יום רביעי, 19 אוגוסט 2026Wednesday, August 19, 2026
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American Jewish Committee

Headline / Israel / Jewish / Diaspora

AJC: World's Two Largest Jewish Communities Are Woefully Ignorant of Each Other

By Jewish Press News Desk

Education in Israel about Diaspora Jewry is far less common than learning about Israel in America.

US / Politics / Left vs. Right / Antisemitism / On Campus / Education

AJC Welcomes Governor Newsom's Veto of Ethnic Studies Bill

By Jewish Press News Desk

The veto enables the Department of Education to reconsider its ill-conceived plan to produce a divisive program of ethnic studies.

Islamists / Saudi Arabia / Holocaust

Senior Saudi Religious Leader Leads Muslim Delegation on Visit to Auschwitz

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

Sheikh Mohammed al-Issa, secretary-general of the Muslim World League, is the most senior Islamic leader to visit the former death camp.

Featured / Politics / Antisemitism / France

AJC Survey: 73% of French Say Anti-Semitism Affects Entire Society

By Jewish Press News Desk

The youngest Jews, ages 18-24, are on the "front line" more than older cohorts in confronting anti-Semitism.

Featured / Israel / Politics / UK / Antisemitism / Holocaust

Letter Shows Prince Charles as Irredeemable Anti-Semite

By JNi.Media

'Surely some US president has to have the courage to stand up and take on the Jewish lobby in US?' Prince Charles wrote in 1986.

Jewish / US / Iran / News Briefs

Centrist American Jewish Committee Rejects the Iran Deal

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The AJC opposes the JCPOA because it will allow Iran to become a nuclear threshold state.

Terrorism / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Arts and Entertainment

Klinghoffer Jews: Proud, Terrorist-Humanizing and Meek

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Jewish responses to the Klinghoffer opera range from Proud to Terrorist-humanizing to Meek.

Op-Eds

An Attack On Torah And Tradition

By Rabbi Yehoshua S. Hecht

AJC, the Federations and others seek to undermine the Chief Rabbinate in Israel.

US / Government / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Power Pushing Israel’s Bid for Security Council

By JTA

Samantha Power, the U.S. envoy to the United Nations, recommitted to securing Israel a tour on the U.N. Security Council after assisting its entry to a U.N. regional group. Israel last month became a member of the JUSCANZ regional group at U.N. headquarters in New York. JUSCANZ stands for Japan, United States, Canada, Australia, and […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs

Liberal Jews Praise Gay Protection Law, Orthodox

By JTA

An array of liberal Jewish groups lauded the U.S. Senate for passing a bill that would extend federal anti-discrimination protections to gays. “Today’s bipartisan Senate passage of the Employment Non-Discrimination Act is an overdue and historic accomplishment in our nation’s effort to end workplace discrimination for the LGBT community,” Reform clergyman David Saperstein, the director […]

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

White House Asks Pro-Israel Groups to Tone Down Iran Sanctions Talk

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

The U.S. government is asking pro-Israel activists to reduce their public support for more sanctions on Iran just prior to another round of discussions on the issue between Iranian and world leaders. White House officials met with Jewish organizations including the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the American Jewish Committee, and the Anti-Defamation League on […]

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Kerry Briefs Jewish 'Leaders' (Cheerleaders?) on MidEast Talks

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Secretary of State John Kerry met with what the Jewish Telegraph Agency described as "Jewish leaders" to "brief" them on the resumption of Israeli-Arab Palestinian talks on Thursday evening, August 8. Although the briefing was off the record, the JTA quoted unnamed attendants who said several things. First, that the meeting was dominated by Kerry's […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Holocaust

UN Rights Council’s Falk Blames Boston Terror on US and Tel Aviv

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The US is darned lucky. It deserves worse terror than the Boston bombing. And the root cause is the US backing Israel. Is that Iran talking? No. Just Richard Falk, the UN’s great god of human rights.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs

Pre-Israel Visit, Obama Says Middle East Peace Possibility 'Bleak'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The U.S. president may be unwilling to repeat a major failure of his first term, when he practically demanded there be progress on the "peace process," but, when met with the reality of the situation, had to chalk up that goal as a failed one.

US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs

Schumer Cites Hagel's Tears, but Smears Jewish Conservatives

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Schumer provided inaccurate information about other matters Wednesday morning. He said that "there is not a major Jewish organization against Hagel." That's not true.

Serials

Getzlight – Chapter VIII

By Ruchama Feuerman

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