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Dear AJC Friend, Shabbat Shalom. Welcome to the latest edition of AJC Dispatch [link removed], bringing you everything you need to know about Israel and the Jewish world from the past week.
If you like what you see, forward it to your friends! They can sign up at AJC.org/Dispatch [link removed]. This week, amid an outbreak of violence against Jews across the U.S., American Jewish Committee (AJC) offered concrete steps for Americans to speak up
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AJC’s weekly podcast analyzing global affairs through a Jewish lens [link removed] High Stakes: What’s Next for U.S. Policy on Iran? [link removed] What have European, Israeli, and American policymakers learned since signing the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)? AJC Jerusalem Director Avital Leibovich, AJC Transatlantic Institute Director Daniel Schwammenthal, and AJC Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer Jason Isaacson analyze what the next few months could bring during a special live recording. LISTEN NOW [link removed]
Top Stories
15 Israel-related Whoppers
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The Times of Israel | 5-minute read
As the Gaza-based terrorist group Hamas fired rockets at Israel for 11 straight days, Israel’s critics fired off one outrageous accusation after another. In this column, AJC CEO David Harris examines 15 of the most egregious salvos. READ MORE [link removed] AJC shows up: An AJC delegation that traveled to Israel this week to show solidarity met with Israeli Foreign Minister Gaby Ashkenazi and a number of diplomats, including Ambassador Mohamed Al Khaja of the United Arab Emirates. AJC CEO David Harris also met privately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. “Every trip to Israel is a reminder of the remarkable qualities of this nation,” [link removed] he said. (Read more on AJC.org [link removed] )
Antisemitism and Anti-Zionism: Is the U.S. Following in Europe’s Footsteps?
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Jewish News Syndicate | 4-minute read
AJC Europe General Manager Simone Rodan Benzaquen writes for Jewish News Syndicate that Europeans believe they can atone for the sins of their past by creating a narrative of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that allows them to hate Jews with a clear conscience. Europe can offer a cautionary tale for the U.S. READ MORE [link removed]
Lessons from Europe: After a weekend of violence against Jews in the U.S., Benzaquen shared this advice in a Twitter thread: “Now that it is obvious for everyone that America has an antisemitism problem, just as Western Europe has had one for the past 20 years, let’s look at some of the lessons Europeans and organizations like AJC have learned.”
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Instagram Posts Alone Can’t Change Antisemitism
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The Times of Israel | 3-minute read
In this thoughtful column for The Times of Israel, Meggie Wyschogrod Fredman, AJC’s Deputy Director of Young Leadership, writes that the fight against antisemitism is often a lonely one. In this moment, she has discovered many of her Jewish peers are woefully unprepared. She suggests four steps to address antisemitism on social media and beyond. READ MORE [link removed]
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NBC News | 5-minute read
AJC and other Jewish groups met with White House officials this week to discuss the recent surge of antisemitism. AJC U.S. Director for Combating Antisemitism Holly Huffnagle told NBC News that a “deafening silence” around recent events prompted the push for action. “For the Jewish community, it's very disconcerting because they're thinking, wait, where are our friends?” A few days before the meeting President Biden affirmed his commitment to Israel’s security, adding that unless the Middle East region acknowledges the right of Israel to exist as an independent Jewish state, there will be no peace. READ MORE [link removed]
AJC responds: “Thank you, @POTUS, for so clearly asserting that a precondition of Middle East peace is full regional recognition of the Jewish people's right to statehood in their native land.” [link removed] (Share on Twitter [link removed] )What did you miss this week? [link removed]
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High Stakes: What’s Next for U.S. Policy on Iran?
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In a special live recording of People of the Pod, co-host Seffi Kogen interviewed AJC Jerusalem Director Avital Leibovich, AJC Transatlantic Institute Director Daniel Schwammenthal, and AJC Chief Policy and Political Affairs Officer Jason Isaacson on what the next few months could mean for relations with Iran. Watch [link removed]
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Babbling Tower of Twitter [link removed] (Tablet Magazine)
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