AJC Seattle, in partnership with API and the US-India Security Council, hosted The Strategic, Trilateral Relationship Between the U.S., India and Israel with Representative Adam Smith, Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.
A bipartisan bill to combat hate crimes that has been championed by American Jewish Committee (AJC) and a diverse coalition of supporters overwhelmingly passed the Senate on Thursday in a vote of 94 to 1.
On April 27, 2019, in the middle of Passover, a white supremacist burst through the doors of a Chabad synagogue in Poway, California and opened fire, killing congregant Lori Gilbert-Kaye and injuring three others. As we approach the second anniversary of the shooting, we speak to Mayor Steve Vaus, a Grammy-winning country music singer, who was serving his first term as Poway’s mayor at the time.
In this week's AJC Shabbat Table, we consider how to fulfill the commandment to rebuke others for wrongdoing in a way that effectively gets our point across and inspires change. We also mark the birthday of Oskar Schindler, the factory owner who became one of the most famous “Righteous Gentiles” for saving the lives of 1,200 Jews in the Holocaust.
Human Rights Watch released the latest in an anti-Israel campaign by the once reputable watchdog group, which five years ago tapped a longtime anti-Israel activist as its director in that region.