American Jewish Committee

American Jewish Committee Condemns McDonald's Ad Campaign in Egypt
21 Jun 01 | The American Jewish Committee is demanding that McDonald's end its new ad campaign in Egypt because it features a popular singer who is actively promoting and inciting hatred against Israel. "It simply is incredible that a major American ...

AJC Presses New Egyptian Foreign Minister To Return Envoy to Israel, Curb Hatred In Media
21 Jun 01 | American Jewish Committee leaders told Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher El-Sayed at an AJC-sponsored breakfast today that they look to Egypt to set a new tone in the Arab world in which Arab-Israeli peace and cooperation may flourish. AJC, ...

UN Event, New Monograph, Honor Rafael Lemkin, Creator of Genocide Convention
19 Jun 01 | Lemkin is "one of the unsung heroes of the international human rights movement," said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan. Secretary General Annan's acknowledgement of the extraordinary role played by Lemkin, a Polish-Jewish international lawyer, ...

National Conference of Catholic Bishops Statement 'Marked Improvement' Over Fall Resolution
15 Jun 01 | The American Jewish Committee described today's National Conference of Catholic Bishops resolution on the Middle East as a "marked improvement" over the Catholic organization's statement of last November. With the passage of time has come a ...

Thanks to Scandinavia Now An Institute of American Jewish Committee
14 Jun 01 | The American Jewish Committee's efforts to further memory of the Holocaust and to remember those who rescued Jews has been given a boost with the full incorporation of Thanks To Scandinavia as an institute of the AJC. At the time TTS moved its ...

American Jewish Committee, European Council Of Jewish Communities Establish Cooperative Association
06 Jun 01 | The American Jewish Committee and the European Council of Jewish Communities (ECJC) have established a cooperative association. "Partnering with the European Council of Jewish Communities, representing communities in 37 countries, advances Jewish ...

American Jewish Committee Rejects Charitable Choice
06 Jun 01 | The American Jewish Committee today told the Senate Judiciary Committee that the Bush administration's "charitable choice" approach to government funding of social services is "bad public policy" and an unconstitutional breach of the principle of ...

Large Plurality Of Austrians Oppose Holocaust Compensation Accord
05 Jun 01 | The survey shows that 45 percent of Austrians "disapprove" of the January 2001 agreement the Austrian government signed to provide compensation for Austrian Jewish victims of the Nazis. - Thirty-two percent of Freedom Party supporters, compared ...

AJC, Tunisian Jewish Community Establish Cooperative Association
04 Jun 01 | The American Jewish Committee and the Communaute Juive de Tunisie have established a cooperative association to advance the interests of the Tunisian and American Jewish communities. The Communaute Juive de Tunisie (CJT) is the representative ...

American Jewish Committee Decries Egyptian Award For Journalist Who Glorifies The Killing Of Jews
03 Jun 01 | The American Jewish Committee is decrying the awarding of a prestigious honor to an Egyptian journalist who recently published two columns glorifying the Nazi extermination of Jews in the Holocaust. "Denying, trivializing or even lauding the Nazi...

Tel Aviv Terror Outrage Encouraged By Arafat's Refusal to End Violence
01 Jun 01 | The American Jewish Committee expressed horror and outrage over tonight's Palestinian terrorist bombing attack in Tel Aviv, which killed at least 15 Israelis and injured dozens of Israelis. But Palestinian leaders inexplicably rejected an ...

Guilty Verdicts Momentous Step in Battle Against Terrorism
30 May 01 | The American Jewish Committee called the guilty verdicts in the U.S. Embassy bombings trial a "momentous step" in the ongoing battle against a campaign of terrorism against the United States. "We must remain vigilant against those who have ...

Palestinian Terrorists Encouraged By Arafat's Refusal to End Violence
25 May 01 | "Last summer, at Camp David, Israel presented the Palestinians with an historic offer to achieve real peace, with far-reaching compromises on every major issue in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. But Palestinian leaders inexplicably rejected an ...

Taliban Treatment of Hindus Harkens Back to Nazi Germany
23 May 01 | The American Jewish Committee today called the Taliban plan to compel Hindus to wear badges akin to the yellow stars Nazi Germany forced Jews to wear a "despicable outrage." AJC Executive Director David A. Harris recently testified before the ...

Palestinian Leaders Must Condemn Netanya Bombing, End Violence, Grab Israel's Hand for Peace
18 May 01 | American Jewish Committee Acting Executive Director Shulamit Bahat today called on Palestinian and other Arab leaders to condemn the terrorist outrage in Netanya, and to call, once and for all, for an end to the violence that was initiated by the ...

Harold Tanner, New York Investment Banker, Elected President of American Jewish Committee
17 May 01 | Harold Tanner, a prominent New York-based investment banker, has been elected 25th National President of the American Jewish Committee. Mr. Tanner is President of Tanner & Co., Inc., a private investment banking firm.

American Jewish Committee Report Warns of Dangers Stemming from Erosion of Sanctions against Iraq
15 May 01 | The AJC report, "Iraq Policy at a Crossroads: Saddam's Threat, the Future of Sanctions, and Options for the New Administration," presents a detailed analysis of Iraqi policies toward the U.S., Israel and other Arab countries, the evisceration of ...

AJC Urges Worldwide Condemnation of Syrian President's Speech Greeting Pope
08 May 01 | The American Jewish Committee expressed outrage today at the vicious anti-Semitic speech delivered by Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad as he greeted Pope John Paul II in Damascus on the Pontiff's current three-nation tour of sites visited by the ...

President Vicente Fox of Mexico Salutes American Jewish Committee
04 May 01 | Addressing the American Jewish Committee Annual Dinner, President Fox spoke about American-Mexican relations, Mexico's relationship with Israel, and the important contributions the Jewish communities in Mexico and U.S. have made to each country ...

President Bush: The American Jewish Committee is "A Great Champion of Religious Liberty Worldwide"
04 May 01 | President George W. Bush last night applauded the American Jewish Committee as a "great champion of religious liberty worldwide," as he declared in his first speech to a national Jewish organization his steadfast support for Israel's security and ...