American Jewish Committee

AJC Conference Explores The Holocaust And Its Impact On Christian - Jewish Relations
09 Feb 99 | "The Holocaust and its Impact on Christian-Jewish Relations" will be the theme at a major two-day interreligious conference sponsored by the American Jewish Committee, the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. ...

American Jewish Committee Welcomes German Blueprint For Slave Labor Compensation
08 Feb 99 | The American Jewish Committee today welcomed a preliminary German government plan for compensating individuals who were slave laborers during World War II. The "blueprint" for compensation was presented by a senior German official at a luncheon ...

American Jewish Committee Mourns King Hussein Of Jordan, Hailing His 'courageous Embrace Of True Peace With Israel'
07 Feb 99 | The American Jewish Committee today mourned the death of His Majesty King Hussein of Jordan. "The American Jewish Committee mourns with the subjects of His Majesty King Hussein, and all peace-loving people, the untimely passing of this ...

Ukrainian Premier Discusses Jewish Concerns On Anti-Semitism, Property Restitution
03 Feb 99 | Ukrainian Prime Minister Valery Pustovoitenko today told American Jewish Committee leaders that he would look into anti-Semitism in Ukraine's media and obstacles to restitution of communal property. Pustovoitenko, who was visiting Washington to ...

New American Jewish Committee Publication Looks At Masorti Judaism In Israel
03 Feb 99 | Can Conservative Judaism in Israel bridge the gap between secular and religious Jews, between commitment to Jewish tradition and to modern values? A new joint publication released by the American Jewish Committee and the Argov Center for the Study...

American Jewish Committee Deplores Chief Rabbi's Attack On Reform Judaism
26 Jan 99 | The American Jewish Committee today deplored the divisive debate surrounding religious councils legislation, illustrated by Chief Rabbi Bakshi-Doron's outrageous comments equating Reform Judaism with the Holocaust. "Particularly outrageous was ...

New AJC Report Finds Slovak Textbooks Pay Little Attention To Judaism And Jewish History
26 Jan 99 | Since the overthrow of the Communist regime in 1989, Jewish-related themes have begun to appear in Slovak textbooks. These are among the key conclusions presented in a new American Jewish Committee research report, "The Treatment of Jewish Themes...

American Jewish Committee Establishes Terrorism Division; Yehudit Barsky Named Director
25 Jan 99 | Yehudit Barsky has been named Director of the Division on Middle East and International Terrorism at the American Jewish Committee. AJC recently established the division in recognition of the growing threat to Jewish security and American society ...

American Jewish Committee Launches Campaign For Red Cross Recognition Of Magen David Adom
22 Jan 99 | The American Jewish Committee today launched a grass-roots campaign to secure for Israel's Magen David Adom Society full membership in the International Red Cross Movement. Since the Magen David Adom Society, Israel's humanitarian service ...

American Jewish Committee Report Warns Russian Anti-Semitism 'Alive and Well'
22 Jan 99 | The report, "Russian Jewish Elites and Anti-Semitism," points out that the resurgence of anti-Semitism comes as a number of Russian Jews, few of whom openly identify themselves as Jewish, have attained prominent positions in the country's business...

American Jewish Committee Executive Director Reviews German-Jewish Ties In Lecture Series
12 Jan 99 | Three challenges lie ahead regarding Holocaust memory, relations with Israel and Germany's rapidly growing Jewish minority. Harris recounted the long-standing relationship between the American Jewish Committee and Germany.

American Jewish Committee Calls For Commitment To Spirit Of Compromise On Religious Pluralism
11 Jan 99 | The American Jewish Committee today expressed its deep concern that the spirit of compromise surrounding religious pluralism in Israel is eroding as Israel prepares for new elections. "With Israel entering an intense five-month period of election...

Israel's Early Elections: Reasons and Ramifications
05 Jan 99 | In the aftermath of the Wye Memorandum of October 1998, the Netanyahu government found it increasingly difficult to sustain a consistent parliamentary majority in the Knesset. From its inception, the Netanyahu government confronted a structural-...

American Jewish Committee Dismayed Egypt Bars Israel From Book Fair
24 Dec 98 | The American Jewish Committee today criticized the Egyptian government for denying Israel's request to participate in the Cairo International Book Fair, scheduled to begin Jan. 28. "The American Jewish Committee calls on the Egyptian government to...

American Jewish Committee Condemns Bombing At Berlin Jewish Cemetery
22 Dec 98 | The American Jewish Committee is outraged by the bombing of the gravesite of Heinz Galinksi, the former leader of the country's Jewish community. The American Jewish Committee's Berlin office, opened earlier this year, has a close working ...

American Jewish Committee, Saint Leo College Establish Center For Catholic And Jewish Studies
15 Dec 98 | The American Jewish Committee has signed an agreement with Saint Leo College to establish a Center for Catholic and Jewish Studies. Through educational programs and publications the Center will foster Catholic-Jewish dialogue and seek to present ...

AJC Joins In Brief To U.S. Supreme Court: Welfare Benefits Restricted By Residency Is Unconstitutional
14 Dec 98 | The American Jewish Committee has joined in an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court to affirm the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decision that American citizens, having the right to travel freely throughout the country, cannot ...

American Jewish Committee Urges Germany To Lead European Support For Israel At UN
10 Dec 98 | Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer told the AJC delegation that he would continue the policy pursued by his predecessor, Klaus Kinkel, of support for Israel in the European group. Ramer and Harris were accompanied by AJC Government and ...

The American Jewish Committee And Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) Establish International Link
08 Dec 98 | The American Jewish Committee and Asociacion Mutual Israelita Argentina (AMIA) have established a cooperative association to advance the interests of Argentine and American Jewish communities, as well as the Jewish people generally. The unsolved ...

AJC Urges U.S. To Oppose Unilateral Declaration Of Palestinian Statehood; Calls For PLO To Revise Charter
07 Dec 98 | In a letter sent today to President Clinton regarding his upcoming visit to Israel and the Palestinian Authority, the American Jewish Committee urged the United States to "unequivocally convey to Palestinian leaders the counter-productiveness of ...