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At AJC Virtual Global Forum 2021, attendees heard a special announcement establishing AJC's 13th international office, AJC Abu Dhabi: The Sidney Lerner Center for Arab-Jewish Understanding, and introducing its director, Ambassador Marc J. Sievers Director, as part of the AJC Virtual Global Forum 2021 plenary dedicated to the memory of longtime AJC Leader Sidney Lerner.

Children of Abraham: An Introduction to Judaism for Muslims, the highly acclaimed book by Rabbi Dr. Reuven Firestone of Hebrew Union College, first published by American Jewish Committee (AJC) in 2001, will be updated and distributed in multiple languages prevalent in Muslim-majority countries around the world. "We see a growing desire across the Muslim world for in-depth knowledge about Judaism and the Jewish people,” said AJC CEO David Harris. “The Children of Abraham translation project will make an authentic Jewish voice widely accessible to hundreds of millions of Muslims.”

To expand American Jewish Committee’s (AJC’s) reach to audiences in the Middle East, the global advocacy organization launched AJC Farsi today, with Persian-language social media accounts on Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube. “The intersection of my Iranian, American, and Jewish identities makes me particularly proud to make this exciting announcement,” Saba Soomekh, Associate Director of AJC Los Angeles, told the 2021 Virtual AJC Global Forum’s worldwide audience. “AJC Farsi will bolster our efforts to reach Iranians in Iran and diaspora communities in the United States and around the world.”

Watch the Monday 3:00 PM ET Plenary of AJC Virtual Global Forum 2021 which features AJC in Conversation with H.E. Dr. Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Bahrain and The Siegler Family Annual Muslim-Jewish Symposium with H.E. Dr. Ali Rashid Al Nuaimi, Chairman of Hedayah and Rabbi David Rosen, AJC Director of International Interreligious Affairs in a conversation moderated by Manya Brachear Pashman, Co-Host, AJC's People of the Pod.