The Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC) of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans hosted a special webinar entitled “The State of Anti-semitism in America – Let’s Review the Data,” on December 2 with Dov Wilker, Director of American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) Southeastern office, discussing AJC’s assessment of this issue. American Jewish Committee’s first-ever State of Anti-semitism in America Report finds anxiety among American Jews and a disturbing lack of awareness among the general public of the severity of anti-semitism in the United States, and Dov provided an in-depth look at the numbers, trends and how the Jewish community and the general public understand the topic of anti-semitism, its relation to Israel and the Holocaust.
The event also featured Aaron Ahlquist, ADL’s South Central Regional Director, providing his perspective on efforts to combat anti-semitism and moderating a Q&A with Dov.