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Antisemitism has arguably reached new heights in recent years. While Jews have certainly come a long way since the Holocaust, anti-Jewish sentiment is still prevalent across the globe.

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January 19, 2024 - NEW YORK TIMES: Black and Jewish Activists Have Allied for Decades. What Now?

Published originally in the New York Times. Eva Borgwardt first embraced the Palestinian cause the summer after she graduated from high school. It happened because of Michael Brown. It was August 2014, and in Ferguson, Mo., not far from her family’s well-off St. Louis neighborhood, protests were erupting after Brown was killed by a police officer. At home, Borgwardt had often wondered who she would have been during the civil rights movement. Would she have really stood up for what was right? Now, as the demonstrations for racial justice and against police brutality dominated the news, her mother, a history professor and…

December 12, 2023 - Take Action: Call on the UN to immediately and unequivocally denounce Hamas’s atrocities against women

Text Hamas's sexual assault on women on October 7 demands clear and firm condemnation without equivocation. However, many international leaders and institutions have failed this humanity test, most notably the United Nations. Despite the proof and testimonies of Hamas’s intentional widespread sexual violence, including rape and mutilation, as a weapon of war against women in Israel, it took UN Women almost two months to speak out against these atrocities. This is unacceptable and demonstrates clear double standards towards Jewish women and the Jewish state. In light of these facts, U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Joni Ernst (R-IA),…

December 8, 2023 - PRESS RELEASE: Hamas Sexual Assault On Women Demands Clear And Firm Condemnation Without Equivocation

December 8, 2023, New York, NY – Chairwoman Congressional Progressive Caucus Rep. Pramila Jayapal displayed a moral failure in downplaying sexual violence against women on Oct. 7. The use of rape as a tool of war during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel deserves a direct and unambiguous condemnation without equivocation. We expect the chairwoman of a key congressional caucus not to shy away from stating a simple fact: that Israeli women faced rape and mutilation during the terror attack.We urge Pramila Jayapal not to pivot to the Israel-Gaza conflict every time she is asked for her position on the plight of Israeli…

December 5, 2023 - PRESS RELEASE: Vice Chair Daniel Rosen Meets Special Envoy Lipstadt, Highlights Community Concerns About Rising Antisemitism

American Jewish Congress Vice Chair Daniel Rosen with Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt December 5, 2023, New York, NY – American Jewish Congress Vice Chair Daniel Rosen met last week with Ambassador Deborah Lipstadt, President Biden’s Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism, and expressed his deep concerns about the skyrocketing rise in antisemitism, both at home and abroad, in particular since the October 7 terror attack in Israel by Hamas. Daniel Rosen praised and thanked Ambassador Lipstadt for her tremendous leadership at this challenging time. Her active role and high-level engagements with American and international leaders are sincerely encouraging and have helped to raise awareness…

December 1, 2023 - PRESS RELEASE: Jack Rosen And American Jewish Congress Join The Nation In Remembering Henry Kissinger

New York, NY, November 30, 2023 - In his passing, as in his life, Henry Kissinger is a towering figure whose tumultuous childhood and global impact mirrors the Jewish story, and that of America’s.Articulate obituaries will explore his indelible legacy on China, Russia, and Vietnam, and the influential former secretary of state will be remembered for a long career as a foreign policy strategist that left lasting impact on major world events. This legacy was limited to eight years in office but spanned decades in academia, writing, and in counseling American and international leaders. The story of America’s first Jewish secretary…

November 30, 2023 - JEWISH INSIDER: Lawmakers to introduce bill extending Holocaust education program through 2030

Published originally in the Jewish Insider. House lawmakers are expected to introduce a bill on Thursday reauthorizing the Never Again Education Act, the law passed in 2020 to create a program providing Holocaust education resources to middle and high schools through the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The original bill authorized the program for five years, until the end of the 2025 fiscal year; the new bill would reauthorize the program, extending it through 2030. The reauthorization effort is being led by Rep. Buddy Carter (R-GA), joined by Reps. Elise Stefanik (R-NY), Kathy Manning (D-NC) and Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). Carter linked the…

November 24, 2023 - PRESS RELEASE: Antisemitism on TikTok: The Need to Foster Better Understanding of Israel’s Security Situation on Chinese Media Platforms

New York, NY, November 24, 2023 - TikTok is teeming with antisemitic and anti-Jewish content. The platform came out this week to defend itself against accusations that it is exploiting the war Hamas launched against Israel on Oct. 7 to manipulate young users in the United States to promote content that favors Hamas terror organization. While this is limited to TikTok, a research group at Tel Aviv University in Israel has identified a larger trend where China-based or linked institutions, individuals and platforms appear to be turning anti-Israel and sometimes dehumanizing Jews. Many in Washington and Jerusalem are taking notice. We believe…

November 24, 2023 - PRESS RELEASE: President Biden’s Clarity On The War Against Hamas Is A Watershed Moment In America’s Foreign Policy

November 24, 2023, New York, NY - President Biden continues his unrelenting support for Israel through the war’s sixth week in a principled stand that defies political pressures and cuts through disinformation. This moral clarity was on display in his Washington Post op-ed over the weekend where he rejected a ceasefire and convincingly argued in favor of breaking the cycle of violence by eliminating its cause, and rallied the nation behind his emergency funding request for Israel and Ukraine.President Biden is showing matchless leadership under tremendous pressures. There always is an easier way but the president opted for what is right. He…

November 19, 2023 - PRESS RELEASE: American Jewish Congress Commends Leading Companies for Taking a Stand Against X and Elon Musk’s Antisemitism Problem

New York, NY, November 19, 2023 - The American Jewish Congress commends the decision of leading American companies to halt their advertising on the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, due to its apparent failure to confront antisemitism. At a time when antisemitism is rampant on social media platforms, this principled position shows a determination not to let these platforms off the hook.The decision by IBM, Disney, Apple, Lionsgate, Comcast, Warner Bros Discovery, and other major advertisers to discontinue their marketing on the platform is a clear repudiation of the fact that X and its owner, Elon Musk, have continuously failed the…

November 16, 2023 - JACK ROSEN: A Post-Hamas Gaza Is Achievable With Strategic Clarity. Here’s How.

By Jack Rosen, President of the American Jewish Congress We have been here before. The task of clearing Gaza of militant control is daunting, but not impossible. We did something similar in post-Nazi Berlin, against an enemy more powerful and entrenched than Hamas is today inside a tiny Mediterranean enclave. In Berlin, it required strategic clarity and multilateral cooperation. We neutralized both the territory and tools that enabled a violent ideology to destabilize Europe and the world. We face a similar situation in Gaza. It is a daunting task, but not impossible. We can stop an ideology that has imposed war on Palestinians…

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