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In response to a June 23 vote at the Washington State Democratic Party convention to approve resolutions calling for an Israeli ceasefire in the war against Hamas and for the U.S. to end aid to Israel, American Jewish Committee Seattle Director Regina Sassoon Friedland issued this statement: "The Washington State Democratic Party must remember that resolutions like those passed can serve as a dog whistle to those who demonize Jews in Washington and around the world."

Hezbollah – bent on murdering Israelis and eliminating the Jewish state – has as many as 150,000 missiles and rockets pointed at Israel and has fired nonstop barrages of rockets and drones at Israel's northern communities since October 7. AJC Jerusalem Director Lt. Col. (Res.) Avital Leibovich sets the record straight about the Iran-backed terror group.

In a recent article, Franklin Foer declared that the “Golden Age” of American Jewry is over. After my experience this month at AJC’s Global Forum 2024, I dissent.

When Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg last week dropped charges against most of the protesters who seized Hamilton Hall at Columbia University on April 30, the announcement left New York’s Jewish community bewildered and angry. The Columbia protests, rife with anti-Israel sentiments, exacerbated feelings of insecurity and vulnerability among Jewish students and faculty at Columbia and beyond, leaving deep scars.