Global Forum 2019

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in a conversation with AJC CEO David Harris, presented today to the AJC Global Forum his views on U.S.-Israel relations, Israel-Diaspora relations, the Iranian threat, the peace process, antisemitism, and new diplomatic opportunities for the Jewish state.

At AJC Global Forum 2019, Bill and Susan Greene presented the AJC 2019 Sharon Greene Award for Campus Advocacy to Our SGA of New York University and Union des Étudiants Juifs de France.

At AJC Global Forum 2019, a panel discussion of government leaders discussed whether enough is being done to combat growing antisemitism.

"At AJC Global Forum 2019, Dan Shefet, Founder of the Association for Accountability and Internet Democracy (AAID), Amy Spitalnick, Executive Director of Integrity First for America, and Shaarik Zafar, Public Policy Manager of Facebook discussed the challenges and opportunities in combating the spread of hate on social media, in a conversation moderated by AJC Managing Director of Global Communications, Avi Mayer.

Birthright walkouts. The Nation-State Law. Broken promises over the Western Wall. These are just a few of the many tension points in Israel-Diaspora relations over the past year. Is this intra-Jewish tension a new status quo?

In an exclusive one-on-one interview with AJC CEO David Harris, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said any peace plan negotiated with the Palestinians must let Israel oversee security in the West Bank.

Seeking to eradicate the hateful and divisive rhetoric that has poisoned the nation’s political discourse and spawned acts of violence in houses of worship, AJC has called on Americans to join its Community of Conscience.

Ahead of the 2020 election, AJC received greetings from the campaign trail from Pete Buttigieg recorded specially for AJC Global Forum 2019 attendees.

At AJC Global Forum 2019, AJC unveiled its groundbreaking Community of Conscience initiative.

AJC CEO David Harris discussed why all people of good conscience must join together to stand united against hate and violence and celebrate pluralism and diversity at the unveiling of AJC's groundbreaking Community of Conscience initiative.

At AJC Global Forum 2019, AJC unveiled its groundbreaking Community of Conscience initiative. Dr. Bernice King, daughter of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and CEO of the MLK Center for Nonviolent Social Change, honored her father's legacy and delivered a powerful call to action.

At the event unveiling the groundbreaking Community of Conscience initiative, the invocation was delivered by Reverend Eric Manning of Mother Emanuel AME Church in Charleston and Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh.

Ahead of the 2020 election, AJC received greetings from the campaign trail from Cory Booker recorded specially for AJC Global Forum 2019 attendees.

Ahead of the 2020 election, AJC received greetings from the campaign trail from Joe Biden recorded specially for AJC Global Forum 2019 attendees.

On Sunday, June 2, nearly 2,500 attendees from over 50 countries gathered in Washington, D.C., for the start of AJC Global Forum 2019.

Mithal Jamal Al-Alusi, a member of Iraqi Parliament from 2006-10 and from 2014-18, received the AJC 2019 Jan Karski Award for his defense of the Jewish people.

Ryan Davis from South Africa and Hannah Rose from the United Kingdom share their stories as part of AJC Global Forum 2019's "Faces of the Diaspora".

Mithal Jamal Al-Alusi, an Iraqi politician who has reached out to Israel and world Jewry, was honored today with the American Jewish Committee (AJC) Jan Karski Award.

In a live recording of AJC’s Passport podcast from AJC Global Forum 2019 in Washington, D.C., host Seffi Kogen interviewed two of the members of British Parliament, Joan Ryan and Ian Austin, who left the Labour party due to concerns over antisemitism.

At AJC Global Forum 2019 in Washington, D.C., Halie Soifer, Executive Director of the Jewish Democratic Council of America and Matt Brooks, Executive Director of the Republican Jewish Coalition, provide passionate arguments for why their respective parties can serve as a political home for American Jews.