American Jewish Committee

American Jewish Committee Sponsors Unique New York Times Ad Series To Celebrate Israel's 50th Anniversary
03 Apr 98 | In celebration of Israel's 50th Anniversary, the American Jewish Committee will sponsor a series of messages in The New York Times -- What Israel Means To Me -- highlighting Israel's special achievements, its significance to all Americans, and the...

AJC Commends Kofi Annan's Call For An End To Un Bias Against Israel
01 Apr 98 | The American Jewish Committee commends the Secretary-General of the United Nations for his call to end UN bias against Israel. The American Jewish Committee is especially pleased that Secretary-General Annan has publicly called for "the ...

AJCommittee Welcomes Legislation To Establish U.S. Presidential Commission On Holocaust Assets
01 Apr 98 | The American Jewish Committee welcomes the bill introduced today in Congress by Senators Alfonse D'Amato and Carol Moseley-Braun to establish a U.S. Presidential Commission on Holocaust assets. Robert S. Rifkind, AJC President, commented: "The ...

AJC And The Japanese American National Museum Reach Agreement Over The Term Concentration Camp
17 Mar 98 | The American Jewish Committee and the Japanese National Museum released a joint statement concerning the agreement reached over the term "concentration camp" as used in the title of an upcoming exhibit on the Japanese-American experience during ...

AJCommittee Calls Vatican Document A Step In The Right Direction
16 Mar 98 | Robert S. Rifkind, President of the American Jewish Committee, today issued the following statement regarding the Vatican document "We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah." "This long-awaited and greatly anticipated document is another step in the...

American Jewish Committee Welcomes U.S. District Court Judgment Against Iran In 1995 Suicide Bombing In Gaza
12 Mar 98 | "The American Jewish Committee hails the judgment by the U.S. District Court ordering Iran to pay nearly $247.5 million to the family of Alisa Flatow, the New Jersey student who was murdered in the 1995 suicide bombing in Gaza. "This judgment ...

Turkish And Israeli UN Ambassadors Tell AJC: Growing Ties Between Our Nations Are Inclusive, Not Exclusive
06 Mar 98 | "The special relationship between Turkey and Israel is based on a partnership of common perceptions and common principles and not on an alliance against any particular country either inside or outside the Middle East," said Amb. Gold. "Our ...

AJCommittee Deeply Concerned Over Anti-Israel Remarks Made By Greek Foreign Minister
04 Mar 98 | The American Jewish Committee has expressed "deep concern" over critical comments recently made about Israel by Greece's Foreign Minister Theodoros Pangalos. Mr. Harris also criticized Minister Pangalos' allegation of a "double standard" at the ...

AJC Leadership Delegation In Turkey; Iraq And Turkish-Israeli, Turkish-American Relations On The Agenda
24 Feb 98 | An American Jewish Committee leadership delegation visited Ankara last week for meetings with Turkey's top government and military leaders. Among the topics discussed were the crisis in neighboring Iraq, Turkey's increasingly close bilateral ties...

American Jewish Committee Urges All Jews To Accept Ne'eman Commission Recommendations
11 Feb 98 | The Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee, meeting in Jerusalem as part of its Board of Governors Institute, today adopted the following policy statement on Conversion and the Report of the Ne'eman Commission. "The workings of the ...

AJC Leaders Visit Germany, Israel, Egypt, Jordan And Turkey For Meetings
03 Feb 98 | The American Jewish Committee's Board of Governors Institute will travel to Germany, Israel, Jordan, Egypt and Turkey for meetings with top-level government officials on critical issues of concern to the Jewish community. In Jordan, AJC's ...

American Jewish Committee Commends President Clinton For State Of The Union Address
28 Jan 98 | The American Jewish Committee today sent a letter to President Clinton to commend him on an "eloquent State of the Union message," and to express particular gratification for the President's statements concerning Iraq, NATO expansion, and America'...

Netanyahu's January Visit to Washington and the Second FRD
27 Jan 98 | From January 20 to 22, 1998, Prime Minister Netanyahu visited Washington for talks with the administration about the second further redeployment (FRD). In the midst of the Netanyahu-Arafat visits to Washington, the Monica Lewinsky Affair emerged...

AJCommittee and Saint Leo College Co-Sponsor National Conference on Catholic and Jewish Perspectives on Bio-Ethics
27 Jan 98 | Dr. Robert Imperato, Conference Co-Chair, and Dean, Division of Liberal Arts & Sciences, Saint Leo College, asserted, "The Jewish and Catholic communities represent powerful spiritual traditions which bear responsibility for shaping future ...

American Jewish Committee Announces Plans For Gala Opening And Dedication Of Historic Berlin Office
13 Jan 98 | The American Jewish Committee today announced plans for the official opening and dedication of its European Office in Berlin. In addition, AJC will be welcomed at the Jewish Community Center by Dr. Andreas Nachama, President of the Berlin Jewish ...

AJCommittee Applauds German Government Announcement To Provide Compensation For Holocaust Survivors
12 Jan 98 | "The American Jewish Committee applauds the decision of the German government to compensate Jewish victims of Nazi persecution living in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. In 1995, under the direction of Rabbi Andrew Baker, AJC's ...

American Jewish Committee Deplores Desecration Of Islamic Symbol In Washington
29 Dec 97 | The American Jewish Committee deplores the recent desecration of an Islamic star and crescent displayed on the Ellipse in Washington, DC. This act of vandalism is an affront to all Americans.

AJC President, In New Delhi Meeting With Indian Prime Minister, Raises Concerns About Threats To Democracy In South Asia And Middle East
23 Dec 97 | American Jewish Committee President Robert S. Rifkind and Indian Prime Minister I.K. Gujral today discussed threats to the world's largest democracy from extremist forces in the country and the region, the difficulties of confronting international...

AJCommittee Launches Innovative Judaic Literacy Program
19 Dec 97 | The American Jewish Committee has initiated an innovative leadership training program for its lay leaders to facilitate Judaic study sessions. "Understanding Jewish History" is a volume designed as a core course in Jewish history.

American Jewish Committee Brings Diplomats To Experience The Holocaust As A Living Memorial
18 Dec 97 | Following the museum visit, the diplomats returned to AJC for a luncheon meeting to share their experience with Dr. David Altshuler, Director of the Museum of Jewish Heritage; Senator Manfred Ohrenstein, a member of the board of the Museum and of ...