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ACCESS

 
 ACCESS, AJC's new generation program, inspires and empowers young professionals to engage today’s critical domestic and international issues.  Working at the nexus between the Jewish community and the world, we reach out to diplomats, policy makers and young leaders of diverse religious and ethnic communities and strive to re-envision the role of young Jewish leaders in global affairs.

Upcoming Events


January 2010
No further events in January

February 2010
February 27 - March 8, 2010
India: Witnessing  A Strategic Partnership at Work
Join other ACCESS leaders for this once-in-a-lifetime trip to India.  The delegation will visit Mumbai, Delhi, and Agra (to see the beautiful Taj Mahal) to meet with the Indian Jewish community, government officials, industry and hi-tech leaders, minority communities, and many others – and to connect for the last two days with AJC’s Board of Governors’ visit. Cost: $1900 + international airfare (cost includes internal travel, hotel, and most meals on the ground in India).  Application deadline is January 1, 2010.  Visit www.ajc.org/access to apply.
Click here for for information

April 2010
April 28 - 30, 2010
  - AJC Annual Meeting
Washington, D.C.
Join other young professionals at AJC's 104th Annual Meeting to meet with and engage top thought leaders, diplomats, politicians, academics, and others at this exciting conference.  Visit the Annual Meeting website and email access@ajc.org for a discount registration code for ACCESS members.

Find us


If you would like to get involved with ACCESS, please contact the AJC office at (310) 282-8080 or email accessla@ajc.org

 

Please note upcoming ACCESS national trips (for more information click here).

May 6-16: Germany: Focus on Interreligious
This trip, sponsored by Germany Close-Up, will have a particular focus on interreligious affairs. Participants will have thesingular opportunity to represent the American Jewish community at Kirchentag, a major gathering of some 100,000 young German Protestants and Catholics, and to spearhead other highly unique interreligious outreach efforts in the academic and church spheres. This trip is designed specifically for people with an interest and with experience in interreligious affairs,including graduate students, young faculty, ACCESS members, and members of the media.    Estimated cost:  $650 (including international airfare and all costs on the ground in Germany).

August (exact dates TBD): South Africa
In addition to exploring black-Jewish relations through the unique lens of South Africa, ACCESS members will join the South Africa Board of Deputies’ Annual Meeting.  Cost: TBD (no subsidies available). 

Initiatives


The Jewish Response to Energy Challenge ("J-REC")

 

Structure     


ACCESS is comprised of a select and diverse group of young Jewish professionals.

 

 

Past Events 


Environmentalism and Energy Independence as Jewish Imperative with Thirty Years After

ACCESS Mesmerized by 1st Ethiopian Woman to Attain a Doctorate in Israel. DETAILS.

ACCESS hosted a bar event to meet Shachar Zahavi, founder and director of IsraAID, an Israeli humanitarian aid organization.
DETAILS & PICS

ACCESS and the Consulate General of Germany organized an evening at LACMA to view the exhibition Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures. Click here to read more.

 More past events

Click here for national ACCESS' recent events.

Steering Committee


Adam Weiss
Co-Chair

 

Lemor Moses
Co-Chair

 

 
 
 
 

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