American Jewish Committee

AJC'S MISSION IS TO ENHANCE THE WELLBEING OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND ISRAEL, AND TO ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS AND DEMOCRATIC VALUES IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD.

GOVERNMENT AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE (AJC) IS THE LEADING GLOBAL JEWISH ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION, WITH CLOSE WORKING RELATIONSHIPS WITH ELECTED OFFICIALS, DIPLOMATS, RELIGIOUS LEADERS, COMMUNITY PARTNERS, AND OTHER DECISION-MAKERS. THROUGH THESE RELATIONSHIPS AND OUR INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE, WHICH SPANS ACROSS SIX CONTINENTS, AJC IS ABLE TO IMPACT OPINION AND POLICY ON SOME OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES FACING THE JEWISH PEOPLE: FIGHTING ANTISEMITISM AND ALL FORMS OF HATE, STRENGHTENING ISRAEL'S PLACE IN THE WORLD, AND DEFENDING DEMOCRATIC VALUES. AJC'S INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTES CARRY OUT THE AGENCY'S ADVOCACY WORK TOGETHER WITH 12 OFFICES AND/OR REPRESENTATIONS IN ABU DHABI, BERLIN, BRUSSELS, JERUSALEM, PARIS, ROME, SAO PAULO, SOFIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, TOKYO, WARSAW, AND NEW DELHI. AJC ALSO HAS 37 FORMAL PARTNERSHIP WITH JEWISH COMMUNITIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. AJC'S WASHINGTON, D.C.-BASED OFFICE OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS, THE DEPARTMENT OF POLICY AND POLITICAL AFFAIRS, AND THE ADVOCACY DEPARTMENT OVERSEE DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY EFFORTS BASED ON THE AGENCY'S STATED PRIORITIES AND GOALS OF AJC'S PUBLIC POLICY PRIORITIES THROUGH EXTENSIVE OUTREACH TO, AND INTERACTION AND JOINT PROGRAMMING WITH, U.S. AND FOREIGN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS, POLITICAL FACTIONS, POLICY EXPERTS, THE MEDIA, AND CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERS, INCLUDING OVERSEAS JEWISH COMMUNITIES. DURING 2021, AJC ADVOCATED TO COUNTER THE MULTIPLE SOURCES OF ANTISEMITISM BY RELEASING ITS ANNUAL STATE OF ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA REPORT, A "CALL TO ACTION AGAINST ANTISEMITISM IN AMERICA," WHICH PROVIDES THE NECESSARY DATA TO BETTER UNDERSTAND, RESPOND TO, AND PREVENT ANTISEMITISM. THE AGENCY ALSO RALLIED THE UNITED STATES, EUROPEAN AND MIDDLE EAST ALLIES, AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO UNITE IN ACTION TO DECISIVELY HALT IRAN'S QUEST FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS, CURTAIL ITS CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS PROGRAM, AND CHECK ITS REGIONAL AGGRESSION AND INTERNAL OPPRESSION.

THE DEPARTMENT OF REGIONAL OFFICES NETWORK OF 24 OFFICES ADVANCES AJC'S ADVOCACY, LEADERSHIP AND FUNDRAISING PRIORITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES. IN LOCATIONS WHERE AJC DOES NOT HAVE A PHYSICAL PRESENCE, WE WORK WITH PARTNERS TO ACCOMPLISH AJC'S OBJECTIVES, INCLUDING GLOBAL DIPLOMACY, POLITICAL ADVOCACY, COALITION BUILDING, AND STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS. THE REGIONAL OFFICES COMMUNICATE AND ADVOCATE WITH A VARIETY OF KEY INTERLOCUTORS, INCLUDING ELECTED OFFICIALS, DIPLOMATS, INTERGROUP AND INTERFAITH LEADERS, CIVIC LEADERS, UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATORS, CAMPUS LEADERS AND THE MEDIA. THEY CONNECT THE LOCAL TO THE GLOBAL AND POSITION AJC AS THE GO-TO JEWISH ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION IN THE UNITED STATES. IN 2021, AJC NATIONAL EFFORTS FOCUSED ON STRENGTHENING ISRAEL'S PLACE IN THE WORLD, COMBATING ANTISEMITISM, AND PROMOTING DEMOCRATIC VALUES. MAJOR RESOURCES WERE DEVOTED TO REACHING NEW AUDIENCES THROUGH TRAININGS AND WEBINARS IN THE FIGHT AGAINST ANTISEMITISM AND ADDRESSING GAPS IN HATE CRIME REPORTING IN THE U.S. TO PROTECT COMMUNITIES THAT ARE VICTIMS OF THESE ATTACKS. THE REGIONAL OFFICES HAVE A CRITICAL FUNDRAISING RESPONSIBILITY. THE 24 REGIONS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR RAISING 70% OF AJC'S ANNUAL UNRESTRICTED REVENUE AND A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THE TEMPORARY AND PERMANENTLY RESTRICTED REVENUE.

