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to AJC when German police recently revealed that crimes against Jews
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Athletes Have 'Necessary Conversation' About Antisemitism

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | 3-minute read

During a historic conversation about combating antisemitism with WNBA
star Alysha Clark and Washington Nationals player Josh Bell,
Pittsburgh Steeler Zach Banner urged the NFL and his own team to
follow the lead of European sports leagues and adopt the Working
Definition of Antisemitism developed by the International Holocaust
Remembrance Alliance (IHRA). Banner and Bell met with AJC's U.S.
Director for Combating Antisemitism

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Holly Huffnagle and AJC's Director of Black-Jewish Relations Dov
Wilker ahead of the public conversation. READ MORE

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AJC responds: "Thank you, [Zach Banner, Josh Bell and Alysha
Clark], for asking your organizations to adopt @TheIHRA Working
Definition of Antisemitism. This critical tool will help combat
Jew-hate both on and off the field!" (View on Twitter)
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Israel, U.S. Announce Collaboration on Anti-Missile Defense System

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The Jerusalem Post | 2-minute read

A day after President Joe Biden phoned Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu and assured him that the U.S. remains committed to
Israel's security, Israel's Defense Ministry announced
that it has joined the U.S. Missile Defense Agency to update the radar
system and interceptors designed to protect Israel from long-range
ballistic missiles, like those produced in Iran. "Our teams are
in constant touch to strengthen the U.S.-Israel strategic cooperation
on all regional security issues, including Iran," Biden tweeted.
The U.S. has offered to restart talks with Iran to revive the 2015
nuclear agreement.

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AJC responds: "Israel's Missile Defense Organization and the
U.S. Missile Defense Agency have announced the development of the
advanced Arrow-4 anti-missile defense system. The U.S.-Israel
partnership is key in keeping both countries and their people
safe." (View on Twitter)
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Spain's Jewish Community Calls for Hate Crimes Investigation

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"The enemy will always be the same, even if it wears different
masks: the Jew!" That statement and others prompted the
Federation of Jewish Communities in Spain to ask the country's
hate crimes prosecutor for an investigation of a neo-Nazi
demonstration in Madrid to honor volunteers who fought with Nazis in
World War II. READ MORE

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AJC responds: "After hundreds of neo-Nazis marched in Madrid
last Saturday, our partners [Federation of Jewish Communities in
Spain] are requesting an investigation by the country's hate
crimes prosecutor into antisemitic statements made during the
demonstration. AJC fully supports this critical effort." (View
on Twitter)
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Iran Eyes New Targets in Africa

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The New York Times | 5-minute read

American and Israeli officials say sixteen people have been arrested
as part of a foiled Iranian plot in Ethiopia to gather intelligence on
diplomats from United Arab Emirates, Israel, and the U.S. Officials
say the goal was to identify opportunities in Africa to avenge the
deaths of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's top nuclear scientist, and
Major General Qasem Soleimani, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary
Guard's elite Quds Force.

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AJC CEO David Harris tweeted: "Iran has plotted attacks against:
UAE embassy in Ethiopia, while casing US & Israeli embassies,
Iranian dissidents in France, Israeli embassy in Azerbaijan,
Washington, D.C., AMIA & Israeli embassy in Argentina ...
World, wake up!" (View on Twitter)
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* Wednesday at 4 p.m. ET: In honor of Black History Month, join
Dr. Lillie Edwards, Professor Emerita of History and
African-American Studies at Drew University, and Steven Fischler
and Joel Sucher, co-producers of the 2000 documentary From
Swastika to Jim Crow, to discuss the little-known story of
German-Jewish refugees who found new lives and careers at
America's historically Black colleges and universities.
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AJC's Shabbat Table

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This week, in AJC's Shabbat Table, we consider the meaning of
the commandment to remember Amalek in the special Torah reading
traditionally read on the Shabbat before Purim, and we provide some
questions to spur conversation about the role of Jewish collective
memory in ensuring the future of Judaism. We also remember the 1917
dedication of the Midrás Abarbanel, the first synagogue
established in Madrid since the expulsion of Jews in 1492, marking a
rebirth of Jewish communal life there.

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A Troubling Ruling at the International Criminal Court

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This week, Barak Ravid, Contributing Correspondent for Axios and
Diplomatic Correspondent for Walla News, joins us to discuss the
International Criminal Court's recent determination that it has
jurisdiction to investigate alleged Israeli and Palestinian war crimes
in Gaza and the West Bank. LISTEN NOW

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