Women's Leadership Board Annual Luncheon
![Panel featuring Ted Deutch, AJC CEO, Edward and Sandra Meyer Office of the CEO, Dr. Sara Coodin, AJC Director of Academic Affairs, Congressman Ritchie Torres, U.S. House of Representatives, and Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue](/sites/default/files/inline-images/0199__EllenDubinPhotography_0304.jpg)
On October 11, 2023 AJC Women’s Leadership Board hosted its annual luncheon titled, Zionism: From Congress to Campus to Congregations. Despite heavy hearts from Hamas’ brutal attack on Israel just four days prior, more than 125 women gathered together to find strength and comfort in community during this most concerning time.
The program featured AJC CEO Ted Deutch, Congressman Ritchie Torres, Dr. Sara Coodin, Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, Dr. Laura Shaw Frank, Avital Leibovich, and Ksenia Svetlova. AJC Women’s Leadership Board also honored Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch with the 2023 Moral Courage Award for his work in encouraging us all to be proudly Zionist and in emphasizing the centrality and absolutely essential role Israel plays in the life of the Jewish people.
To learn more about AJC’s Women’s Leadership Board, please contact Amy Abramson, Director of Women’s Leadership Board, at 212-891-1353 or abramsona@ajc.org.
Cori Berger, Chair Women’s Leadership Board, and Rabbi Samantha Natov, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue, Welcome and Moment of Silence, Prayer for Israel
Panel featuring Ted Deutch, AJC CEO, Edward and Sandra Meyer Office of the CEO, Dr. Sara Coodin, AJC Director of Academic Affairs, Congressman Ritchie Torres, U.S. House of Representatives, and Rabbi Ammiel Hirsch, Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
State of the Jewish World with Ted Deutch
Dr. Laura Shaw Frank, AJC Director, William Petschek Contemporary Jewish Life, in conversation with Avital Leibovich, AJC Jerusalem Director, and Ksenia Svetlova, Former Member of Knesset and Senior Research Fellow, Atlantic Counsel
Moral Courage Award Presentation