Israeli and American Jews have long enjoyed a special relationship based on common values. While this relationship remains strong, there are growing tensions between the two largest Jewish communities in the world.
When Jews confront the present and prepare for the future, they are always mindful of the past.
When torch-bearing neo-Nazi white supremacists chant, “Jews will not replace us,” and a threatening contingent move on to a Charlottesville synagogue, the low points of American Jewish history flash before our eyes.
Lonnie G. Bunch III, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, Founding Director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and AJC Project Interchange alumnus joins us for a comprehensive discussion on race relations in the United States.
AJC offers pieces of literature, journalism, and film to help American Jews understand how our nation got to this point, how to make sure the senseless slaughters of African Americans end, and how American Jews can join the fight.
Without an understanding of what happened in the past, it’s impossible to grasp where we are today — and where we are has profound relevance for the region and the world. Fifty-three years ago this week, the Six-Day War broke out.
