American Jewish Committee

Pope Leo meets with AJC delegation, reaffirms condemnation of antisemitism

The ties between AJC and the Catholic Church date back to at least 1915, with the Holy See and the advocacy group maintaining a decades-long partnership.

Pope Leo greets faithful as he arrives to hold his first weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square since cancer surgery, at the Vatican, October 21, 2026.
US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) and  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak to the press as they meet at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, July 8, 2025

'A toxic brand': US support for Israel 'collapsing' among Democrats and Republicans, expert warns

JEWS PROTEST against the nuclear deal reached with Iran before US Vice President Joe Biden meets with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center on September 3, 2015, in Davie, Florida.

Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal, more quietly than in 2015

DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMEN Josh Gottheimer (left) and Republican Congressman Mike Lawler keep linking arms on Israel when it would be easier not to.

Editor's Notes: Only vocal moderate majority can carry Israel, Jews, Middle East forward - comment


Tlaib starts term in Congress accusing Israel advocates of 'dual loyalty'

Senate has reintroduced legislation from last congress combatting BDS.

Democratic US congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib before Election Day in Michigan, 2018.

We're on the edge of a precipice here

Israel will be abandoned by the majority of American Jews in less than a generation. In less… unless.

Pro-Israel demonstrators chant slogans in New York City in 2015. One segment of American Jewry that has drawn closer to Israel these past 50 years is the 10% who are Orthodox

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