People | Place | Dialogue
LAJI builds global partnerships with organizations, universities, museums and communities to grow dialogue, exchange and collaboration across culture and history.
LAJI promotes humans resilience and cultural exchange to bear witness to survivors of the Holocaust in Europe, the atomic bomb in Japan, and October 7 in Israel.
LAJI facilitates mind-body skills sessions building more regulated nervous systems to manage emotions, heal trauma, and better understand ourselves and others.
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US-Israel friendship
Clifton Truman Daniel, LAJI Partner
Clifton Truman Daniel, LAJI Partner
Clifton Truman Daniel, LAJI Partner
For me, the recognition of Israel is a story of two friends—one, a small businessman, imploring the other, the most powerful leader on earth, to listen to the story of a people who wanted and deserved the safety and self-determination of a sovereign nation.
My grandfather, Harry S. Truman said, 'I have always been disturbed by the tragedy
For me, the recognition of Israel is a story of two friends—one, a small businessman, imploring the other, the most powerful leader on earth, to listen to the story of a people who wanted and deserved the safety and self-determination of a sovereign nation.
My grandfather, Harry S. Truman said, 'I have always been disturbed by the tragedy of people who have been made victims of intolerance and fanaticism because of their race, color or religion. These things should not be possible in a civilized society.'
Today, we face a backslide into hatred and intolerance—kindness, courage, and steadfastness will begin to reverse it. -CTD
Truman US-Israel Legacy
Clifton Truman Daniel, LAJI Partner
Clifton Truman Daniel, LAJI Partner
On May 14, 1948, the US became the first nation to recognize Israel just minutes after its founding. Weeks later, in the White House Rose Garden, Chaim Weizmann, Israel’s first president, gifted Truman with a sacred Torah scroll. In 1951, David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister, and Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat, presented Truman
On May 14, 1948, the US became the first nation to recognize Israel just minutes after its founding. Weeks later, in the White House Rose Garden, Chaim Weizmann, Israel’s first president, gifted Truman with a sacred Torah scroll. In 1951, David Ben Gurion, Israel’s first Prime Minister, and Abba Eban, Israeli diplomat, presented Truman with a 1767 bronze German menorah for his birthday. In 1972, after Truman’s death Israel issued a stamp in his honor.
President Truman admitted no issue was more complex than the establishment of the State of Israel. LAJI celebrates Truman’s Israel legacy with global dialogue and experiential programs in Israel and online.
Experience Israel with LAJI
Clifton Truman Daniel, LAJI Partner
Experience Israel with LAJI
Mindful Israel Mission
October 24-31, 2026
• 7 nights boutique Tel Aviv beach hotel, daily breakfast included.
• Daily walking and driving tours with licensed Israeli tour guides.
• Enjoy cultural dialogues with local friends and coexisting communities.
• Visit Haifa and UNESCO Baháí World Centre gardens in the Carmel Mountains.
• Experience ma
Mindful Israel Mission
October 24-31, 2026
• 7 nights boutique Tel Aviv beach hotel, daily breakfast included.
• Daily walking and driving tours with licensed Israeli tour guides.
• Enjoy cultural dialogues with local friends and coexisting communities.
• Visit Haifa and UNESCO Baháí World Centre gardens in the Carmel Mountains.
• Experience markets, museums, local food, culture, beaches, and Bauhaus architecture.
• Walk Jerusalem’s Old City streets to visit historic sites sacred to Christians, Jews,
and Muslims to better understand ancient and modern complexities.
• Travel south to the Western Negev in remembrance of October 7, 2023.
• Build resilience with daily mindful breath/movement on the Mediterranean.
LAJI Resilience Room | science based mind-body skills |
BUILD a STRONGER MORE RESILIENT NERVOUS SYSTEM
Wellness tools for everyone.
Are you conscious of the connections between thoughts in your mind and feelings in your body? Mind-body skills such as meditation, breath work, and mindful movement are evidence-informed healing and wellbeing pathways to relieve symptoms, prevention and treatment of diseases, and transform lives through better understanding of our self and others. —Judith
Welcome, you are invited!
LAJI Resilience Room sessions take place online or in person for groups and individuals. Our mind-body skills sessions offer a restorative space to practice nervous system regulation instead of fight/flight reactions to emotions, change, chronic stress, depression, and trauma.
Sessions facilitated by Dr. Judith Stauber.
LAJI leadership
Dr. Judith Stauber | LAJI Founder mind-body resilience educator
An intercultural communication leader and mind-body science educator—Judith works with global organizations, museums, national parks, universities, communities, and business leaders to successfully develop strategic change.
LAJIs story began when Judith developed human connections between former enemies in the US and Japan. She transformed Los Alamos History Museum into a new interactive campus with inclusive storytelling and negotiated sensitive historic proclamations from Los Alamos, the birthplace of the atomic bomb, to the national museums of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Judith founded LAJI to promote resilience in honor of the historic bridge she developed between nuclear legacy communities in Los Alamos and Japan—a sacred intercultural foundation that informs our global human-dignity work today.
The LAJI Resilience Room is a place for individuals or groups to practice science based mind-body skills to build more resilient nervous systems. All are welcome!
Uplifting Human Storytelling
Support human dignity and global dialogue.
MESSAGE FROM HIROSHIMA
As I was raised in Hiroshima, Los Alamos instantly reminded me of the bombing of Hiroshima on August, 6, 1945. At first I hesitated to visit but the warm personality of Judith Stauber helped me make the decision to actually visit. I cannot forget the warm welcome by Dr. Stauber and the people of Los Alamos. To my surprise, the beautiful blue sky and clear air made me feel refreshed and even familiar. After seeing exhibits and talking with people in Los Alamos—I reaffirmed the tremendous impact of science on humanity and the importance of faithfully facing history. ~Kenji Shiga, Former Director Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum
LAJI NON-PROFIT FISCAL AGENT
The Paper Crane Foundation supports programming on reconciliation, disarmament and open, honest discussion of conflict. It is the sister organization to Japan’s Sadako Legacy, honoring Hiroshima survivor Sadako Sasaki, whose dying wish was for peace.
