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On November 30, Jews around the world will remember the fate of more than 850,000 Jews who were driven out of Arab countries and Iran, beginning in the 1940s. Join AJC for three first-hand accounts of this tragic, inspiring, and little-known chapter of modern Jewish history.

American Jewish Committee applauded the Slovenian government for recognizing Hezbollah in its entirety as a terrorist organization. The government announced today that it “adopted a decision on treating the Hezbollah Group as a criminal and terrorist organization posing a threat to peace and security.”

“Bravo to Lord John Mann and all of those involved in this landmark decision,” said AJC CEO David Harris. Mann is the British government’s top advisor on antisemitism and a leading proponent of the IHRA working definition. “The importance of the British Premier League recognizing the most widely used definition of antisemitism cannot be overstated,” said Harris. “Hundreds of millions of people around the world follow closely the Premier League’s teams and players. The impact of today’s decision and its implementation can be extraordinarily helpful in the battle against rising antisemitism.”

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the leading global Jewish advocacy organization, has appointed Myra Clark-Siegel Director of American Jewish Committee Westchester/Fairfield.

Recent upsurges in antisemitic activity on American soil calls for our re-evaluation of the issue itself. Antisemitism is a problem not only for Jews, but rather for all Americans and human beings at large.