Last weekend’s events in Charlottesville have appalled the Israeli-American community. We join our fellow Jews, Israelis, and Americans in forcefully condemning the hatred, bigotry, and violence that took place. In a decent society, there is simply no place for racism, neo-Nazism, and anti-Semitism.

The IAC will continue to speak out...

Congratulations Nevada!
The 20th U.S. State to Join the Fight Against BDS

Moments ago, the Governor of Nevada, Brian Sandoval, signed a bill into law which will ensure that state agencies will not do business with companies that participate in the discriminatory boycott,...

The Israeli American Council’s Mishelanu program (IAC Mishelanu) provides a unique venue for Israeli-American students to explore their distinct identity and build community among others with the same background. The program recently convened for its third annual conference, which drew nearly 400 students from across the country. One of them...

In recent weeks, many members of the Israeli-American community and the Jewish Community have been affected by a wave of anti-Semitic attacks on Jewish institutions across the United States.

Toddlers attending pre-school at Jewish Community Centers have been shuffled in and out of their classrooms because of repeated bomb threats....

Dear IAC Family,

This past weekend, 400 Israeli-American and Jewish American students and campus advocates made history by gathering to learn, engage, and teach at the 3rd IAC Mishelanu National Conference; making it the largest Jewish-American student conference.  The conference, growing more than 50% over last year, reflects the...

Dear IAC Family,

As the holiday season begins, the year 2017 brings some new challenges to our community and even more exciting opportunities. Now, more than ever, we must unite in support of Israel, while continuing our work within the Jewish American community to fortify our children’s connection to Judaism, the State of Israel and...

The Israeli-American Council is troubled and deeply disappointed by the U.S. President's decision to abstain from voting on an anti-Israel resolution in the UN Security Council today

For many years, America has stood shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel as it has faced shameful discrimination and bias at the UN. Today we saw a disturbing...

Dear IAC Family,
Fires are raging across the State of Israel. For four days, more than 200 fires have burned across the country – spanning from Haifa to Jerusalem to southern communities. Tens of thousands have been evacuated, many have been hospitalized, and countless homes and trees have been destroyed. Hundreds of thousands more are...

Dear Friends,

The IAC Family is excited to share this report on the IAC’s growing impact across the nation with our community. To Download the full report please click here. We have come a long way since our formation in 2007...

A giant of our time, Israeli leader Shimon Peres (z”l) passed away at the age of 93. Israeli-Americans join millions around the world in mourning and saluting one of the most beloved, visionary, and respected Israeli leaders in history. 
Peres devoted his life to the people of Israel and realizing the dream of Zionism, serving as Israel’s...

Written by Shoham Nicolet, IAC Co-Founder and CEO

If you look hard enough at a challenge, you can often find an opportunity.

This was the task facing the founders of the Israeli-American Council almost ten years ago, when we set about organizing Israeli-Americans into one cohesive community for the very first time....

We are excited to announce that our board has approved changing the name of our partner organization from the Israeli-American Nexus, to the Israeli-American Coalition for Action (IAC for Action). This new name reflects our goals, our vision, and is a clear connection to our Israeli-American Council community; as partner of the Israeli-American...

We are saddened and shocked by the news of yet another terrorist attack in France. Today, July 14th, at least 73 people were killed and more than 100 injured when terrorists drove a motor vehicle into a crowd in Nice, France, that was celebrating Bastille Day.

We condemn this act of terrorism in the strongest terms. Whether...

Today our community received the tragic news of the passing of the legendary Jewish leader and hero Elie Wiesel.

Holocaust survivor, author, Nobel Peach Prize winner, and outspoken activist, Wiesel died at the age of 87.

His passing is an enormous loss to the Jewish people and for our world. He was the living moral compass of our...

Trends outlined in reports like the Pew Center study, “A Portrait of Jewish Americans,” have raised a series of urgent questions for the world of Jewish philanthropy.

At alarming rates, young people are disconnected from their Jewishness and especially from the Jewish State. We thought that Jewish Millennials presented a challenge for...

Today was a very important day in the development of our company. We finally got to pitch our ideas to someone with experience and get feedback about our company. The pitch went well and was overall pretty successful. We got to meet some of the investors that will review our company tomorrow. Overall today was a very good day that was both fun...

Today we are shocked, saddened, and horrified to learn of the brutal murder of Hallel Yaffa Ariel – a 13-year old Israeli girl with American citizenship – who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist as she slept in her bed in Kiryat Arba, Israel.

On behalf of the Israeli-American community, we condemn this terrorism attack in the...

Today was a really fun and successful day! My team worked hard on building our presentation and pitching it to many different mentors and counselors. We got some great advice and feedback and we are feeling nervous but more prepared for the demo day tomorrow!

The Israeli-American Council is shocked and horrified by the terrorist attack that claimed the lives of more than 36 people yesterday at Istanbul Airport in Turkey. Whether terrorists target innocents at a concert hall in Paris, an airport in Istanbul, a nightclub in Orlando, or a market in Tel Aviv, the international community and all...

Today we finished our research and are successfully making a prototype. All our fields are doing major work and accomplishing our goals. Marketing is doing well in making advertisements and product development is almost finished with the product. Our logo has been figured out and the website logic is halfway complete. Research has gathered the...

During our three-hour Hacking session, our group (a.k.a H2O4U) has had to overcome many challenges, while still enjoying the process of working with our teammates and finding out more about each other. A highlight from our day was finishing up our logo (created by Ela and Jan), that accurately represents our idea and the company’s goals and...

We started today with absolutely nothing done, not even an idea, and at this point we have started the Social Media Revolution of MyMayim. Today is truly a demonstration of how much work a group of people can get done in just a few short hours once they have learned to trust each other. In the first hour we were very confused and did not know...

With thousands in attendance, Celebrate Israel is the largest celebration for Israel in the State of Florida. This year the main stage entertainment was Chico & the Gypsies, and Mashina. Throughout the day, all who attended was provided a true Israeli experience with over 60 local organizations, artists, and businesses.

Over 25 Israeli American families, many of Israelis that married Americans, at the Greater Metrowest area in New Jersey, gathered at temple B'nai Or in Morristown to welcome Shabbat as a community. We lit candles and blessed over the wine and Challa led by the Israeli Chazanit of the temple. This event is an initiative of IAC Meetchabrim...

Over 140 members of the community experienced an Israeli style Shabbat dinner, celebration of Shavuot and Israeli sing-along. The event would not be possible without the huge help of our IAC Engage community volunteers, our IAC DC Council and sponsors who made it possible. The night was concluded with a community cheese cake competition.

Efrat Leket Was a lecture that combined tips, personal experience and story of a mom that been through the straggle between doing the best for your kids and taking care of yourself as well. She showed us examples of how to build your child self-esteem and taught the kids to be independents.

Over 30 Israeli-American young professionals met with Gilad Meiri, an expert in outdoor cooking who became the founder of a internet-of-things startup, who taught them the basics of poike cooking while sharing successes and failures in the high-tech world and his experience with social-entrepreneurship.

Together with the Jewish Federation and JCRC, the IAC mobilized the community to participate in a solidarity gathering at Max Brenner in Maryland following the terrorist attack in Tel Aviv this week. A member of the community, Dikla Hazony, shared the story of her beloved cousin, Ido Ben Ari Z”L, who was the first victim from the attack.