“On behalf of AJC, we extend to you our heartfelt congratulations on the inauguration of a new Israeli Government under your leadership,” wrote AJC President Harriet Schleifer and CEO David Harris in a letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Rabbi David Wolpe, named "America’s Most Influential Rabbi” by Newsweek, and Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, the first woman to head the venerable 184-year-old Union Theological Seminary (UTS), discuss our experiences of loss during the pandemic and the ability of religious institutions to adapt.
In these times of profound uncertainty, triggered by the war against the pandemic, one comment keeps coming up in my world: “Where’s Winston Churchill now that we need him?”
AJC Los Angeles Assistant Director Holly Huffnagle spoke about the latest trend in online antisemitism known as Zoombombing, where people disrupt a Zoom call with antisemitic material. She cited a March 24 Conejo Valley Unified School District board meeting that was Zoombombed with swastikas and pornography.
On February 12, 2020, AJC was honored to meet The Honorable Zaib Shaikh, Consul General of Canada in Los Angeles, and Consul Arwen Widmer Bobyk to discuss intercommunity partnerships and creating social impact in Los Angeles and beyond.