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AJC, the global Jewish advocacy organization, welcomed an educational initiative by Spain’s government and Jewish community to combat antisemitism.

Notably, nearly $290 million of Florida’s trade was with Israel, making it one of the top U.S. states doing business with the Jewish state. And that’s a relationship that can expand exponentially, as evidenced by the focus on the emerging high-tech sectors in Florida and in Israel during the large trade mission that Gov. Rick Scott led to Israel in December.

Tonight’s event, Diverse Voices from Israel, brought an interesting mix of minorities serving in the Israeli Defense Forces together to speak. With an introduction by Christopher Perlera, an American Jewish Committee Project Interchange alumni, the panel of speakers was hosted by Jonathan Elkhoury, a Lebanese Christian, and each guest spoke about his or her experience as a citizen of Israel and serving in the IDF or in National Service.