American Jewish Committee

American Jewish Committee Donates $30,000 To Repair Three Synagogues Damaged By Arson
21 Jun 99 | The American Jewish Committee today donated $30,000 to three California synagogues damaged last Friday by arsonists. The contributions came in part from the Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn Humanitarian Fund, which was established by the Heilbrunn ...

AJC Lauds Seattle Art Museum For Setting Courageous Precedent On Odalisque
15 Jun 99 | The American Jewish Committee of Greater Seattle, upon learning that the Seattle Art Museum (SAM) has agreed to immediately return the Henri Matisse painting Odalisque to the family of noted French art dealer Paul Rosenberg, lauded the museum's ...

American Jewish Committee To Convene Symposium On Immigration
11 Jun 99 | The American Jewish Committee will convene next week in Chicago a national symposium on immigration to assess the changing political dynamics of this issue. Frank Sharry, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum, which advocates ...

American Jewish Committee Receives Masliansky Award From Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society
08 Jun 99 | The American Jewish Committee was honored today by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society with the Zvi Hirsch Masliansky Award for humanitarian service and protection of the rights of Jews throughout the world. AJC Executive Director David A. Harris ...

Special Double Issue Of CommonQuest Tackles Identity And Diversity On America's Campuses
03 Jun 99 | CommonQuest: The Magazine of Black/Jewish Relations has released its first double issue -- "Mixing It Up" -- examining identity and diversity on America's campuses. Dr. Stephen Steinlight, AJC Director of National Affairs and Senior Advisor of ...

Greek Foreign Minister Seeks Improved Bilateral Ties With Israel
28 May 99 | Greek Foreign Minister George Papandreou told American Jewish Committee leaders this week that his government wants to strengthen the bilateral relationship with Israel. The May 26 meeting with American Jewish leaders, hosted by AJC Honorary ...

AJC To Al Gore On Charitable Choice: We Fear Your Words Will Come Back To Haunt All Of Us
28 May 99 | The American Jewish Committee has expressed concern to Vice President Albert Gore about statements he made recently supporting "charitable choice" as the basis of a "new partnership" between faith-based organizations and government. In so doing, ...

International Holocaust Scholars Conference To Be Hosted In Oxford And London In The Year 2000
26 May 99 | Dr. Elisabeth Maxwell, Holocaust scholar and widow of British media magnate Robert Maxwell, spoke of the conference at a meeting of the American Jewish Committee's New York Chapter. RTF 2000 will include a one-day teachers' conference, a four-day...

American Jewish Committee Survey Reveals Continuing Fear Of Anti-Semitism In U.S.
25 May 99 | American Jews continue to see anti-Semitism as a greater threat to Jewish life in the United States than intermarriage, according to the American Jewish Committee's 1999 Survey of American Jewish Opinion. Of the 1,000 American Jews surveyed, 62 ...

Deidre Berger, Former NPR Correspondent In Germany, Assumes Post At American Jewish Committee's Berlin Office
24 May 99 | Deidre Berger, former German correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR), has been appointed Associate Managing Director of the American Jewish Committee's Berlin Office. Prior to her appointment, Ms. Berger was a regular speaker at conferences ...

American Jewish Committee Awarded $200,000 Grant To Explore Charitable Choice Debate
19 May 99 | The American Jewish Committee has received a $200,000 grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts to seek common ground on the circumstances under which faith-based groups may receive public funds to provide social services. Dr. Murray Friedman, ...

American Jewish Committee Applauds Israeli Election As A Testament To A Robust Democracy
17 May 99 | The American Jewish Committee congratulates Gen. Ehud Barak on his decisive victory today in Israel's election for Prime Minister. The American Jewish Committee looks forward to working with the new government of Israel to strengthen Israeli ...

AJC Kosovo Relief Fund Tops $1 Million; First Lady And Secretary Of State Praise AJC Efforts At Agency's 93rd Annual Dinner Event
13 May 99 | The American Jewish Committee's Kosovo Relief Fund has raised more than $1 million and donations are continuing to flow in. The agency has also placed advertisements in national and international newspapers and periodicals urging continued ...

AJC Survey Reveals Strong U.S. Jewish Ties To Israel, Distrust Of Palestinian Authority, Division On Outcome Of Peace Process
13 May 99 | American Jewish affinity for the State of Israel remains strong according to a new American Jewish Committee survey. The American Jewish Committee's 1999 Annual Survey of American Jewish Opinion also revealed that 85 percent of American Jews ...

The American Jewish Committee And Federation Of Jewish Communities In The Czech Republic Establish International Link
11 May 99 | The American Jewish Committee and the Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic (Federation) have established a cooperative association to advance the interests of the Czech and American Jewish communities. The Federation of Jewish ...

American Jewish Committee Presents Its Akiba Award To Dr. Paula E. Hyman, Outstanding Leader In Jewish Scholarship
07 May 99 | In addition, Dr. Hyman has also made invaluable contributions to Jewish feminism and to the study of Jewish women's history. Dr. Hyman is active in the Association for Jewish Studies, the American Academy of Jewish Research, the National ...

California Governor Gray Davis Outlines State Education Plan At AJC Session
06 May 99 | Also at the session, AJC presented its annual Congressional Leadership Awards to Congressman Chet Edwards (D-TX) and Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR). Following Gov. Davis' presentation, AJC presented its Congressional Leadership Award to Congressman ...

George M. Szabad, Of Pennsylvania, Honored At American Jewish Committee Annual Meeting
06 May 99 | The American Jewish Committee today presented its National Distinguished Leadership Award to George M. Szabad, an Honorary AJC Vice President, member of its Board of Governors and Board of Trustees, and founding member of the National Polish ...

Muslim Scholar Condemns Islamic Extremists: Islamic Threat Has Become A Reality
06 May 99 | Martin S. Kaplan, chair of AJC's Interreligious Affairs Commission, and Rabbi A. James Rudin, AJC Interreligious Affairs Director, responded. I am equally troubled and saddened when such killings happen in a Muslim state between Muslims or in a ...

American Jewish Committee Reelects Top Officers
05 May 99 | Bruce M. Ramer, a prominent Los Angeles attorney, was today reelected National President of the American Jewish Committee. The following AJC Adminsitrative Officers were reelected: Morris W. Offit of Westchester, New York, Chair, Board of Trustees...