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The 2020 American Jewish Committee (AJC) Global Forum will take place as scheduled, June 14-18, with a change of venue from gathering in Berlin to convening online. It will be the first time in AJC history that the leading global Jewish advocacy organization’s signature annual event is held virtually.

On Sunday, Germany's voters will select a successor for Federal Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel who made Germany's relationship with Israel a pillar of her foreign policy.

Addressing the International Religious Freedom Association (IRFA), Richard Foltin, AJC’s Director of National and Legislative Affairs, warned that the rise in hate crimes across the U.S. and activities of neo-Nazis and white nationalists threatens American society values and structures that have long assured security for the nation’s minorities and guaranteed religious freedom.

He is the most senior Islamic leader to visit the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau.