AJC Chief Field Operations Officer and guest host Melanie Maron Pell sits down with AJC Europe Managing Director Simone Rodan-Benzaquen to break down the results from the first round of the French presidential election, why both the far right and far left are a danger to French society and Jews in particular, and why France may be a barometer for the U.S. political landscape.

Then, AJC's Director of the Alexander Young Leadership Department Meggie Wyschogrod Fredman joins us to discuss the unprecedented increase in antisemitic activity on campus, which was the focus of this week's University Presidents Summit hosted by AJC, Hillel International, and the American Council on Education (ACE), where college and university leaders gathered from across the United States.

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Episode Lineup:

(0:40) Simone Rodan Benzaquen

(16:34) Melanie Maron Pell and Meggie Wyschogrod Fredman

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Show Notes:

Urge Congress to Stand with Israel

AJC's Emergency #StandWithUkraine Fund

Urge Congress to Counter Russian Aggression

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