekly Standard and a leading political analyst, and he shared his insights into American politics and U.S. foreign policy in the Trump era.
