Ben Harris of the JTA is traveling around Europe reporting on interesting stories about Jews and the Jewish community. As someone who has visited this cemetery in Warsaw, I found this story fascinating. For me, it completely changed my perspective on the Jewish community in Poland because the cemetery spoke to the thriving Jewish community before the Holocaust, rather than what is…See More

Excellent analysis of the Goldstone Report from Moshe Halbertal in the New Republic who lectured for the AJC-Hartman Institute program for the AJC-Hartman Institute program in LA and was brought to town last year for a brief visit as a scholar-in-residence.http://www.tnr.com/article/world/the-goldstone-illusionIn 2000, I was asked by the Israel Defense Forces to join a group of philosophers, lawyers, and generals for the…See More

Check out this interesting article in the JTA about Eastern Europe reckoning with its past, 20 years after the fall of Communism.http://jta.org/news/article/2009/10/28/1008795/eastern-europes-reckoning-with-wartime-past-varies-widelyBy Ruth Ellen Gruber · October 28, 2009ROME (JTA) -- A row of empty shoes where Jews were shot dead on the bank of the Danube River in Budapest.…See More

Please see below a piece written by AJC’s Warsaw representative, Staszek Krajewski, remembering Marek Edelman, the last leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. Marek Edelman died last week in Warsaw.GosiaWARSAW – When Marek Edelman died on October 2, 2009, it was major news in Poland. TV stations reported it at length, and a leading daily newspaper devoted not just virtually the first page to an obituary, but also the second page and more.Edelman, born in 1919, was a leader of the Warsaw Ghetto…See More

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Check out AJC's new video on Iran and then take action.What do you think of the video?What should individuals do to stop Iran from getting a nuclear weapon? Creative ideas are encouraged!See More

For the first time in ACCESS history, Jewish professionals from across the country and abroad will travel to San Francisco for a 3-day Bay Area mission exploring the Jewish Response to the Energy Challenge (J-REC).As part of the mission, Jewish thought leaders will meet for a day-long conference to mark the launch of a new generational movement for clean energy. The conference will explore various themes within the Jewish clean energy movement (e.g. environmental stewardship, fuel efficiency…See More