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AJC Central Europe Celebrates Fifth Anniversary

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Thursday, April 28, 2022
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WARSAW, Poland, April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation visited Warsaw this week to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Shapiro Silverberg AJC Central Europe Office.

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  • WARSAW, Poland, April 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- An American Jewish Committee (AJC) delegation visited Warsaw this week to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the Shapiro Silverberg AJC Central Europe Office.
  • Launched in March 2017, AJC Central Europe is dedicated to seven Central European countries: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, and Slovakia.
  • AJC has been one of the most active non-governmental organizations promoting democratic transformation in Central and Eastern Europe since the 1980s.
  • "The generosity of several AJC leaders has enabled us to expand exponentially our outreach in this region that is vital to the Jewish past and to the Jewish future," said AJC CEO David Harris, who, together with AJC President Harriet Schleifer and AJC Central Europe Chair Steve Zelkowitz, led the 35-member delegation.

NFT BAZL Partners with Binance NFT and Decentraland, Announces Partnership Expansion with SLS Hotels

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Thursday, December 16, 2021
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Through these partnerships, NFT BAZL and Binance NFT offered digital art pieces for sale at SLS Hotels in Miami and streamed the event in Decentraland during Miami Art Week.

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  • Through these partnerships, NFT BAZL and Binance NFT offered digital art pieces for sale at SLS Hotels in Miami and streamed the event in Decentraland during Miami Art Week.
  • Now, the NFT BAZL team will create a permanent virtual art gallery for high-end NFTs in the Metaverse.
  • We are now expanding this partnership with them and setting up a permanent NFT gallery in the Metaverse, said NFT BAZL Co-Founder Raoul Milhado.
  • Now we are working on a long-term NFT strategy at the request of the SLS hotel group, said NFT BAZL Co-Founder Ori Ohayon.

AJC Convenes Polish Mayors' Conference on Combating Anti-Semitism

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Thursday, June 28, 2018
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WARSAW, Poland, June 28, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mayors of Polish cities, attending an AJC Central Europe conference on combating hate, have issued a joint statement urging implementation of a policy of"zero tolerance for prejudice, xenophobia and anti-Semitism."

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  • WARSAW, Poland, June 28, 2018 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Mayors of Polish cities, attending an AJC Central Europe conference on combating hate, have issued a joint statement urging implementation of a policy of"zero tolerance for prejudice, xenophobia and anti-Semitism."
  • The AJC conference, "No to Hatred; Cities Facing Ethnic and Religious Prejudice," explored "specific actions taken by the authorities of several largest Polish cities to build tolerance, solidarity and respect among their residents and how they counteract the attitudes and acts of hatred motivated by prejudice," said AJC Central Europe Director Agnieszka Markiewicz.
  • The conference took place at the POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews and was co-sponsored by the City of Warsaw.
  • Other speakers at the conference included POLIN Director Dariusz Stola and Israeli Ambassador to Poland Anna Azari.