American Jewish Committee

UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Calls for Partnership between Jewish Community and UN
13 Dec 99 | AJC President Bruce M. Ramer presented Ambassador Abram with AJC's National Distinguished Leadership Award. Ambassador Abram has "pushed the United Nations to place higher priority on human rights," said Ambassador Holbrooke.

Comprehensive List Of German Companies That Used Slave Or Forced Labor During World War II Released
07 Dec 99 | The American Jewish Committee announced at joint press conferences in New York and Berlin today the release of a list of German companies that used forced labor and slave labor during the Nazi era. "We want to make clear that German companies in ...

American Jewish Committee Releases Comprehensive List Of German Companies That Used Slave Or Forced Labor During World War II
07 Dec 99 | The American Jewish Committee announced at joint press conferences in New York and Berlin today the release of a list of German companies that used forced labor and slave labor during the Nazi era. "We want to make clear that German companies in ...

American Jewish Committee Human Rights Expert Elected to UN Committee on Torture
24 Nov 99 | Felice D. Gaer, Director of the American Jewish Committee's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights, has been elected to serve on the UN Committee Against Torture. The UN Committee Against Torture, created by the UN General ...

UN Secretary General Kofi Annan To Keynote American Jewish Committee Tribute To Ambassador Morris Abram
24 Nov 99 | UN Secretary General Kofi Annan will be the keynote speaker at the American Jewish Committee tribute to Ambassador Morris Abram on Sunday, December 12, at 6:00 p.m. at the Plaza Hotel. A former president of the American Jewish Committee, ...

American Jewish Committee Survey of Slovakia Shows Support for Holocaust Remembrance, But Mixed Knowledge of Holocaust Facts
18 Nov 99 | "Knowledge and Remembrance of the Holocaust in Slovakia" is the second in a new series of AJC national surveys dealing with Holocaust knowledge and remembrance in various countries. The AJC survey of Slovakia covers such broad themes as factual ...

Three Presidents of Bosnia-Herzegovinia Thank U.S. Jews at American Jewish Committee Luncheon
16 Nov 99 | The three presidents of Bosnia-Herzegovina today thanked the American Jewish community for its humanitarian and moral support during their country's war earlier this decade and for the continuing support as the nation moves to establish a durable ...

American Jewish Committee, German Protestant Academy co-sponsor international conference on religion and conflict
11 Nov 99 | The role of religion in conflict situations will be explored at an international conference jointly sponsored by the American Jewish Committee's Robert and Harriet Heilbrunn Institute for International Interreligious Understanding and the ...

American Jewish Committee, Australia - Israel and Jewish Affairs Council Release New Book on Islam in Asia
10 Nov 99 | The American Jewish Committee and its Australian partner agency, the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council, have jointly released a new book that examines the role and influence of Islam in Asia. The 177-page book, Islam in Asia: Changing ...

North American Immigrants Making Significant Impact On Orthodox In Israel
08 Nov 99 | The North American Impact on Israeli Orthodoxy is the third in a series of AJC publications on religious streams in Israel. From educational institutions to synagogue congregations established by North American immigrants, a worldview held by ...

AJC Delivers 45,000 Pleas To International Red Cross: End Discrimination Against Israel
03 Nov 99 | The American Jewish Committee today delivered 45,000 postcards from American citizens urging the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies to grant full recognition to Magen David Adom, Israel's national relief agency. "...

American Jewish Committee Urges Support For Wye River Accord Aid In Letters To Congress, Washington Post Ad
25 Oct 99 | The American Jewish Committee, in letters to each member of Congress, today urged support for the $1.8 billion in foreign aid to Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinian Authority to implement the year-old Wye River peace accord. "The Wye River funds ...

American Jewish Committee Leader To Join Israeli, Turkish Prime Ministers In Dedicating Israeli-Built Village For Earthquake Victims
21 Oct 99 | On Monday, October 24, American Jewish Committee Executive Director David A. Harris will inaugurate a school in Adapazari, Turkey, for children left homeless by the devastating earthquake that shook Turkey in August. The village will be dedicated ...

American Jewish Committee Urges Austrian Political Leaders To Exclude Freedom Party From Coalition Negotiations
12 Oct 99 | The American Jewish Committee today urged Austria's political leaders to exclude the Freedom Party led by Joerg Haider from negotiations to form a coalition government. The American Jewish Committee has long been engaged with Austria, meeting ...

Prime Minister Ehud Barak Holds Private Meeting With American Jewish Committee President, Executive Director
08 Oct 99 | Israeli Prime Minster Ehud Barak met privately this morning with Bruce M. Ramer and David A. Harris, president and executive director of the American Jewish Committee. The AJC leaders and the Prime Minister were alone for over an hour in the Prime...

AJC's 1999 American Jewish Year Book Reports: American Jewish Population Remains Stable, Phoenix, Arizona, Reports Largest Gain
08 Oct 99 | Phoenix, Arizona has reported the largest Jewish population gain of any community in the United States, according to the 99th edition of the American Jewish Year Book, just published by the American Jewish Committee. Phoenix reported a gain of 10,...

American Jewish Committee Survey of Czech Republic Shows Support for Holocaust Remembrance, Property Restitution, But Mixed Knowledge of Holocaust Facts
06 Oct 99 | "Knowledge and Remembrance of the Holocaust in the Czech Republic" is the first in a new series of AJC national surveys dealing with Holocaust knowledge and remembrance in various countries. The AJC survey covers such broad themes as factual ...

AJC Issues Annual Report On Unfair Treatment Of Israel At UN - A Subject Of Talks With More Than 50 Countries
01 Oct 99 | Israel over the past 12 months remained the object of "obsessive" and "relentless" criticism in the United Nations, undercutting the Arab-Israeli peace process and undermining UN credibility, according to the American Jewish Committee's annual ...

Violent Anti-Semitic Crimes Likely to Increase, Says American Jewish Committee Report
29 Sep 99 | Three vicious hate crimes during the summer marked a turning point in a violent anti-Semitic movement that has come to rely on individual acts of terrorism in its ongoing war against Jews and other minorities, according to a new American Jewish ...

American Jewish Committee Calls On 117 German Firms To Join Proposed Slave Laborer Compensation Fund
27 Sep 99 | The American Jewish Committee today announced that it has called on 117 German companies to join a proposed foundation for former slave and forced laborers. "We applaud the initiative of the German government and 16 German firms for proposing a ...