COMMUNICATIONS: AJC'S GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT SERVES AS THE AGENCY'S CHIEF STORYTELLER. THE DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS AND AMPLIFIES THE EFFORTS OF EVERY DEPARTMENT WITHIN AJC AND OF THE ORGANIZATION AS A WHOLE, WHILE ADVANCING ITS ADVOCACY AGENDA AND BROADENING AWARENESS AND APPRECIATION OF THE AJC BRAND BY MEANS OF STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS METHODS. THE DEPARTMENT SUPPORTS AJC'S PRIORITIES AND MISSION BY CONCEIVING, DEVELOPING, AND IMPLEMENTING MAJOR AGENCY-WIDE CAMPAIGNS AND INITIATIVES, SOLIDIFYING AJC'S BRAND IDENTITY AS THE GLOBAL ADVOCATE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE, PRODUCING COMPELLING CONTENT ABOUT AJC'S PRIORITY ISSUES AND DISTRIBUTING IT TO AN EXPANDING AUDIENCE, AND UTILIZING A VARIETY OF MEANS TO BUILD AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH CURRENT AND POTENTIAL SUPPORTERS. WITH THE LARGEST SOCIAL MEDIA COMMUNITY OF ANY JEWISH ORGANIZATION IN THE WORLD, INCLUDING SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS IN ENGLISH, FRENCH, SPANISH, ARABIC AND GERMAN, AJC INTERACTS FREQUENTLY WITH ITS MILLIONS OF FOLLOWERS, FROM DIPLOMATS, AND ELECTED OFFICIALSTO MEDIA ELITES. THEY IN TURN SHARE AJC'S ADVOCACY MESSAGES WITH THEIR CONSTITUENCIES, ALLOWING AJC TO REACH AND ENGAGE MILLIONS AROUND THE GLOBE.

AJC'S OTHER 2021 PROGRAMMATIC ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: (1) INTERRELIGIOUS AND INTERGROUP RELATIONS: AJC BUILDS COALITIONS WITH LIKE-MINDED PARTNERS TO ADVANCE SHARED INTERESTS AND VALUES, AND TO FURTHER UNDERSTANDING. THE AGENCY FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT THE WELL-BEING OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IS LINKED TO THAT OF OTHER FAITH GROUPS IN THE UNITED STATES AND AROUND THE WORLD. WITH THIS GOAL IN MIND, AJC HAS CONVENED A MUSLIM-JEWISH ADVISORY COUNCIL, A BLACK-JEWISH CONGRESSIONAL COUNCIL, AND A LATINO-JEWISH LEADERSHIP COUNCIL, AMONG OTHER COALITION BUILDING INITIATIVES. (2) CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE: AJC STRIVES TO STRENGTHEN JEWISH CONTINUITY AND TO ENRICH THE RELATIONSHIP OF JEWS IN THE DIASPORA WITH THE STATE OF ISRAEL, BRIDGING THE GROWING DIVIDE BETWEEN AMERICAN JEWS AND ISRAELI SOCIETY, ENHANCING INTRA-JEWISH RELATIONS, ENRICHING THE QUALITY AND MEANING OF LEADING A JEWISH LIFE, AND RAISING THE KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF JEWS CONCERNING THE TREASURES OF JUDAIC HERITAGE. (3) YOUNG LEADERSHIP: FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE STUDENTS THROUGH YOUNG PROFESSIONALS, THE ALEXANDER YOUNG LEADERSHIP DEPARTMENT STRIVES TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUNG JEWS TO CONTRIBUTE TO GLOBAL JEWISH ADVOCACY, WHILE RECRUITING AND CULTIVATING THE RISING GENERATION OF AJC LEADERSHIP.