Israeli-American Council
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| Formation | 2007 |
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| Legal status | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California |
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Region served
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Boston, Florida, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New Jersey, New York, Washington, D.C., Seattle |
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Chairman
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Adam Milstein |
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CEO
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Shoham Nicolet |
| Website | www |
The Israeli-American Council (IAC; Hebrew: ארגון הקהילה הישראלית-אמריקאית) is an American nonprofit umbrella organization whose mission is "to build an engaged and united Israeli-American community that strengthens our next generations, the American Jewish community and the State of Israel."
The Israeli-American Council (IAC), originally known as the Israeli Leadership Council (ILC), was founded in Los Angeles in 2007 to organize and engage the Israeli-American community. A group of Israeli-American community leaders joined together to form its first Board of Directors. The organization's rapid growth established the ILC as the largest Israeli-American organization in the U.S. In 2013, the organization changed its name to the Israeli-American Council (IAC). In 2014, the IAC held the first Israeli-American Community National Conference in Washington, D.C. By 2015, the IAC had developed a national presence by establishing seven regional offices throughout the United States: Los Angeles (national headquarters), New York, Washington D.C., Las Vegas, Miami, Boston and New Jersey.
The IAC outlines its goals as the following:
In the summer of 2006 during the Second Lebanon War, the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles organized a pro-Israel rally. While community and public officials, as well as hundreds of community members attended the rally, only a handful Israeli-Americans participated. The organizers were disappointed to see the low participation from the more than 200,000 Israeli-Americans residing in the area, particularly since Israeli-Americans were closely following the events in Israel and leading initiatives of support. As a community, they were not organized nor affiliated with any institution that was able to unite and lead them.
Recognizing the community's untapped potential, Israel's Consul General at that time, Ehud Danoch, called two local Israeli-American community veterans, Danny Alpert and Eli Marmour. Alpert set up a preliminary meeting with active community members Adam Milstein, Eli Tene, Steve Erdman, Naty Saidoff, Eli Marmour and Shoham Nicolet, and they founded the Israeli Leadership Council (ILC). In July 2007, approximately 80 Israeli-American business leaders gathered to at the Beverly Hilton Hotel for the ILC launch event, featuring the Mayor of Los Angeles and Israel's Consul General. Shoham Nicolet served as the Founding Executive Director.
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