American Jewish Committee

The American Jewish Committee In The Courts
03 Sep 97 | The American Jewish Committee has just released its most recent Litigation Report, titled "AJC in the Courts" (August 1997), in which the human relations organization summarizes its participation in recent First Amendment, civil rights and ...

Ten Senior Officers Of The Israeli Defense Forces Get First-Hand Look At American Jewish Communities
03 Sep 97 | The visit of this Israeli delegation - The William Rosenwald Israeli Leadership Program - will take place from September 7 - 18 under the auspices of AJC's Institute on American Jewish - Israeli Relations (IAJIR). Dr. Steven Bayme is director of ...

You Have Our Full Support In The Fight Against Terror
27 Aug 97 | As part of the American Jewish Committee's long-standing commitment to elevate the fight against terror to the highest priority among U.S. public policy concerns, AJC will publish an open letter to President Clinton in an advertisement on the op-...

AJCommittee Welcomes Decision Of European Insurance Companies To Settle Holocaust-Era Claims
26 Aug 97 | The American Jewish Committee welcomes the decision of several European insurance companies to set up an international commission to resolve Holocaust-era claims, believed to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars. In contrast, the agreement of...

AJCommittee Commends U.S. Military Strike In Afghanistan And Sudan; America Will Retaliate Against Terrorists, And No Country Can Provide Safe Haven
20 Aug 97 | The American Jewish Committee commends the Clinton Administration for the swift military action taken today on terrorist-related facilities in Afghanistan and Sudan. The U.S. decision to root out these terrorist networks where they breed can only...

These People Have Waited Long Enough For What Is Rightfully Theirs
13 Aug 97 | The American Jewish Committee welcomes the settlement reached yesterday between Swiss banks and Holocaust survivors. This accord brings a measure of closure to half a century of injustice and pain for thousands of Holocaust survivors and the ...

The Enemies Of America And Of Democracy Will Strike At Any Time And Anywhere
07 Aug 97 | The American Jewish Committee deplores the twin bombings on the U.S. embassies in the capital cities of Kenya and Tanzania which have left dozens dead and hundreds wounded, including Americans. Although considered "unlikely" sites for such ...

AJC Calls For Enactment Of Legislation To Protect Religious Liberty In The Workplace
31 Jul 97 | "The American Jewish Committee enthusiastically endorses the Workplace Religious Freedom Act introduced in the Senate today by Senators Dan Coats and John Kerry. "The Workplace Religious Freedom Act is intended to assure that employers have a ...

American Jewish Committee Deplores Bombings In Jerusalem; Asks Arafat Again: Peace or Jihad?
30 Jul 97 | American Jewish Committee Deplores Bombings In Jerusalem; Asks Arafat Again: Peace or Jihad? Chairman Arafat has reportedly expressed his condemnation of this terrorist attack to Prime Minister Netanyahu in a private phone conversation.

New Report Reveals Jewish Activities During Teenage Years Often Set The Stage For Or Against Intermarriage
29 Jul 97 | A new survey on intermarriage reveals that Jewish dating patterns, peer group influences, and Jewish involvement during adolescence are of critical importance in stemming the tide of intermarriage. The study - "Re-examining Intermarriage: Trends,...

Arafat, the Palestinian Authority and Violence Against Israel
25 Jul 97 | Does Yasir Arafat deliberately or tacitly employ violence as a tactic in the Palestinian dispute with Israel? In June and July, with security cooperation still minimal and the peace process still stagnant, extensive rioting by Palestinians took ...

AJCommittee Hails Verdict Against Priebke And Hass
23 Jul 97 | The American Jewish Committee is gratified that justice has been served, however belatedly, in the cases of Erich Priebke and Karl Hass, two fugitive Nazi SS officers responsible for the 1944 executions of 335 Italian men and boys at the Ardeatine...

AJCommittee Commends President Yeltsin For Veto Of Bill Which Threatened Religious Tolerance In Russia
23 Jul 97 | The American Jewish Committee applauds Russian President Boris Yeltsin for his decision to veto a bill which would have seriously threatened freedom of religion in Russia. Last month, an AJC leadership delegation in Moscow, led by AJC President ...

AJC Submits Statement In Opposition To Proposed Religious Freedom Constitutional Amendment
22 Jul 97 | "The American Jewish Committee, which has battled to protect religious liberty since its founding in 1906, strongly opposes Congressman Ernest J. Istook's proposal to add a 'religious freedom' amendment to the U.S. Constitution. "In sum, rather ...

AntiSemitism World Report 1997 Reveals Declining Levels Of AntiSemitism Around The World; Increased Use Of Internet For Dissemination And Monitoring Of AntiSemitism
22 Jul 97 | These developments are documented in the just released Antisemitism World Report 1997, a joint publication of the London-based Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) and the American Jewish Committee (AJC). It includes sections on antisemitic...

Three Years After Amia Bombing: Investigation Still Mired In Corruption And Ineptitude; Jewish Community Pressure Needed To Keep The Case Open
17 Jul 97 | "Justice Delayed: Three Years After the AMIA Bombing," was written for AJC by Sergio Kiernan, a prominent Argentine journalist. Mr. Kiernan was also the author of the two earlier AJC reports: "Waiting for Justice: Two Years After the AMIA Bombing...

Calls For More Arrests Of Persons Indicted For War Crimes In Former Yugoslavia
17 Jul 97 | "We now call upon President Clinton and our NATO allies to see to it that NATO forces arrest Radovan Karadzic and others who have been indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia in the Hague. The American Jewish ...

Jewish State Again Becomes The Victim Of Blame-Every-Impasse-On-Israel
16 Jul 97 | The American Jewish Committee strongly condemns the anti-Israel resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly yesterday. Moreover, we are deeply concerned over ominous references regarding Israel's status within the U.N. and to a ...

Many Difficult Issues Surrounding The Restitution Of Jewish Property In Central And Eastern Europe
15 Jul 97 | "The plunder of Jewish property in Central and Eastern Europe is the last of the great, unresolved injustices of World War II. These and other compelling questions are dealt with extensively in a just-released American Jewish Committee report "...

AJCommittee Calls On United Nations Members To Reject Israel-Bashing And Boycotts At Unnecessary Emergency Session
14 Jul 97 | The American Jewish Committee today urged the members of the United Nations General Assembly to firmly reject the latest example of Israel-bashing being propagated by the PLO and Arab States in connection with a special session of the UN General ...