Leaders for Tomorrow (LFT) is American Jewish Committee’s education and advocacy program for teens, which empowers young Jews to speak up for Israel and the Jewish people. Here you will find a full roster of AJC's LFT facilitators and staff.
Thank you for joining us in launching the next bold chapter in global Jewish advocacy as we welcome AJC’s new CEO, Ted Deutch. This singular occasion marked the arrival of an extraordinary leader to the global Jewish advocacy arena.
American Jewish Committee (AJC) has honored Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief, with the leading global Jewish advocacy organization’s prestigious Jan Karski Award. “This is an award that belongs to very few living people who can match the standards of Jan Karski. You are one of them,” said AJC CEO David Harris, who presented the award to Shaheed at an AJC diplomatic reception on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly, and who knew Karski well during the last 15 years of his life.
American Jewish Committee (AJC) praised Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s call, in his address to the UN General Assembly, for the search for a negotiated two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The leading global Jewish advocacy organization offered this statement: