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Last night, AJC Los Angeles held its 41st Annual Judge Learned Hand Award Dinner. Named for one of America’s great jurists and humanitarians, the award is presented to distinguished attorneys whose professional and community activities have had significant impact upon bettering the community.

On November 17, 2022, ACCESS LA hosted an event in partnership with the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC) young professionals network. Museum docents at the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) guided guests through the permanent exhibition, "Common Ground: The Heart of Community." 

Most U.S. adults know when the Holocaust happened and are familiar with Auschwitz, but fewer are cognizant about the number of Jews murdered and how Hitler came to power in Germany, according to a new American Jewish Committee (AJC) public opinion survey. “Lacking knowledge can open pathways to trivialization and denial of the Holocaust that also contribute to rising antisemitism,” said AJC CEO Ted Deutch.

What is the meaning of BDS? Why do people boycott Israel? The anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement markets itself as a non-violent movement to get Israel to withdraw from its pre-1967 borders. While many members of the movement sincerely want peace and are lured in by this human rights façade, BDS leadership in fact seeks nothing less than the elimination of Israel as a Jewish state.

AJC issued a statement after the announcement of a framework nuclear deal between the P5+1, led by the United States, and Iran.