Posts Tagged: American Jewish Committee
Jewish Gymnast Aly Raisman and the Future of Jewish Identity
You don't have to be a sports fan, to appreciate the Olympics. Every four years, we are treated to two-weeks of the epic, heart-stopping dramas...
American Jewry: The 2012 Edition
To some in the Jewish community, the recently published UJA Federation of New York study which looked at New York's Jewish demographics, came as a...
Keeping it in the Family
When it comes to the Jewish people, says Israel's Ambassador to the United States Michael Oren, it's all in the family. Speaking to an international gathering...
The Global Reach of AJC for Over 100 Years
The American Jewish Committee's 2012 Global Forum, held May 2-4 in Washington, DC, emphasized the international outreach and diplomatic interaction AJC has developed for more...
AJC Diplomatic Seder Crosses Borders (PHOTOS)
For just over three and a half hours on March 30, 2012, representatives of some fifty nations broke matzo together at the festive Diplomatic Seder...
Twisted Twitter Chatter, The Hindu, and Jews
Let's begin with the tweets themselves. From Narayan Lakshman, Washington-based correspondent for The Hindu, a prominent Indian left-of-center newspaper, to his foreign affairs editor in New...
Kudos to ADL’s Foxman for Speaking Up
For some months I have been highly critical of the failure of the American Jewish establishment leadership to speak out against repeated hostile...
American Jewish Leaders at a Crossroads
On the surface, it would seem that two of American Jewry's most highly regarded Jewish leaders, both deeply committed and devoted to Israel,...
AJC Humanitarian Award Nominates Fishbein, Schatten
Philip Schatten and Cheryl Fishbein were honored by the American Jewish Committee as awardees of the AJC National Human Relations Award at its annual gala...
EXCLUSIVE: Britain’s Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks on Shalit Release, Occupy Wall Street
DE: If the great cause of the last century was Zionism as a focal point for...
AJC Young Leadership Celebrates Summer
On a hot summer night in New York, American Jewish Committee's ACCESS honored Lena Altman and Daniel Pincus at The Park. ACCESS is the AJC's...
Obama and the Jewish Vote
The recent Dick Morris opinion poll demonstrates that traditional long-standing Jewish support for the Democratic Party has eroded dramatically. It was an extraordinary demonstration of loyalty...
Israel Without Rupert Murdoch
One would be hard pressed to find a non-Jew who has been honored by more Jewish organizations than Rupert Murdoch. (Yes, much to the chagrin...
AJC: Finding Friends at the Forum
Perhaps the single most interesting sentence this observer heard at the American Jewish Committee's Global Forum was one said perhaps in jest. "When Messiah comes,"...
