The battle against antisemitism is not one we can win alone. We need you with us.

Dear John,

Moshe Deutsch. Leah Minda Ferencz. Douglas Miguel Rodriguez. Detective Joseph Seals.

These were the four people murdered last week as part of an antisemitic shooting rampage at a kosher market in Jersey City.

And so we add more names to a list that is growing way too quickly—victims of an age-old scourge that has morphed and modernized and is now resurfacing in our communities with a vengeance.

As my colleague AJC CEO David Harris says below, it’s up to each one of us to confront antisemitism now. Will you join AJC in this fight? Any donation you make today will be matched, doubling your impact.

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In 22 regions across our country and in nations around the world, AJC is on the ground, strengthening our lines of defense. We are mobilizing government leaders, convening caucuses and coalitions to counter hate, and spearheading advocacy and education campaigns that drive real change.

Last week, it was the Jersey City community that came under attack. It could just as likely have been yours.

The battle against antisemitism is not one we can win alone. We need you with us. Can we count on your support?

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With gratitude,
Rabbi David C. Levy
Director, AJC New Jersey

P.S. If you have already donated, please accept my thanks. If you have not yet given, please donate now so your gift and impact can be doubled.
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From: David Harris, AJC CEO
Date: Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 8:03 AM
To: David Levy
Subject: Don’t look away
   
Antisemitism is rising and it’s threatening Jewish lives. Will you confront it?
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Dear Rabbi Levy,

No, the photo above isn’t from 1938—it was taken last week at a Los Angeles synagogue ransacked on Shabbat.

It was taken five days after a Hebrew-speaking student was brutally beaten on the Paris Metro… four days after a deadly shooting at a kosher market in Jersey City… and two days after a man that 87% of British Jews feel is an antisemite—UK Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn—stood a stone’s throw away from the Prime Minister’s office.

I wish I could tell you that this week was an aberration. It was not. The storm of anti-Jewish hate is surging and it’s threatening Jewish lives in countries around the world, including our own.

In this crucial moment, don’t look away. Your support for AJC today can help us stem the rise in antisemitism before it’s too late. [link removed]

If you donate now, every dollar will be matched, so your gift will go twice as far.

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As antisemites grow bolder and the sources of antisemitism more complex, AJC must ramp up its efforts to confront and defeat them. This year, AJC was again on the frontlines. And we will be there next year. Because it’s up to us to tackle this poisonous hate that is infiltrating our communities.

It’s up to us to call on our leaders to act: [link removed] AJC met with elected officials and law enforcement authorities to share the frightening results of our landmark survey on antisemitism in America. More people in power now understand this crisis and are mobilizing to better confront it.

It’s up to us to unite Americans:
[link removed] AJC rallied our interfaith and interethnic allies behind common goals—promoting pluralism, rejecting bigotry, and advancing hate crime laws that aim to protect people of all faiths.

It’s up to us to innovate against hate:
[link removed] AJC recently launched Translate Hate, a cutting-edge digital resource to help people of all backgrounds understand antisemitic tropes and expose hate speech.

It’s up to us to speak truth to power:
[link removed] AJC partnered with governments worldwide to devise strategies for addressing antisemitism, including the adoption of a universal definition of this evil that makes it easier to bring perpetrators of antisemitic crimes to account.

As much as we’ve accomplished together, think of how much further we must go to ensure a safe and secure future for all. It’s up to us to get there. We are united in this endeavor, perhaps the most important of our lives.

Please give to AJC today. Give as if our lives depend on it. Because they do.
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Make a year-end gift now and double your impact.

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Urgently,

David Harris
AJC Chief Executive Officer
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Individual gifts up to $10,000 will be matched through 12.31.19. The total challenge grant is $350,000.

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