American Jewish Committee

Israel's Foreign Minister, AJC Leaders, Discuss Peace Process Concerns
07 Dec 98 | Israeli Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon has shared with American Jewish Committee leaders pressing concerns about developments affecting Israel's security and the peace process. Sharon met Sunday with Bruce Ramer, president of the American Jewish ...

AJC Weighs Encryption Technology And National Security Issues At DC Forum
03 Dec 98 | Richard Foltin, Legislative Director and Counsel in the American Jewish Committee's Office of Government and International Affairs, commented: "The encryption issue poses difficult questions in reconciling national security concerns with the ...

American Jewish Committee Vows To Continue Its Efforts To End U.S. Sanctions On Azerbaijan
01 Dec 98 | Peter Rosenblatt of the American Jewish Committee has stated that the AJC hopes for success next year in lifting the "discriminatory U.S. legislation against Azerbaijan". Amb. Rosenblatt made his remarks recently at a welcoming dinner for ...

Jerome L. Shestack, Immediatate Past President Of The American Bar Association, Named Chair Of American Jewish Committee's National Legal Committee
23 Nov 98 | Jerome L. Shestack of Philadelphia, immediate past president of the American Bar Association and longtime member of the Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee, has been named chair of AJC's National Legal Committee. He served for ...

American Jewish Committee Welcomes The Guidelines For Lutheran-Jewish Relations
23 Nov 98 | The American Jewish Committee warmly welcomes the "Guidelines for Lutheran-Jewish Relations" that were unanimously adopted on November 16th by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America Church Council. The rabbi added: "The Guidelines remind ...

Kenneth Bandler Named Director Of Public Relations And Communications For The American Jewish Committee
23 Nov 98 | Kenneth Bandler has been named Director of Public Relations and Communications for the American Jewish Committee. After spending a year in Israel, working at Tel Aviv University, Bandler came to AJC's international relations department in early ...

1992 Bombing Of Israeli Embassy In Buenos Aires
20 Nov 98 | The Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee, David A. Harris, testified this Wednesday before the Supreme Court of Argentina regarding the 1992 bombing of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires which killed 29 people and wounded more than...

AJC Brings Orthodox, Conservative, Reform, And Secular Israeli Leaders To The U.S. To Experience Together American Jewish Diversity
19 Nov 98 | The two-week program, the "Jewish Identity Exchange," will take place from November 29 through December 12, 1998, under the auspices of AJC's Institute on American Jewish - Israeli Relations. Dr. Steven Bayme, Director of AJC's Institute on ...

AJC Joins In Brief To U.S Court Of Appeals To Overturn Decision That Erodes Religious Accommodation Protections
11 Nov 98 | Under that rule, an employer has no duty to accommodate an employee's religious needs, irrespective of hardship, if a "nondiscriminatory seniority-based" system exists. Under existing law, the AJC brief notes, employers routinely explore ...

AJC Delivers 30,000 Postcards To Key United Nations Representatives
06 Nov 98 | The American Jewish Committee today sent 30,000 postcards to key representatives of the United Nations protesting Israel's ineligibility to hold a seat on the Security Council and other important UN bodies. This most recent shipment of 30,000 ...

World Jewish Population Growth Has Slowed
28 Oct 98 | Prof. DellaPergola's comprehensive article -- "World Jewish Population" -- provides updated estimates of Jewish population in 94 countries, along with explanations of any changes in the figures since the previous report and analysis of trends, ...

Meetings In Chile, Argentina, And Uruguay Will Focus On Issues Of Jewish Concern With Community And Government Leaders
23 Oct 98 | Meetings are scheduled with President Frei and Foreign Minister Insulza in Chile, the ministers of justice and the interior in Argentina, and President Sanguinetti of Uruguay, as well as with to meet with Jewish community leaders, Israeli and ...

AJC Welcomes Wye Summit Agreement As A Victory For Both Sides, A Victory For Peace
23 Oct 98 | The American Jewish Committee welcomes today's signing of an interim land-for-peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The agreement concluded today is a victory for both sides, a victory for peace.

Steven Pomerantz, Former Head Of FBI's Counterterrorism Unit, Takes On New American Jewish Committee Post As Senior Adviser On Counterterrorism
22 Oct 98 | The American Jewish Committee has retained the services of Steven L. Pomerantz, a former Assistant Director of the FBI, as its new Senior Adviser on Counterterrorism. "Steve Pomerantz brings to AJC vast experience in confronting the global menace...

New AJC Research Report Finds Czech Textbooks Slight Jewish Presence And Contributions; Holocaust, However, Receives Fuller Treatment
20 Oct 98 | Although Jews are an integral part of Czech history, Czech textbooks give scant attention to the presence and contributions of the Jewish community, while none deal with Judaism as a living religion. These are among the key conclusions presented ...

American Jewish Committee Mourns The Death Of Rev. Edward H. Flannery
19 Oct 98 | Edward H. Flannery, "a major force in the development of constructive Catholic-Jewish relations during the past thirty years." "The American Jewish Committee especially mourns Father Flannery's death.

AJC And The Municipality Of Jerusalem Sponsor U.S. Seminar For Israeli Educators
15 Oct 98 | ," "The American Jewish-Israel Relationship," "The Jewish Agenda in Washington," "Israel in the Minds of American Jewish College Students," "The Appropriate Place of the Shoah in Education," "The Jewish Press and the Jewish Community," and "Hebrew...

New AJC Publication Examines Reform Judaism In Israel
15 Oct 98 | In this publication, Dr. Tabory analyzes the Reform movement's development in Israel, its relationship to American Jewry and to Israeli society, and its current position in the religious pluralism debate. The Reform movement in Israel today is ...

AJC Urges Stepped-Up U.S. Effort And Swift And Decisive Action To End Kosovo Violence
11 Oct 98 | In a letter to President Clinton, the American Jewish Committee today urged "a new and expanded American commitment, including the possible use of military force," to end continuing violence by Yugoslav army and police forces that has victimized ...

AJCommittee Hails Senate Passage Of International Religious Freedom Act
09 Oct 98 | "Ending religious persecution abroad merits the high profile in U.S. foreign policy that H.R.2431 will afford," commented Bruce M. Ramer, AJC National President. "H.R.2431 will strengthen America's commitment to protecting religious freedom ...