American Jewish Committee

=== The 1980s and 1990s ===
Founded in 1982, Project Interchange runs seminars in Israel for influential Americans.<ref>{{cite news|title=Hispanic leaders boost Latino-Jewish ties|url=http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4144947,00.html|access-date=16 November 2013|newspaper=Ynet|date=2011-11-11}}</ref>

In December 1987, AJC's Washington representative, [[David Harris (advocate)|David Harris]], organized the [[Freedom Sunday for Soviet Jews|Freedom Sunday Rally on behalf of Soviet Jewry]]. Approximately 250,000 people attended the D.C. rally, which demanded that the Soviet government allow Jewish emigration from the [[Soviet Union|USSR]].<ref>{{cite news
   |url=http://www.jta.org/1987/12/09/archive/human-rights-arms-control-top-reagan-gorbachev-agenda
   |title=Human Rights, Arms Control Top Reagan-Gorbachev Agenda
   |date=December 9, 1987 |website=JTA ([[Jewish Telegraphic Agency]])
   |access-date=2015-09-19}}</ref> In 1990, David Harris become executive director. Under his leadership, AJC became increasingly involved in international affairs. Regular meetings with foreign diplomats both in the United States and in their home countries were supplemented each September by what came to be called a "diplomatic marathon," a series of meetings with high-level representatives of foreign countries who were in New York for the [[United Nations General Assembly|UN General Assembly]] session. The AJC annual meeting was also moved from New York to Washington, D.C., so that more government officials and foreign diplomats might participate.{{Citation needed|date=October 2015}}

In 1998 AJC established a full-time presence in Germany—the first American Jewish organization to do so—opening an office in Berlin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jta.org/2009/12/09/news-opinion/world/german-army-american-jewish-committee-expand-ties|title=German army, American Jewish Committee expand ties|last=Oster|first=Marcy|date=December 9, 2009|access-date=16 November 2013}}</ref>

In 1999 AJC ran an ad campaign in support of the [[NATO]]'s [[Kosovo War|intervention in Kosovo]].<ref>American Jewish Committee. "AJC Runs Ads Applauding Nato Action In Kosovo; Urges Public To Also Express Appreciation". 15 April 1999. Available online: http://www.charitywire.com/charity11/00477.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080718210208/http://www.charitywire.com/charity11/00477.html |date=2008-07-18 }}</ref>