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What is it like to be Jewish in Europe? These 12 quotes from an EU survey of European Jews in 2018 are heartbreaking.

American Jewish Committee (AJC), the leading global Jewish advocacy organization, congratulates Fernando Lottenberg on his appointment as the first Organization of American States (OAS) Commissioner for Monitoring and Combating Antisemitism. Creation of the position was initially announced by OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro at the AJC 2021 Global Forum in June.

Today, a new strategy for combating antisemitism was announced by the European Union. Does it have a chance to help Jews in Europe? What are the plan’s implications for diaspora Jewish communities outside of the continent? Two of AJC’s leaders in Europe who have worked closely with the EU and member state governments in the effort to counter rising Jew-hatred, Simone Rodan-Benzaquen, Managing Director of AJC Europe, and Daniel Schwammenthal, Director of AJC’s Transatlantic Institute, answer these questions and more in this special bonus episode of AJC’s People of the Pod. 

AJC Dallas 2021 Community of Conscience Evening of Bipartisanship held on October 11, 2021 featured a presentation of the inaugural Community of Conscience Award for Bipartisanship to Congressman Colin Allred (D-32) and Congressman Van Taylor (R-3) for their efforts to work across party lines for the good of constituents and country and panel discussions on timely topics such as Advancing Democratic Values featuring Lindsay Lloyd, Bradford M. Freeman Director of the Human Freedom Initiative at the George W. Bush Institute with Nicole Bibbins Sedaca, Executive Vice President of Freedom House and AJC’s Approach to Coalition Building featuring Consul General Francisco de la Torre Galindo of Mexico; Mohamed Elibiary, Co-Chair of the Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council; and Harriet Whiting, President of AJC Dallas.

Four years ago hundreds of torch-bearing far-right demonstrators marched through the University of Virginia campus. The Unite the Right rally/antisemitic hatefest in Charlottesville, Virginia featured chants of “Jews will not replace us” and Nazi flags. Self-identified white supremacist James Fields perpetrated the car ramming attack that killed Heather Heyer and injured countless others. While Fields was held accountable for his actions in court, what about those who meticulously organized the rally? Who will hold them accountable? Our guest for this week, Executive Director of Integrity First for America (IFA) Amy Spitalnick, previews the upcoming trial of Sines v. Kessler—IFA’s lawsuit against the rally’s organizers—and shares how she is working to push far-right extremists back into the shadows where they belong.