2005-2006 Activities
December 2006
12/4 Latino Task Force Meeting

12/13  

 Interreligious Affairs Committee Meeting
featuring Rabbi Gary Greenebaum, AJC's Director of U.S. Interreligious Affairs.

12/14

 Making Sense of European Anti-Semitism
featuring Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi, Executive Director, AJC Transatlantic Institute, Brussels, Belgium.
November 2006
11/2

The 17th Annual Diplomatic Tour of Jewish New York
1906-2006: Jewish Values and the American Struggle for Human Rights and Justice
In AJC's Centennial year, the tour highlighted the interplay between Jewish values and America's founding ideals, with a special emphasis on the efforts of AJC and other American Jewish Institutions to promote human rights and social justice. The program featured a presentation, moderated by Dan Rather, on the role of the media in its earliest days in advancing social justice.
11/21

The Third Annual America's Table Event
honoring NYC immigration Commissioner Guillermo Linares.

AJC, in collaboration with the City University of New York, celebrated Thanksgiving with a tribute to New York City's ethnic and religious communities, and the diverse roots and shared values that make our city great.  This year's event honored immigrants and the institutions and policies that help them to achieve their dreams
11/29 Board of Directors Meeting
featuring J.J. Goldberg, Editor-in-Chief of The Forward
October 2006
10/12 New Orleans Crescendo: A Music and Fundraising Event
AJC's ACCESS: New Generation Initiative and The Office of Black Ministry (Archdiocese of New York) held a reception with live jazz to launch New Orleans Crescendo: A CD and Fundraising Campaign.
10/17

MEMBERSHIP EVENT
The Israel-Africa Relationship:
Israeli and African Perspectives
featuring Ambassador Dr. Manzo George Anthony, Ambassador of Nigeria to Israel, and Dr. Galia Sabar, Associate Professor and Chair of African Studies at Tel Aviv University
10/20

Health Care in the West Bank and Gaza: Israeli-Palestinian Cooperation
featuring Dr. Norbert Goldfield, Healing Across the Divides, and Heidar AbuGosh, Palestinian Medical Relief Society
10/24

New York City's Population at Mid-Decade:
A Demographic Profile
featuring Joseph J. Salvo, NYC Department of Planning and co-sponsored with the JCRC, Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty, and UJA-Federation of New York.

Please join us for a special briefing for Jewish communal leaders to help us enhance our social service and community relations effort.
September 2006

9/11

National Board of Governors Meeting
9/13
 Israel Advocacy Training Session with David Bernstein, AJC's Associate Director of Community Services
9/19

Inaugural Board Meeting of the Program Year
Featured Speakers included David Harris, National Executive Director, AJC national department heads.  Special presentation by the families of Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, the soldiers captured by Hezbollah on July 12.
9/20

Rally for Israel, organized by the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations
9/29

After Lebanon: Where Does Israel Stand Now?

Breakfast with Chuck Freilich, Israel’s former Deputy National Security Adviser
July 2006
7/12

Where Does Israel Stand Now?
A strategic overview of the situation in Israel by Professor Chuck Freilich, Israel's former Deputy National Security Advisor
June 2006
6/4 Walk with AJC in the Salute to Israel Parade
6/13
 New York Chapter Annual Meeting; Election of Officers and Board
The Religious Right in America: It's Impact on Jews, Mainline Protestants and the Nation at Large
Featuring Reverend Dr. Joseph C. Hough, Jr, President, Union Theological Seminary and Rabbi A. James Rudin, Senior Interreligious Advisor, AJC
6/22 Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the Spain-Israel Relationship, co-sponsored by the Israeli and Spanish Consulates
May 2006
 5/1-2 The Symposium: The Prospects for Judaism and the Jews, Washington DC
 5/2-5

AJC's Centennial Celebration and 100th Annual Meeting, Washington DC
 5/6-7 13th Annual International Leadership Conference, Washington DC
 5/23 Lunch with Consul General of Austria, H.E. Dr. Brigitta Blaha
April 2006
 4/6

Diplomatic Seder, Congregation B'nai Jeshurun
March 2006
 3/6

Stanley M. Isaacs Centennial Awards Dinner honoring Stan and Marcey Pantowich

Keynote speaker: David Harris

Dinner co-chairs: Ken Brown, Mark Friedman, Robyn Transport,

John Pantowich, Gary Fuhrman
 February 2006  
 2/15-16 Interreligous Darfur Advocacy Day in Washington, DC
 2/20-27 New York Chapter/Auburn Theological Seminary Presbyterian-Jewish Trip to Israel
   
 January 2006  
 1/13 Breakfast Briefing with State Senator Liz Kreuger, at AJC
 1/18 Presbyterian-Jewish Dialogue Meeting, with speakers Rev. Dr. Byron Shafer, senior pastor at Rutgers Presbyterian Church and Dr. David Elcott, AJC's U.S. Director of Interreligious Affairs
 1/26  Workshop and Board Meeting featuring Aaron Jacobs, AJC's Associate Director of International Affairs
December 2005
 12/1 Workshop with Kara Stein, AJC's Associate Director of Legislative Affairs and Board Meeting featuring Richard Foltin, AJC's Legislative Director, on Church-State Relations
   
 November 2005  
 11/10  Kickoff Event for the Intra-Jewish Dialogue Program featuring Rabbi Irving “Yitz” Greenberg, at the B’nai ZionFoundation
 11/15 America's Table: A Thanksgiving Reader  event featuring City Council Member Eric Gioia, at The New York Historical Society. Click here for photos.
   
 October 2005  
 10/10 Film screening of The Optimists, the story of the rescue of 50,000 Bulgarian Jews from the Holocaust, followed by a panel discussion on diplomatic and interreligious issues, at The  Center for Jewish History
 10/20 Diplomatic Tour of Jewish New York, "New York: City of Refuge"
   
 September 2005  
 9/21  Jewish Community Call to Action on Darfur
   
 August 2005  
 8/29 Inaugural Board Meeting featuring presentations by David Harris and national department heads Steve Bayme, Ann Shaffer, and Jeffrey Sinensky

 

 

 

  

 

 

      

      

 
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