American Jewish Committee

AJC Donates $25,000 for El Slavador Eartquake Relief
18 Jan 01 | The American Jewish Committee today donated $25,000 to aid relief efforts in El Salvador following the devastating earthquake over the weekend. The contribution comes from AJC's Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn Humanitarian Fund, which was ...

UN Watch, AJC Seal Partnership
04 Jan 01 | With the beginning of the New Year, UN Watch has become a fully integrated partner of the American Jewish Committee. The Geneva-based UN Watch was established in 1993 by Ambassador Morris Abram, former U.S. Permanent Representative to the UN in ...

AJC Applauds Yahoo Website's Ban on Hate
03 Jan 01 | The American Jewish Committee today applauded Yahoo's decision to ban the sale of items associated with groups promoting hatred and violence. "Yahoo has taken a responsible first step in the fight against hate on the Internet," said Bruce M. ...

American Jewish Committee Urges Arafat to End Violence, Respond to Clinton Peace proposal
29 Dec 00 | "The Palestinians' response, meanwhile, has been a distressingly familiar combination of violence, sanctioning of violence, and political evasion. Indeed, Yasser Arafat's lieutenants continued to incite violence, leading hundreds into attacks on ...

AJC Ad: Why Palestinian leaders make martyrs of Palestinian children
20 Dec 00 | In an ad on today's New York Times op-ed page, the American Jewish Committee poses the question: who is making "martyrs" of Palestinian children. "Palestinian leaders owe their people and the world an answer: Instead of preparing for peace, why ...

AJC Top Leadership Reaffirms Support for Israel and its Quest for Peace
14 Dec 00 | The American Jewish Committee's highest policy making body reaffirmed this week its support for resolving the Arab-Israeli conflict through direct negotiations and called again upon the Palestinians to desist their campaign of violence against ...

American Jewish Committee Urges Supreme Court To Strike Down Alabama English-Only Driver Exam
14 Dec 00 | The American Jewish Committee today called on the U.S. Supreme Court to strike down Alabama's English-only driver's license exam policy, calling the statute discriminatory. In an amicus curiae brief filed in Alexander v. Sandoval, the American ...

AJC Applauds Justice Department Recognition of Halberstam Murder as Terrorism
08 Dec 00 | The Justice Department's conclusion that the 1994 murder of Aaron Halberstam was an act of terrorism is "recognition by the U.S. government that Middle Eastern terrorism exists on our shores," the American Jewish Committee said today. An American ...

AJC Hails Intergovernmental Commitment to Combat Increased Anti-Semitism
08 Dec 00 | The American Jewish Committee is hailing the decision of an intergovernmental conference to "combat the increase in anti-Semitism and hostile acts against Jews around the world." AJC successfully advocated in Santiago that the North, South and ...

AJC Says Russian Investigation Brings Solving Wallenberg Mystery Near Closure
29 Nov 00 | The American Jewish Committee said today that the mystery surrounding the disappearance of Raoul Wallenberg nearly 56 years ago may finally be solved, referring to the announcement from the chairman of the Kremlin commission investigating what ...

American Jewish Committee, USC Annenberg School Co-Publish Book Examining Jews in Prime-Time Television
28 Nov 00 | The conference was co-sponsored by AJC, the USC Annenberg School, and the Jewish Television Network. "Often sensitive to charges that 'Jews control Hollywood,' the Jewish community has become circumspect in articulating criticism of television ...

American Jewish Committee: Hadera Terror Bombing Proves Again Arafat Prefers Violence Over Peace
22 Nov 00 | The deadly terrorist bombing in the Israeli town of Hadera proves beyond any doubt that Palestinian Authority Chairman Yasser Arafat's reported calls to end the violence are nothing more than hollow rhetoric, the American Jewish Committee said ...

American Jewish Committee Urges Egypt to Return its Ambassador to Israel
22 Nov 00 | The American Jewish Committee expressed today its profound disappointment in Egypt's recalling its ambassador to Israel. "The American Jewish Committee is profoundly disappointed that Egypt, an anchor of Arab-Israeli peace for more than two ...

American Jewish Committee Leading Debate on Jewish Education Priorities
17 Nov 00 | Eighteen prominent Jewish scholars offer their perspectives on the state of Jewish education in an American Jewish Committee publication, A Statement on Jewish Education: Text and Responses, published today. The policy statement, writes Dr. Bayme,...

American Jewish Committee Disappointed In American Catholic Bishops Statement
16 Nov 00 | "The American Jewish Committee is disappointed for what is omitted in the National Conference of Catholic Bishops' message, "Returning to the Path of Peace in the Middle East." "Notwithstanding that recent history of progress, the NCCB statement ...

American Jewish Committee Report: Halberstam Murder Was Terrorist Act
15 Nov 00 | The murder of Aaron Halberstam on the Brooklyn Bridge six years ago was unquestionably an act of terrorism inspired by Islamic extremists in the Middle East, concludes an American Jewish Committee report issued today. Despite the evidence ...

Rabbi Laurence L. Edwards of Chicago Appointed Associate Director of Interreligious Affairs
08 Nov 00 | Rabbi Laurence L. Edwards has been named Associate Director of Interreligious Affairs at the American Jewish Committee. In his new role as Associate Director for AJC nationally, Rabbi Edwards will work from Chicago to expand AJC's efforts in ...

American Jewish Committee Applauds Launching Of Website Combating Holocaust Denial
02 Nov 00 | The American Jewish Committee today applauded the launching of the new website, HolocaustDenialOnTrial.org. The site, housed at Emory University, was established with the help of the American Jewish Committee in the aftermath of this year's ...

American Jewish Committee Survey Shows Wide Acceptance of Interfaith Marriage
01 Nov 00 | A new American Jewish Committee survey reveals that American Jews in the main are undisturbed by mixed marriage, viewing it as an inevitable reality in American society. Notwithstanding these views, 69 percent of American Jews believe the Jewish ...

Hundreds of U.S. Religious, Civic Leaders Voice Support for Israel in AJC Initiative
26 Oct 00 | More than 300 Americans – clergy, ethnic and civic leaders, and elected officials – are proclaiming their support for Israel and its aspirations for peace, in full-page American Jewish Committee ads published in major daily newspapers across the ...