Activities
The conference's website states that it engages in "consensus policy, collective action, and maximizing the resources of the American Jewish community," in particular, "when events in the U.S., Israel and elsewhere affect the American Jewish community."
The stated goals of the Conference include:
- Strengthening and fostering the special U.S.-Israel relationship.
- Ensuring that Israel's interests are heard and understood by policy makers, opinion molders and the American public.
- Addressing critical foreign policy issues that impact the American Jewish community.
- Representing the interests of organized American Jewry.
- Protecting and enhancing the security and dignity of Jews around the world.
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