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It seemed too good to be true. Finally, here was a story about Israel —the world leader in vaccinating its entire population, in all its rich diversity, against COVID — that the media might present in positive terms.

American Jewish Committee (AJC) Berlin welcomes the joint declaration of five major German corporations to combat antisemitism. Daimler, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Bank, Volkswagen, and Borussia Dortmund published a statement today endorsing the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) Working Definition of Antisemitism. Germany’s Friends of Yad Vashem joined in the statement, issued on the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

In spring of 1941, the Germans invaded Soviet-occupied Poland, forcing Toby Levy and her family into hiding from 1942-1944, when they were liberated by the Red Army. Today, Ms. Levy remains hopeful that the COVID-19 pandemic will not steal her last years just as the Holocaust stole her youth. Join us for a special conversation in the lead up to International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Based on one of the largest-ever combined national surveys of American Jews and the U.S. general public by a Jewish organization, the findings of AJC’s State of Antisemitism in America 2023 Report demonstrates the deeply disturbing impact this rising hatred has on America’s Jewish community and all of society.