AJC Advocacy Anywhere: Weekly Calendar of Programs

Monday, May 18 - Friday, May 22	Click to View in Browser

Advocacy Anywhere, Powered by AJC enables you to engage with AJC’s leading expertise, content, and advocacy opportunities from wherever you are. Advocacy Anywhere will connect you to the top-notch content and opportunities you have come to expect from AJC. We encourage you to visit AJC.org/AdvocacyAnywhere regularly, as we upload new programs and fresh content to keep you informed and engaged during this challenging period.

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Weekly Calendar of Programs

Monday, May 18

Religion During and After Coronavirus: Will We Ever Be the Same?

Featuring:
Rabbi David Wolpe, Max Webb Senior Rabbi, Sinai Temple, Los Angeles
Rev. Dr. Serene Jones, President and Johnston Family Professor for Religion & Democracy, Union Theological Seminary, New York
Moderated by Rabbi Noam Marans, AJC Director of Interreligious and Intergroup Relations

1:00 p.m. Eastern, 12:00 p.m. Central,
11:00 a.m. Mountain, 10:00 a.m. Pacific

Challenges to Democracy and Stories of Jewish Communal Resilience in Latin America

A "Remote ACCESS" program powered by AJC ACCESS Global - a division of AJC’s Young Leadership Department

Featuring:
Mariana Salem, Director of Membership, AMIA
Heni Ozi Cukier, São Paulo State legislator
Adela Smeke, Founder, Mexican Federation of Young Jews (FeMeJJ)
Moderated by Muriel Asseraf, AJC Representative, São Paulo

2:00 p.m. Eastern, 1:00 p.m. Central,
12:00 p.m. Mountain, 11:00 a.m. Pacific

Tuesday, May 19

Jewish Heritage in the Arab World (Limited spots available)

A "Remote ACCESS" program powered by AJC ACCESS Global - a division of AJC’s Young Leadership Department

Featuring:
H.E. Houda Nonoo, Former Ambassador of Bahrain to the United States; member of the Jewish community of Bahrain
El Mehdi Boudra, President, Mimouna Association in Morocco
Moche Uzan, Assistant to the Chief Rabbi of Tunisia
Magda Haroon, Head of the Jewish Community of Egypt; President, Drop of Milk Foundation
Moderated by Benjamin Rogers, AJC Associate Director for Policy and Middle East Initiatives

1:00 p.m. Eastern, 12:00 p.m. Central,
11:00 a.m. Mountain, 10:00 a.m. Pacific

Please note: This program is being offered exclusively to AJC ACCESS leaders. ACCESS leaders will receive a separate email with information about this program. To learn more about this program, please email Ali Terkel, ACCESS Associate Director of Programming.

Wednesday, May 20

Europe, Iran, and the Transatlantic Partnership

Powered by the AJC Transatlantic Institute and the AJC Berlin Ramer Institute

Featuring:
Anna Fotyga, Member of the European Parliament
Omir Nouripour, Member of the German Federal Parliament
Mark Dubowitz, CEO, Foundation for Defense of Democracies
Moderated by:
Daniel Schwammenthal, Director, AJC Transatlantic Institute
Remko Leemhuis, Acting Director, AJC Berlin Ramer Institute

11:00 a.m. Eastern, 10:00 a.m. Central,
9:00 a.m. Mountain, 8:00 a.m. Pacific

A Conversation with H.E. Luis Lacalle Po, President of Uruguay

Featuring:
H.E. Luis Lacalle Po, President of Uruguay
Moderated by Dina Siegel Vann, Director, AJC Arthur and Rochelle Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs

12:00 p.m. Eastern, 11:00 a.m. Central,
10:00 a.m. Mountain, 9:00 a.m. Pacific

Thursday, May 21

How Israel Used Behavioral Economics to Combat COVID-19

Featuring:
Dan Ariely, Chief Research Officer, Kayma; James B. Duke Professor of psychology and behavioral economics, Duke University
Moderated by Lotan Magal, Project Manager, Kayma; ACCESS Israel leader

11:00 a.m. Eastern, 10:00 a.m. Central,
9:00 a.m. Mountain, 8:00 a.m. Pacific

Please note: This program is being offered exclusively to members of AJC’s National Leadership Council and Marshall Society. Members of both AJC Donor Recognition Societies will receive a separate email with information about this program. To learn more about AJC’s Donor Recognition Societies, please click here.

On the Frontlines of America’s Cities: A Conversation with Mayor Eric Garcetti

Featuring:
Eric Garcetti, Mayor of Los Angeles
Moderated by Melanie Maron Pell, AJC Managing Director, Regional Offices

12:00 p.m. Eastern, 11:00 a.m. Central,
10:00 a.m. Mountain, 9:00 a.m. Pacific Pacific

Friday, May 22

Yom Yerushalayim (Jerusalem Day) with Yossi Klein Halevi

Featuring:
Yossi Klein Halevi, Author; Senior Fellow, The Shalom Hartman Institute
Moderated by: Myra Clark Siegel, Director of Communications and Senior Strategic Counsel, AJC Project Interchange

11:00 a.m. Eastern, 10:00 a.m. Central,
9:00 a.m. Mountain, 8:00 a.m. Pacific

If you missed last week’s Advocacy Anywhere programs:

The Resurgence of Antisemitism: A Frontline Perspective 2000-2020 with AJC CEO David Harris

Dr. Einat Wilf: Updates from Israel and the Path to Israeli-Palestinian Peace

Exiting Lockdown: The Examples of Denmark, Austria, and Israel

The Changing U.S. Political Landscape and What’s at Stake for American Jews

Fighting Antisemitism while Protecting Free Speech on Campus

Transatlantic Dialogues (Part 2): Rep. Brian Mast and MEP Anna-Michelle Asimakopoulou

Just Another Transatlantic Crisis?

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