On the occasion of the Juneteenth holiday tomorrow, American Jewish Committee (AJC) issued the following statement: On June 19, 1865, two months after the Civil War ended in Confederate surrender and two-and-a-half years after the Emancipation Proclamation, news reached Galveston, Texas — slavery was no more. American Jewish Committee (AJC) joins Black Americans across the … Continue reading American Jewish Committee (AJC) Celebrates Juneteenth