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AJC Chicago 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting

AJC participated in ceremonies here and in Tangier marking the anniversary of King Mohammed VI’s accession to the throne – the final element of an intensive series of consultations across Morocco with government officials, Jewish community leaders, and business and civil society figures by an 18-person AJC delegation.

Archbishop Paul Gallagher, Vatican's Secretary of Relations between States (its "Foreign Minister"), and Rabbi David Rosen, AJC's International Director for Interreligious Affairs discuss Vatican's relations with Israel and the Arab and Islamic world and its diplomatic strategies for achieving a global future of peace with a special focus on the Middle East.

Our society is undergoing a re-examination of our attitudes and actions related to race and discrimination following the brutal killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer on May 25. One event that was a similar turning point in how America approached race and discrimination occurred 57 years ago when the University of Alabama underwent desegregation by two incredibly brave African American students — Vivian Malone and James A. Hood.