Through the Warsaw-based Shapiro Silverberg Central Europe Office and Brussels-based Transatlantic Institute, AJC is in regular contact with Latvian officials and diplomats.
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) stands with the people of Puerto Rico in honoring the memories of the thousands of casualties caused by Hurricane Maria on the one-year anniversary of this disaster.
This is one of the most serious physical attacks on the Jewish community since Poland threw off communism in 1989, and it recalls—for those familiar with the history of modern Poland—the aggressive antisemitism of the 1930s. For members of today’s Jewish community, which is experiencing a post-Holocaust revival in Poland, this was a traumatic event.
“We shall always remember Moses as a distinguished, dedicated, and admired leader of the Jewish Community of Greece,” said AJC CEO David Harris, who was a good friend.