March 2, 2012 – New York – AJC mourns the passing of Dr. Tina Strobos, a true hero and moral giant of the Second World War. Not even twenty years old when the Nazis overran her native Holland , Tina joined the resistance, and, along with her late …
March 1, 2012 – New York – In response to a full-page ad in today’s New York Times, sponsored by the Emergency Committee for Israel , AJC issued the following statement: No one from the sponsoring group, an ideologically-driven organization to judge …
March 1, 2012 -- New York --AJC praised a new UN Human Rights Council resolution condemning Syria and calling on the regime to allow the delivery of humanitarian aid. The measure passed 37 to 3, with 3 abstentions. China, Russia and Cuba opposed. India, …
February 28, 2012 -- Boston – AJC today voiced deep concerns about the One-State Conference that will take place at Harvard University from March 3-4. “The one-state idea is a recipe for Israel ’s destruction,” said AJC Executive Director David …
February 24, 2012 – New York -- ACCESS, AJC’s new generation program, has launched The Global Jewish Voice , a new online forum highlighting the view of Jewish students around the world. “Recognizing a need to increase dialogue among young Jews …
February 24, 2012 – New York – AJC called a new International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report an alarming reminder of the threat that Iran ’s ongoing defiance poses to global security. “ Iran ’s attitude should profoundly concern the international …
February 24, 2012 – New York – AJC, concerned about the recent inclusion of two anti-Semitic politicians in Nea Dimokratia (New Democracy), one of Greece’s leading political parties, is gratified that party leader Antonis Samaras has reaffirmed his party’s …
February 23, 2012 -- New York -- AJC welcomed the UN Security Council statement condemning terror attacks against Israeli diplomatic personnel. The council acted after the attacks last week in Georgia and India, where the wife of one diplomat was …
February 22, 2012 – New York – AJC called Iran ’s refusal to cooperate with an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) delegation another ominous sign of its nuclear plans. “The doomed IAEA mission is Iran ’s telling answer to holding honest …
February 21, 2012 – New York – An AJC delegation has concluded a two-day diplomatic mission to Guatemala City , Guatemala . On Monday, the AJC group, along with leaders of Guatemala 's Jewish community, was received by President Otto Perez …
February 20, 2012 -- New York -- AJC is appalled by renewed anti-Semitism in Venezuela, introduced by the reelection campaign of President Hugo Chavez. “If President Chavez wants to convince the world that Venezuela is a democracy, he needs to act now to …
February 17, 2012 – New York -- AJC praised the FBI for arresting this afternoon an alleged suicide bomber headed for the U.S. Capitol building. According to news reports, Amine el-Khalifi, originally from Morocco and believed to be in the United States …
February 17, 2012 -- New York -- AJC welcomed the assertion of friendship toward Israel and remorse over the crimes of the Holocaust in a powerful address Croatian President Ivo Josipović delivered to Israel's parliament. “President Josipović, …
February 17, 2012 -- New York -- AJC applauded the UN General Assembly condemnation of the Syrian government and call for President Bashar al-Assad to step down. The resolution, endorsing an Arab League plan to end the regime’s 11-month brutal assault on …
February 14 – New York – Navi Pillay, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, was the keynote speaker at a major international conference marking the 40th anniversary of AJC’s Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights. Pillay …
February 14, 2012 -- New York -- AJC has made a second donation to the Greek Jewish community to assist Holocaust survivors in financial need due to the severe economic crisis gripping the country. “We stand in solidarity with the Greek Jewish …
February 13, 2012 – New York – AJC called today’s attacks on Israeli embassy staff in India and Georgia reprehensible and another ominous indication of how far terrorists, and their state sponsors, will take their war against Israel . “The bombing in …
February 12, 2012 -- New York -- AJC called the weekend visit to Iran of Ismail Haniyeh, the Hamas prime minister in Gaza, another telling reminder that the terrorist organization remains absolutely intent on Israel’s destruction. “Haniyeh’s visit to …
February 11, 2012 -- New York -- AJC expressed today grave concern about India’s relations with Iran. In a letter to the Indian ambassador to the United States, AJC stressed that any effort by India to intensify its commercial activity with Iran could …
February 10, 2012 – New York – AJC is deeply concerned by reports that Iran is actively assisting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s war against his own people. “ Iran ’s direct involvement in Syrian crimes against humanity is another reminder of the …
