American Jewish Committee

'A toxic brand': US support for Israel 'collapsing' among Democrats and Republicans, expert warns

Speaking about the changing attitude toward Israel in the American political arena, Shain said that "Being anti-Israel in the US today is a hot commodity; it is worthwhile and rewarding."

US Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) and  Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speak to the press as they meet at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, July 8, 2025
JEWS PROTEST against the nuclear deal reached with Iran before US Vice President Joe Biden meets with Jewish community leaders at the David Posnack Jewish Community Center on September 3, 2015, in Davie, Florida.

Jewish groups push back against Trump’s Iran deal, more quietly than in 2015

DEMOCRAT CONGRESSMEN Josh Gottheimer (left) and Republican Congressman Mike Lawler keep linking arms on Israel when it would be easier not to.

Editor's Notes: Only vocal moderate majority can carry Israel, Jews, Middle East forward - comment

 A MEMORIAL service held on October 7 at the site of the Supernova festival in Re’im.

Jewish perspectives on God and parenting after October 7 trauma - opinion


Vote for ZOA Coalition if you believe in defending Israel and the Jewish people

The Zionist Organization of America was the only U.S. group at the very first World Zionist Congress in Basel


Jewish group launches Arabic-language video series about Judaism

The AJC seeks to directly engage hundreds of millions of Arabic-speakers in the world, "laying the foundation, we hope, for deeper ties between Jews and Arabs in the future," says AJC CEO.

David Harris

Unelected ‘leaders’ can’t represent American Jewry

Among the current leaders of prominent American Jewish or Zionist nonprofit organizations, there are 10 who have held the same position for 30 or more years.

‘WHAT ARE the effects, in Israel, in the US, and the rest of the world, of the perceived opinions of American Jewry?’

On My Mind: Unexpected alliances

“We must learn to work through the tensions that threaten to divide us, so that we can yield the fruit of working on a common agenda,” says Ari Gordon, AJC’s US director of Muslim-Jewish relations.

‘WHAT SEPARATES American Jews and Israel is, well, everything... [yet] we ought to celebrate those differences, not bemoan them.’

How the German Green party made Iranian antisemitism politically correct - analysis

Green party Bundestag Vice President Claudia Roth zealously greeted the speaker of Iran’s ersatz parliament, Ali Larijani.

Bundestag Vice President Claudia Roth (Green Party), Dagmar Wöhrl (Christian Social Union party) are the two women on the right

Bahrain awarded 'Architect of Peace' award by American Jewish Committee

Bahrain received the award for encouraging understanding and interfaith respect and cooperation.

Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (R) speaks to British Prime Minister Theresa May (L) during the first Gulf Cooporative Council's (GCC) " GCC British Summit", in Sakhir Palace Bahrain, December 7, 2016.

As UNGA kicks off, AJC launches 'EU recognize Hezbollah as terror org'

The AJC bought a full-page ad in Tuesday's New York Times, which criticizes the EU's distinction between the terror group's military branch and the other parts of the organization.

Lebanon's Hezbollah members hold party flags as they listen to their leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah addressing his supporters via a screen during a rally marking the anniversary of the defeat of militants near the Lebanese-Syrian border, in al-Ain village, Lebanon August 25, 2019.

American Jews decry Trump's comments on 'disloyalty'

Only the Republican Jewish Coalition defended Trump on Tuesday.

With a painting of George Washington in the background, U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during his meeting with Romania's President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S. August 20, 2019

AJC criticizes Trump for referring to Netanyahu as 'Your prime minister'

"I stood with your prime minister at the White House to recognize Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights," Trump told the RJC crowd.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as they pose in the Rose Garden at the White House this week

Tlaib starts term in Congress accusing Israel advocates of 'dual loyalty'

Senate has reintroduced legislation from last congress combatting BDS.

Democratic US congressional candidate Rashida Tlaib before Election Day in Michigan, 2018.