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Los Angeles is home to more Consulates than any other city in the world apart from New York and Hong Kong. The International Relations Program of AJC builds bridges by fostering relationships with members of the Los Angeles Consular Corps. Apart from creating opportunities to meet Consuls General we provide our members with regular briefings on relevant world affairs.
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As an AJC member you can:
- participate in diplomatic outreach meetings with members of the Consular Corps, where we build bridges of respect and friendship and discuss issues of mutual concern,
- help produce educational programs and informational briefings for our leaders on topics affecting various geographic regions or world organizations,
- plan Consular Corps of Jewish Los Angeles, and other events for the Consuls General.
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Chair of International Relations: Gary N. Jacobs
Vice Chair of International Relations: Marcie Goldstein
Assistant Director for International Relations: Gosia S. Weiss
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Recent events
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Holocaust Remembrance in Partnership
with the Consulate General of Italy
in Los Angeles
On January 26, 2012 the Italian Consulate General, the Italian Cultural Institute, and AJC, orchestrated a public reading of the names of the 8,000 Italian Jewish victims of the Holocaust. The simultaneous reading of the names was held at three locations: Milken Community High School, one of the largest Jewish day schools in the country; the acclaimed Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust; and USC Hillel, USC’s center for Jewish life.
“We wanted to personalize the victims and survivors, to remember that each victim was an individual whose hopes and dreams were extinguished by the Nazis,” said Hon. Giuseppe Perrone, Consul General of the Republic of Italy in Los Angeles. “Together we commemorated, educated, and shared the moment of remembrance for the individual victims by reading each name aloud all over Los Angeles.”
In July 2000, the Republic of Italy proclaimed January 27, the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, a Day of Remembrance to commemorate Italian Jews who were victims of the Holocaust, and all those who had risked their own lives to try to save others. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated that day as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Click here to read the full press release for this event.
Click here to view a nice video of the event made by the Consulate General of Italy.
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Polish Consul General meets with AJC to discuss Poland's role in the European Union
On December 13, 2011, the Polish Consul General in Los Angeles, Ambassador Joanna Kozinska-Frybes addressed AJC’s International Relations leaders during a Breakfast Briefing at AJC. Ambassador Kozinska-Frybes spoke about Poland’s role in the European Union toward the end of her country’s six-month Presidency of the Council of the EU.
Ambassador Kozinska-Frybes praised AJC as a great friend of Poland. AJC had strongly advocated for Poland’s NATO membership, and has been supportive of Poland’s inclusion in the visa waiver program. AJC also has a formal relationship with the Association of Religious Jewish Communities of Poland. AJC and the Polish Consulate in Los Angeles have built a close relationship, which has been further strengthened under the leadership of Ambassador Kozinska-Frybes. In October 2011 we had a great pleasure of meeting Mr. Jacek Michalowski, the Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski’s Chief of Staff, at a brunch hosted by Marcie and Cliff Goldstein.
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L-R: Jack Fine; Julie Bram; Ambassador Joanna Kozińska-Frybes, Consul General of Poland; Marcie Goldstein, AJC Vice Chair of International Relations; Seth Brysk, AJC Regional Director; Gosia S. Weiss, AJC Assistant Director for International Relations
L-R: Seth Brysk; Phyllis Gorby; Sherry Weinman, Past Regional President; Catalin Ghenea, Consul General of Romania; Saba Jahanian; Marvin Selter
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AJC Meets with Consuls General to discuss the issue of Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence
AJC Los Angeles had a series of meetings this summer with Consuls General in Southern California representing 25 countries around the world regarding the issue of Palestinian Unilateral Declaration of Independence.
L:R: Mariana Diaz, Consul of Mexico; James Dasteel;
Nadine Gerson; Seth Brysk; David Figueroa Ortega, Consul General of Mexico; Saba Soomekh; Clifford Goldstein, AJC Regional President
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AJC President Leads Asia Diplomatic Mission
An AJC senior leadership delegation has completed a ten-day diplomatic mission to Japan, South Korea and China. The mission, coordinated by AJC’s Asia Pacific Institute, was the latest in a series of high-level visits to the region in recent years.
“Asia’s growing economic power and political influence makes these great nations enormously important to advancing our priorities as a global advocacy organization,” said AJC President Robert Elman.
An extensive schedule in each of the three countries engaged the AJC delegation in conversations with key government officials, leading policy experts, and journalists as well as with diplomatic representatives and, in Beijing, Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tokyo, with local Jewish community leaders. The delegation also met with U.S. and Israeli officials in each country.
“Our conversations focused on Israel’s unceasing quest for peace and security, Iran’s drive to acquire nuclear weapons capability, bilateral relations between Japan, South Korea, China and the U.S., and regional challenges, notably North Korea,” sad Elman. “We were able to deepen understanding of American Jewish global concerns, and at the same we gained a greater appreciation for the countries we visited.”
To read the full press release regarding this trip, please click here.
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Ken Kahan, Gosia S. Weiss, Clifford P. Goldstein
and Gary N. Jacobs
AJC Los Angeles Regional President Clifford P. Goldstein
and Xu Jialu, Senior Advisor to CAIFC, Former Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress
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