American Jewish Committee

German Foreign Minister Calls AJC Bridge of Understanding Between U.S. Jews and Germany
04 May 01 | In his address to AJC's Annual Dinner, Minister Fischer spoke about Germany's close relationship with Israel and Germany's commitment to its own growing Jewish community. Mr. Fischer spoke of the continuing influence of Holocaust on German ...

Israeli Foreign Minister Affirms Commitment to Peace
04 May 01 | Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, addressing the American Jewish Committee Annual Meeting, expressed hope for a resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians as he voiced anguish over the continuing violence. The foreign minister said he ...

AJC Ad Campaign: Holocaust Denial Will Not Advance Middle East Peace
03 May 01 | In a full-page ad, "The Big Lie Is Still Alive," published this week in the New York Times and in the Washington Post, the American Jewish Committee launched a campaign to publicize the continuing outrageous publication of Holocaust denial ...

Cardinal Cassidy Receives AJC Isaiah Award
02 May 01 | The American Jewish Committee today honored Edward Idris Cardinal Cassidy for his distinguished leadership in furthering Catholic-Jewish relations worldwide. Cardinal Cassidy, outgoing president of the Vatican's Pontifical Commission for Religious...

AJC Congressional Leadership Award Presented to Senator Joseph I. Lieberman
02 May 01 | The American Jewish Committee today presented its Congressional Leadership Award to Senator Joseph I. Lieberman (D-CT), honoring his leadership during 13 years with the Senate. "At each turn in the legislative road, Senator Lieberman has been ...

AJC Ad Campaign Urges End to Unjust Treatment of Israel at UN Commission on Human Rights
16 Apr 01 | In a full-page ad the American Jewish Committee is urging an end to the blanket discriminatory treatment of Israel at the UN Commission on Human Rights. "Exclusive, obsessive censure of Israel didn't begin in this year's Commission on Human Rights...

American Jewish Committee To Launch Polish-Jewish Youth Dialogue
15 Apr 01 | The American Jewish Committee is expanding its Next Generation project with the launch in Warsaw this week of a discussion guide for Polish and American Jewish high school students participating in the annual March of the Living. More than 200 ...

AJC Philadelphia Chapter Urges Zoning Board to Reverse Decision Against Congregation Kol Ami
11 Apr 01 | The American Jewish Committee's Philadelphia Chapter is urging a local zoning board, in Abington, Pennsylvania, to reverse its decision to prohibit a synagogue congregation from purchasing a former convent. Moreover, the nuns were pleased that ...

AJC Executive Director Urges UN to Condemn Taliban Regime for Human Rights Abuses Against Women
11 Apr 01 | American Jewish Committee Executive Director David A. Harris has called on the UN Commission on Human Rights to condemn the Taliban regime in Afghanistan for its wholesale abuse of women. "We are profoundly concerned for the indescribably ...

American Jewish Committee Executive Director Urges UN Commission to Condemn Iran for Human Rights Violations
30 Mar 01 | American Jewish Committee Executive Director David A. Harris has urged the UN Commission on Human Rights to condemn the Iranian regime "for its flagrant disregard of enshrined human rights standards and equal protection for all its citizens." ...

American Jewish Committee Praises President Bush For UN Veto, Warning Arafat
30 Mar 01 | The American Jewish Committee has expressed profound appreciation to President George W. Bush for standing by Israel, America's friend and partner, against monstrous terrorism and international political attack. "That your Administration would ...

American Jewish Committee Executive Director David A. Harris Testifies Before UN Commission on Human Rights
29 Mar 01 | The American Jewish Committee today called on the UN Commission on Human Rights to be true to its original mandate and end its singular focus on one country, Israel. "The Special Rapporteur, inexplicably, investigates only Israeli actions, not ...

Rabbi Andrew Baker Named Director of International Jewish Affairs
19 Mar 01 | Rabbi Andrew Baker has been appointed Director of International Jewish Affairs in the Office of Government and International Relations of the American Jewish Committee. "Rabbi Baker's efforts in cultivating AJC's relations with the Jewish ...

Rabbi David Rosen Joins American Jewish Committee To Head International Interreligious Relations Activities
12 Mar 01 | The American Jewish Committee announced today that Rabbi David Rosen will head up the organization's worldwide pioneering initiatives and programming in interreligious affairs. "Rabbi Rosen will advance AJC's distinguished efforts in the ...

American Jewish Committee Urges World Leaders to Demand End to Palestinian Violence, Supports Israeli National Unity Government
04 Mar 01 | "The fatal suicide bombing in Netanya demands of the international community a stern message to Yasser Arafat to cease the Palestinian campaign of violence and return to peace negotiations with Israel," the American Jewish Committee said today. ...

American Jewish Committee Exposing Full Truth of Refugee Problems Emanating from Arab-Israeli Conflict
28 Feb 01 | "The international community has been hoodwinked by the Arab world into believing that the Palestinians constitute the only refugee population emanating from the Arab-Israeli conflict," said David A. Harris, executive director of the American ...

American Jewish Committee: Preparatory Document for World Racism Conference Must Be Denounced
28 Feb 01 | AJC expressed disappointment that UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson, whose office is responsible for organizing the World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, did not criticize the...

AJC Convenes Communal Leaders, Rabbis, Judaic Scholars To Explore Strategies to Address Intermarriage
27 Feb 01 | A group of approximately 25 communal leaders, rabbis and Judaic scholars met at the American Jewish Committee last week to discuss the recent AJC survey documenting declining resistance to mixed marriage among American Jews. "AJC convened the ...

American Jewish Committee Convinces World Book Publishing to Eliminate Slang Use of 'jew'
26 Feb 01 | The World Book Publishing Company, responding to the American Jewish Committee, has deleted the use of the word "jew" as an intransitive verb. In a response from World Book, managing editor Maureen Liebenson thanked Dr. Friedman "for calling this...

American Jewish Committee Reacts to Israel Election Results
06 Feb 01 | The American Jewish Committee looks forward to working with Prime Minister-elect Ariel Sharon as he seeks to realize security for the people of Israel and durable peace in the Middle East. The Board of Governors of the American Jewish Committee, ...