Posts Tagged: American Jewish Committee
Why Is the AJC Defending John Kerry on Israel?
In 1943, when Peter Bergson took out full-page ads in The New York Times to alert America to the slaughter of European Jewry and the inaction...
Major Jewish Group Announces Opposition to Iran Deal: Alternative is Not War
The American Jewish Committee announced its opposition to the Iran deal on Wednesday, after "three weeks" of discussions with top Obama administration officials, lawmakers and diplomats from Europe,...
US Probes Chattanooga Gunman’s Travel to Middle East
JNS.org - U.S. authorities are looking into recent travel to the Middle East by Mohammad Youssef Abdulazeez, who shot and killed four U.S. Marines on Thursday...
Jewish Groups Slam Iran Nuclear Deal as Realization of ‘Deepest Fears’
Jewish groups railed against President Barack Obama's announcement on Tuesday that negotiators had reached a deal with Iran over the country's nuclear program, warning that it had manifested critics' "deepest fears." "Today's...
Major Jewish Group Calls on Obama to Denounce Iran’s ‘Quds Day’ Rallies Featuring ‘Death to Israel’ Chants
Major Jewish human-rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center called on U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday to denounce marches in Iran marking the country's aggressively anti-Zionist international Quds Day. "The...
Iran’s Senior Nuclear Negotiator Abbas Araghchi Says Nuclear Deal Not Permanent
Abbas Araghchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister and senior nuclear negotiator, said on Tuesday that Iran did not see the comprehensive nuclear dear negotiators are trying to finalize...
Israeli US Ambassador Dermer: I Spend 80% of My Time on Iran
Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer said he spends the vast majority of his time on the issue of Iran’s nuclear program. Speaking with American...
Vatican Recognition of ‘State of Palestine’ Riles Jewish Organizations
As officials in Israel declared disappointment at the Vatican's official recognition of the state of Palestine on Wednesday, the move also drew the ire of...
AJC, Shalom Hartman Institute Co-Host Christian Leadership Symposium on Judaism and Israel
JNS.org - The second Christian Leadership Initiative (CLI) Alumni Study Symposium is taking place in Tampa, Florida, Jan. 30-Feb. 1 on the theme of...
Open Hillel Outed as ‘Vessel for BDS Agenda’ by Former Campus Co-ordinator
Back in October, Holly Bicerano, a Jewish student at Boston University, penned an article for the Times of Israel entitled "Why Hillel Should Welcome Anti-Zionists...
What Does The American Jewish Committee Do?
The American Jewish Committee recently financed a study - after a series of seminars - that, according to their website, found that "Three distinct groups in...
Jewish Group Lauds Federal Judge’s Decision on New York School District Anti-Semitism
A major American Jewish group voiced support on Wednesday for a federal judge's ruling against New York's Pine Bush school district, which sought to dismiss...
Jewish Group Joins IsraAID’s Ebola Relief Effort in West Africa
JNS.org - The American Jewish Committee (AJC) announced that it is partnering with IsraAID, a leading Israeli humanitarian relief organization, to provide assistance to...
Jewish Group Calls on World Leaders to Protect Persecuted Iraqi Christians
JNS.org - The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is urging world leaders to step up efforts to protect Iraqi Christians and other minorities who are...
