Fighting anti-Semitism throughout the United States:
The Jewish Agency and the Anti-Defamation League will announce today (Wednesday) a new partnership to fight anti-Semitism, to strengthen the Jewish communities in the United States and to deepen their relationship with Israel. The initiative will be launched by the chairman of the Jewish Agency Major General Doron Almog and the global CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, Jonathan Greenblatt at a conference held throughout the week for more than 350 emissaries of the Jewish Agency operating throughout North America.
As part of the joint initiative, the Anti-Defamation League will run programs and trainings that will give the Jewish Agency's emissaries professional tools to fight anti-Semitism, in order to support their work with the Jewish communities throughout the US - on campuses, community centers, summer camps, synagogues and more. All this, against the background The growing anti-Semitism since the war against Diaspora Jews began, when the record number of anti-Semitic incidents in the US since 1979 was broken.
The record of anti-Semitic incidents since 1979 was broken, photo: AFP
"In this unprecedented time, there is a hunger among American Jews to deepen ties with Israel - the mission of the emissaries in building these bridges has never been more important," said Jonathan Greenblatt, global executive director of the Anti-Defamation League.
"We are grateful for the collaboration with the Jewish Agency, the largest Jewish organization in the world, a collaboration designed to equip their amazing ambassadors from Israel with all the tools they need to fight anti-Semitism during their work with Jewish communities in the US."
The partnership between the two bodies is created against the background of an unprecedented jump in anti-Semitic incidents in the US. The Anti-Defamation League recently published preliminary data according to which between October 7 and January 7, 3,291 anti-Semitic incidents were counted - a jump of 361 percent compared to the corresponding period last year. Thus, the year 2023 became The worst year in the number of anti-Semitic incidents in the US since the Anti-Defamation League began tracking and documenting this data in the late 1970s.
An Israeli demonstration against anti-Semitism in Washington, photo: Reuters
"Following the terrible massacre in Israel on October 7, we understand the enormous importance of the existential partnership between the State of Israel and Diaspora Jewry.
At this time, the support of the Jewish communities in Israel and Israel's support of the Jewish communities along with a determined fight against anti-Semitism - are more important than ever," said Major General (res.) Doron Almog, chairman of the Jewish Agency. "The emissaries of the Jewish Agency connect Israel with the Diaspora and add pride to the identity Jewish everywhere in the world.
We are happy to cooperate with the world's leading organization in the fight against anti-Semitism, in order to do everything we can to advance these goals."
Chairman of the Jewish Agency, Major General (ret.) Doron Almog, photo: David Salem
Throughout the United States, nearly 2,000 Israeli messengers and messengers serve every year on behalf of the Jewish Agency, among them about 1,500 messengers who serve in summer camps and hundreds more who go on long missions on campuses and in Jewish communities.
This week, the first conference of the Jewish Agency's envoys was held in the US since the massacre by Hamas on October 7 and the outbreak of the Iron Swords War.
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