AJC Consultant Ed Rettig, Acting Director, AJC-Jerusalem January 3, 2011 The eighth president of Israel, Moshe Katzav, is now a convicted rapist, after a three-judge panel of the Tel Aviv District Court issued a unanimous decision to that …
January 1, 2011 -- New York -- AJC is horrified by the New Year’s Day terrorist attack on a Coptic Church, killing at least 21 churchgoers, in Alexandria, Egypt. “Any and all such violent attacks on Christians, simply because of their faith, are …
December 28, 2010 -- New York -- AJC welcomed a letter from the Greek Orthodox Church leadership reaffirming the “longstanding dialogue” and “close cooperation” between the church and the Jewish community. The letter to Rabbi David Rosen, AJC …
December 27. 2010 -- New York -- AJC is outraged by Chilean Senator Eugenio Tuma’s accusations that prominent Jews, including the country’s Interior Minister, are, in effect, agents of the Israeli government. Tuma charged that Chilean Jews are …
December 24, 2010 -- Tel Aviv -- An AJC leadership delegation concluded today a mission to Israel. Led by AJC Executive Director David Harris, and joined by Acting Director of AJC Jerusalem Edward Rettig, the group met privately with Prime Minister …
December 23, 2010 -- New York -- AJC praised Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou for his government’s condemnation of a high-level Greek Orthodox Church official’s outrageous anti-Semitic remarks on one of the country’s popular TV morning shows. “ …
December 23, 2010 – New York – AJC has commended the German government for its generous donation to support the maintenance and modernization of the Auschwitz-Birkenau memorial at the former German concentration camp. The German government’ …
December 22, 2010 – New York – AJC welcomed the United States Treasury Department’s announcement that it is imposing fresh sanctions against the Iranian regime, targeting companies linked to the widely-feared Revolutionary Guard. “The U.S. …
December 21, 2010 – Casablanca – AJC leaders expressed support for strengthened ties between Morocco and the United States , and discussed regional political issues, in the global advocacy organization’s latest round of consultations in Morocco . The …
December 22, 2010 -- New York -- AJC is calling on the head of the Greek Orthodox Church in Greece, Archbishop Ieronymos II, as well as Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew, to condemn unequivocally the blatant anti-Semitic libels expressed by Metropolitan …
December 21, 2010 – Paris – AJC met with UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova to discuss the agency's recent approval of anti-Israel resolutions, and to explore appropriate roles for UNESCO in improving the climate for Middle East peace. …
December 18, 2010 – New York – AJC is profoundly disappointed that the U.S. Senate has rejected the DREAM Act. “Our Senators have left so many young people unnecessarily in continuing limbo,” said Ann Schaffer, director of AJC’s Belfer Center for …
December 17, 2010 — Washington , DC — AJC is urging the Senate to pass the DREAM Act, which is scheduled for a vote tomorrow morning. “The DREAM Act, addressing the critical needs of the undocumented student population, is an important step …
December 15, 2010 – New York – Michael Schmidt has been appointed Director of AJC's New York Regional Office. He succeeds Diane Steinman, who recently retired after a nearly three decade career at AJC, 21 years as New York director. Schmidt …
December 15, 2010 – Tunis – AJC leaders praised the Tunisian tradition of interfaith harmony and encouraged senior officials to continue efforts to facilitate Arab-Israeli peace in a series of meetings this week in Tunis . The visit was the global …
AJC Mourns the Passing of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke December 13, 2010 -- New York -- AJC Executive Director David Harris issued the following statement on the passing of Ambassador Richard Holbrooke. "We mourn the loss of a giant of American …
Ed Rettig, Acting Director, AJC-Jerusalem December 12, 2010 Largely obscured by the Carmel forest fire, two related developments last week call to mind the sad old epigram: in the Middle East, an optimist thinks things could be worse, …
December 10, 2010 – New York – AJC is celebrating today International Human Rights Day, marking the adoption 62 years ago of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. “Our commitment to promoting and protecting human rights has been a core …
Ed Rettig, Acting Director, AJC-Jerusalem December 8, 2010 It apparently began when a mischievous fourteen-year-old playing hooky from school ran off to an isolated spot near his town on the Carmel mountainside in order to smoke a nargilah …
December 8, 2010 — Washington , DC — AJC is urging the House and Senate to pass the DREAM Act. “The DREAM Act, addressing the critical needs of the undocumented student population, is an important step towards desperately needed reform of our …
