American Jewish Committee

The Jewishness Of Israel: Implications For Israel - Diaspora Relations
08 May 97 | How "Jewish" is Israel and how "Jewish" should it be? What is the true meaning of Israel to Diaspora Jewry and Diaspora Jewry to Israel?

The Relevance Of Zionism: Views From Israel And The Diaspora
08 May 97 | Professor Arthur Hertzberg, Bronfman Visiting Professor of Humanities at New York University, was joined today by Professor Avishay Braverman, President of Ben Gurion University and a distinguished economist, at a discussion entitled "The ...

The Impact Of Zionism And Israel On Christian Attitudes Toward Jews And Judaism
08 May 97 | Dr. Robert Everett, director of the Institute for Jewish - Christian Understanding at Muhlenberg College at a session of the American Jewish Committee's 91st Annual Meeting entitled "The Impact of Zionism and Israel on Christian Attitudes Toward ...

"Shocked And Deeply Disturbed" By Stabbing At Smithtown High School
08 May 97 | "The Long Island Chapter of the American Jewish Committee is shocked and deeply disturbed by yesterday's bias incident at Smithtown High School, in which a 16 year-old student allegedly stabbed and seriously wounded a 15 year-old Jewish student. ...

American Jewish Committee Leaders Hold Concurrent Hearings With Members Of Congress On Wide Range Of Issues Affecting American Jewry
07 May 97 | Among those with whom the AJC delegations met were: Representative Howard Berman (D-CA), Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Senator Sam Brownback (R-KS), Senator Christopher Dodd (D-CT), Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI), Representative Mark Foley (R-FL), ...

American Jewish Committee Elects Top Officers
07 May 97 | Robert S. Rifkind, a prominent New York City attorney, was reelected National President of the American Jewish Committee today at a Board of Governors/National Council meeting. Michael Gould of New York City, was newly elected Associate Chair, ...

AJCommitee Calls For Yassar Arafat To Repudiate Aids Slander Against Israel
02 May 97 | The American Jewish Committee has called on PLO Chairman Yassar Arafat to unequivocally repudiate a statement by the Palestinian observer to the U.N Commission on Human Rights in which he claimed Israel has infected Palestinian children with the ...

The Bar-On Affair: Impact on Israel and the Peace Process
17 Apr 97 | On April 16, Israeli police investigators delivered their recommendations to the State Attorney regarding the Bar-On affair. These called for the indictment of Prime Minister Netanyahu, Justice Minister Tzachi Hanegbi, MK (Shas) Aryeh Deri, and ...

American Jewish Committee Mourns Death Of Former Israeli President Chaim Herzog
17 Apr 97 | The American Jewish Committee is saddened by the death of former Israeli President Chaim Herzog. Chaim Herzog served Israel with honor in numerous capacities, including as Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations where he led the campaign for ...

Israeli, Jordanian And Moroccan Ambassadors Discuss The Current Challenges In The Arab-Israeli Peace Process
09 Apr 97 | The three ambassadors were invited by the American Jewish Committee to address these issues at this critical juncture in the peace process. In introducing the Ambassadors, David A. Harris, AJC Executive Director, noted the importance and ...

Israel And The Middle East: Questions And Answers
28 Mar 97 | Despite agreement, Palestinian women held in Israeli jails were not released. In 1967, Jordan joined in a war, together with Egypt and Syria, against Israel, despite well-documented efforts by Israel to discourage Jordan from joining the war ...

New York Times Ad: Chairman Arafat, Which Will It Be? Peace Or Jihad?
28 Mar 97 | New York Times Ad: Chairman Arafat, Which Will It Be? On Friday, March 28, The American Jewish Committee Took Out This Full-Page Ad In The New York Times.

Full Page Ad To Ask Yasir Arafat: Which Will It Be? Peace Or Jihad?
27 Mar 97 | On Friday, March 28, the American Jewish Committee will take out a full-page ad in The New York Times which asks: "Chairman Arafat, Which Will It Be? Robert S. Rifkind, AJC President, explained that "the American Jewish Committee is an ...

American Jewish Committee Dismayed Over National Review Illustration That Is Offensive To Asians
25 Mar 97 | The American Jewish Committee's Center for American Pluralism has written to The National Review magazine, expressing dismay over a recent cover illustration that "presented broad and damaging images of Asians." "We were dismayed to see The ...

AJC Regrets Union Of Orthodox Rabbis' Statement
24 Mar 97 | The American Jewish Committee regrets the decision by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis (Agudath HaRabbonim), a fringe element in right-wing Orthodoxy, to issue a statement declaring that the Reform and Conservative movements are "not Judaism." In that...

AJCommittee Writes To Arafat Calling His Condemnation Of Tel Aviv Bombing Unconvincing
21 Mar 97 | The American Jewish Committee has written to Palestinian Chairman Yasir Arafat to express its "dismay" over the bombing in a Tel Aviv caf‚ that killed three and wounded over forty others. The letter further asserts that when disagreements arise ...

AJC Condemns Suicide Bombing In Tel Aviv; Arafat's Two-Faced Policy Must End
21 Mar 97 | The American Jewish Committee condemns in the strongest possible terms today's suicide bombing in Tel Aviv which left three innocent people dead and more than forty others injured, several of them children celebrating the Jewish festival of Purim...

The Mcveigh Trial: The Defense, The Prosecution, The Militia Movement
20 Mar 97 | A new American Jewish Committee publication examines what to expect from the trial, and its potential impact on the militia movement. Finally, Mr. Stern addresses the impact of the trial on the militia movement.

AJC Executive Director Calls Ashrawi Remarks Exceptionally Insensitive And Hostile
18 Mar 97 | In a letter sent today to Palestinian leader Hanan Ashrawi, the Executive Director of the American Jewish Committee expressed "deep dismay" over remarks she made following the murder of seven Israeli schoolgirls visiting the Israeli-Jordanian ...

Shock and Sadness Over Shooting of Israeli Schoolgirls by Jordanian Soldier
13 Mar 97 | The American Jewish Committee is shocked and deeply saddened over the shooting by a Jordanian soldier of Israeli junior high school girls visiting the Israeli-Jordanian border. His act of madness and wanton bloodshed has left seven innocent ...