American Jewish Committee: Global Jewish Advocacy
Aim
Enhance the well-being of the Jewish people and Israel, and advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world.
History
Founded in 1906, AJC seeks to enhance the well-being of the Jewish people and Israel and to advance human rights and democratic values in the United States and around the world.
IRD Activities
- Christian-Jewish Relations
AJC seeks out, establishes, and strengthens close ties with its Christian partners in the interests of mutual understanding, a safer and more peaceful world, unity on issues of shared importance, and human rights
- International Jewish Leadership in Interreligious Affairs
AJC continues to play a leading role in the International Jewish Committee for Interreligious Consultations (IJCIC) that represents World Jewry to the Holy See, the Ecumenical Orthodox Patriarchate and the World Council of Churches
- Muslim-Jewish Relations
AJC's efforts in the area of Muslim-Jewish relations affirm the long, rich, and often mutually nourishing historical relations between Jews and Muslims in many lands and the extraordinary gifts to humankind that Muslim-Jewish interaction generated in advancing knowledge and culture
- Hindu-Jewish Relations
AJC has pioneered the institutional dialogue with Hinduism supporting the Jewish-Hindu summits in New Delhi, Jerusalem, and the US, where Hindu-Jewish relations are growing exponentially
- Multi-Faith Relations
AJC is represented at the highest level in the major international interfaith bodies promoting interreligious understanding and cooperation.
Main Focus Countries of Activities
USA - Israel - Germany - UK - New York, NY, USA - Istanbul, Turkey - Geneva, Switzerland - World - USA - Israel - India - World