Mission Statement

The Simon Wiesenthal Center is a global Jewish advocacy organization fighting antisemitism, defending the State of Israel and using the lessons of the Holocaust to teach tolerance.

Headquartered in Los Angeles the SWC has an international footprint with offices in New York, Chicago, Miami, Toronto, Paris, Berlin, Jerusalem, and Buenos Aires, is an accredited Non-Governmental Organization at the United Nations, UNESCO, the Organization of American States, the Latin American Parliament, and the Council of Europe, and maintains relationships with the highest levels of governments throughout the world.