American Jewish Committee

Jewish creators are fighting antisemitism with humor and truth

Jewish voices around the world are harnessing social media not for fame or fortune but to defend their identity.

Max Cohen, aka Murray Hill Boy, has 155,000 followers on TikTok and 166,000 followers on Instagram. He filters out all hateful messages he receives.
 NYC democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani against backdrop of pro-Palestinian protesters. (illustration)

Mamdani clashes with ADL on who represents Jewish New Yorkers

A view shows the damage at the Holy Family Church which was hit in an Israeli strike on Thursday, in Gaza City July 18, 2025.

American Jewish Committee donates $25K to Gaza church damaged by Israeli strike

The Vilnius Palace of Concerts and Sports.

Lithuania scraps planning by Jewish groups to convert sports complex into Jewish heritage site


U.S. Jewish groups furious at Jewish Nation-State Law

The American and the Israeli national flags can be seen outside the U.S Embassy in Tel Aviv, Israel December 5, 2017

A dangerous disconnect: Making millennials proud of Israel

While Israelis see themselves as custodians of the Jewish homeland, the American Jewish community simply cannot see beyond their decades-old role as benefactors of the Zionist dream.

Students walk outside the Library of Columbia University in New York.

Pioneering interreligious relations

“Jews were viewed as the enemies of God, in league with the devil, responsible for the tragedies of the world,” he said, but the Church now sees us as “dearly beloved elder brothers.”

Pope Francis is greeted as he arrives at Rome's Great Synagogue, Italy January 17, 2016

AJC – Israel’s staunch ally and friend

AJC President Jacob Blaustein (left) meets with Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion

Community without conformity

This attitude can result in apathy toward the idea of being part of a people at best, and cold hostility towards one’s Jewishness at worst.

Un sefer Torah vieux de quatre siècles, trouvé dans un chantier en 2006

How diplomacy helped save lives during the Holocaust

“It was quite unusual to send a diplomat to a country and to tell him that he could do anything to save lives.”

Lithuanian Ambassador to Israel explains how foregin diplomats from Japan and the Netherlands helped to save Jewish lives during the holocaust

U.S. indicts serial Jewish community bomb hoaxer for hate crimes

Justice Department statement does not say whether 19-year-old Israeli citizen would be extradited to the United States.

JCC bomb threats suspect

American Jewish Committee hosts event honoring Holocaust victim

Holocaust survivor Sylvain Brachfeld captivated the audience of young professionals and diplomats with his harrowing tale.

AJC ACCESS members and diplomats listen to Holocaust survivor Sylvian Brachfeld tell his story