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NEW YORK, March 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC is donating funds to help rebuild houses of worship and provide humanitarian relief in several Midwest communities hit by dozens of powerful tornadoes earlier this month. The donations come from AJC's Heilbrunn Humanitarian Relief Fund. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) "Our tradition impels us to help those in need," said AJC Executive Director David Harris. "AJC's contributions will assist some...
NEW YORK, March 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC is dismayed by UNESCO's failure to expel Syria from the world body's committee that handles human rights issues. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) "We are simply dumbfounded that the UNESCO executive committee, while reprimanding Syria, did not go further and oust Syria from its human rights body," said AJC Executive Director David Harris. "Naming Syria to this UNESCO committee in the first place last...
NEW YORK, March 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC expressed appreciation for the renewed commitment of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) to prevent proxy baptisms of Holocaust victims and other well-known Jews. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) The LDS Church leadership's mandate comes in the wake of recently reported proxy baptisms of murdered Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and prominent Jewish Holocaust victims. The...
NEW YORK, March 6, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for explicitly explaining Israel's concerns about Iran developing nuclear weapons, and the need for urgent actions to stop the Iranian program. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) "Israel has waited patiently for the international community to resolve this issue," said Netanyahu. "We've waited for diplomacy to work. We've waited for sanctions to work. None of...
NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) No one from the sponsoring group, an ideologically-driven organization to judge from its ads and other public activities, sought AJC's consent to include reference to us in today's ad. We want to make this absolutely clear to...
NEW YORK, March 1, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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, Ecuador and Philippines abstained. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) "The UN Human Rights Council again has delivered a strong message to the Assad regime," said AJC Executive...
BOSTON, Feb. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC today voiced deep concerns about the One-State Conference that will take place at Harvard University from March 3-4. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO ) "The one-state idea is a recipe for Israel's destruction," said AJC Executive Director David Harris. "Those promoting this proposition, including the Harvard conference organizers, should be honest and transparent about their motives. They are not...
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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 firm opposition to any expression of anti-Semitism or racism. The two controversial politicians, Makis Voridis and Adonis Georgiadis, recently resigned from the far-right Popular Orthodox Rally, or LAOS, and...
NEW YORK, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- 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. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) "Iran's attitude should profoundly concern the international community and reinforce the need for maximum economic and diplomatic pressure to stop its nuclear weapons program," said AJC Executive Director David Harris....
NEW YORK, Feb. 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AJC welcomed the UN Security Council statement condemning terror attacks against Israeli diplomatic personnel. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20100816/AJCLOGO) The council acted after the attacks last week in Georgia and India, where the wife of one diplomat was seriously injured in a car bombing. "The Security Council statement is an appropriate and necessary response to what happened last week when Israelis were...
