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In This Issue:
Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff to Keynote Chapter Award Dinner
Chapter Launches New Energy Task Force
Israel @ 60
Upcoming Events
Selected National AJC News
Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff to Keynote Chapter Award Dinner
Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff will deliver the keynote address at the June 6 Stanley M. Isaacs Leadership Award dinner, honoring Chapter President Barry J. Alperin and past President Kenneth S. Brown. Mr. Doctoroff will discuss GREENYC, the city's bold new energy initiative to decrease the city's contribution to global warming, improve air quality, and ensure that the city can continue to meet its power demands. Energy policy is a top priority for AJC, as we have made a committment to work to decrease US reliance on foreign oil. In addition to advocating for energy reform, AJC has made a committment to increase our own energy efficiency by transforming our national headquarters into a green building.
Chapter Launches New Energy Task Force
The NY Chapter has formed a new Task Force to deal with energy issues at the city, state and federal levels, with Board Member Denise Schreiber serving as its Chair. The Task Force will engage in legislative advocacy, and plan educational and other activities about energy policy and conservation. If you would like to join the Task Force, please contact Hilary Cohen Singer at singerh@ajc.org.
Israel @ 60
May 2008 will mark Israel's 60th anniversary, and AJC is planning special programs to mark this historic occasion. If you are interested in getting involved on the Chapter planning committee for Israel @ 60 programs, please contact Linda Senat at senatl@ajc.org.
Upcoming Events
(all meetings are held at AJC, 165 E. 56 Street, unless otherwise noted)
For more information or to RSVP, please contact Wanda Vargas at vargasw@ajc.org or 212.891.1443.
Wednesday, June 6, 6:00 pm New York Palace Hotel, 455 Madison Avenue
Stanley M. Isaacs Award Dinner honoring Chapter President Barry J. Alperin and former President Kenneth S. Brown
Monday, June 18, Reception 6:30 pm, Meeting 7:00 - 8:30 pm
New York Chapter Annual Meeting and Elections of Officers and Board
Featured Speaker: Rev. Dr. Katharine Rhodes Henderson, Executive Vice President, Auburn Theological Seminary, on New York Presbyterians and Jews: Strengthening the Partnership for Peace
Tuesday, June 26, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
New York Chapter Planning Meeting
Selected National AJC News
AJC Radio Message: Act Now on Energy Independence
David Harris urges Americans to make energy independence a priority, and discusses AJC’s leading role in that effort in his national radio commentary. “America is finally waking up to the danger of our dependence on oil from hostile sources,” says Harris. “For the sake of America’s security, environment and economy, we need greater energy independence. Starting today, not tomorrow.” LISTEN. Harris's weekly messages air across the country on the CBS radio network during the Osgood File.
PODCAST: Exploring Interreligious Relations
 "Interreligious work is something AJC has been doing for most of its history," says Rabbi Gary Greenebaum, AJC's U.S. director of Interreligious Affairs, in an AJC Studio conversation about his work. Find out the latest on Jewish relations with Catholics, Mormons, Protestants and other faith groups in the U.S. LISTEN.
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