AJC's Rome Representative, Lisa Palmieri Bilig, viewed "MIral" at the Venice Film Festival in September, 2010, and wrote a review for The Jerusalem Post. The Jerusalem Post The bitter half By LISA PALMIERI-BILLIG 09/13/2010 In ‘Miral …
Ed Rettig, Director, AJC Jerusalem March 15, 2011 Words fail, following the stabbing murders at the settlement of Itamar. The victims were Ruth and Rabbi Udi Fogel and three of their children, Yoav (eleven), Elad (three) and Hadas (four months). …
March 14, 2011 – New York – AJC Executive Director David Harris issued the following statement on the showing of “Miral” at the UN General Assembly tonight. This is a follow-up to AJC’s letter to UN General Assembly President Joseph Diess, and …
March 13, 2011 – Buenos Aires – An AJC leadership delegation has concluded a three-day visit to Argentina. The 18-member group, led by AJC Executive Director David Harris and coordinated by Dina Siegel Vann, Director of AJC's Latino and Latin …
March 13, 2011 -- New York -- AJC is urging the President of the UN General Assembly to reconsider his decision to sponsor the screening of “Miral,” a new film about a young Palestinian and her view of the conflict with Israel. Diplomats are invited to …
PR & C Dept March 12, 2011 -- New York -- AJC called the brutal murder of a family in Itamar, an Israeli settlement near Nablus in the West Bank, an unconscionable outrage. The five killed Friday night were parents and three of their children, ages …
March 11, 2011 – Washington – AJC submitted in written testimony to the House Committee on Homeland Security Hearing on “The Extent of Radicalization in the Muslim Community and That Community’s Response.” “We cannot afford to ignore the …
March 10, 2011 – Santiago – An AJC leadership delegation has concluded a three-day visit to Chile . The 18-member group, led by AJC Executive Director David Harris and coordinated by Dina Siegel Vann, Director of AJC's Latino and Latin American …
March 9, 2011 – New York – AJC is providing humanitarian assistance to the Jewish community in Christchurch , New Zealand , following the recent earthquake. “Life has become somewhat surreal for all us in Christchurch , and to know that AJC is …
Ed Rettig, Director, AJC Jerusalem March 6, 2011 Many say that the peace process is at a standstill. This is mistaken, since nothing stands still in the politics of the Middle East. A more accurate formulation is that the peace process is in …
PR & C Dept March 4, 2011 -- New York -- AJC has welcomed the Pope’s new book, in which he writes that the Jewish people are not responsible for the death of Jesus. The book, AJC interreligious experts explain, is a reaffirmation of Nostra Aetate, …
March 3, 2011 – Paris – AJC interreligious leaders addressed the opening and closing plenary sessions of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee (ILC) meeting in Paris this week. The conference theme was “Forty Years of Dialogue: Reflections …
March 2, 2011 -- New York -- AJC denounced the assassination of Shabaz Bhatti , Pakistan ’s minister of minority affairs. He was the only Christian serving in Pakistan ’s Cabinet. “The cold-blooded murder of Shabaz Bhatti by Islamic extremists …
February 28, 2011 – New York – Latvia President Valdis Zatlers, in a letter to AJC, has repeated his strong condemnation of the mass desecration of a Jewish cemetery in Riga in December, and pledged anew to prosecute the vandals. “This heinous …
Ed Rettig, Director, AJC Jerusalem February 28, 2011 Over the last two months Israel has experienced a subtle reshaping of the top of the governmental pyramid, the offices of the prime minister, defense minister, and foreign minister. In a …
February 25, 2011 – New York – AJC welcomed the UN Human Rights Council resolution strongly condemning Libya . It calls for establishing a UN commission of inquiry to investigate the brutal, deadly crackdown on protesters across Libya , and to …
February 21, 2011 -- New York -- AJC called today on the United Nations General Assembly to suspend Libya’s membership in the UN Human Rights Council. “The Qaddafi regime’s widespread use of brutal force against protestors makes a mockery of the UN …
February 20, 2011 -- New York -- AJC is calling on the international community to condemn unequivocally Libya's brutal use of deadly force against those protesting the Qadhafi regime. AJC has been receiving regular reports in recent days of both …
February 15, 2011 – New York – AJC called on the Jordanian government to repudiate the incendiary remarks of Hussein Mujalli, the Minister of Justice, who yesterday joined a demonstration demanding the early release from prison of the Jordanian …
Ed Rettig, Director, AJC Jerusalem February 14, 2011 Not many outside the country are taking notice of Israel’s economic commotion. While the world watches fascinated as history is made in Egypt, the Israeli economy is experiencing a moment …
