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In This Issue:
AJC Makes Donation to Bronx Fire Survivors
Chapter Members Participated in Successful Campaign to Pass House Resolution on Behalf of Shoaib Choudhury
Upcoming Events
Selected National AJC News
AJC Assists Bronx Fire Survivors
The American Jewish Committee has made a donation to the Magassa and Soumare Family Fund, established to assist the survivors of the tragic fire that claimed the lives of nine children from two Mali families in the Bronx. The contribution of $2,500 comes from AJC's Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn Humanitarian Fund. READ PRESS RELEASE.
Chapter Members Participated in Successful Campaign to Pass House Resolution
The US House of Representatives approved a resolution urging the Bangladeshi government to drop all charges against Salah Uddin Shoaib Choudhury, a journalist charged with sedition for speaking out against radical Islam. The bill was sponsored by Reps. Nita Lowey (D-NY) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) and ) who before the vote referred to AJC’s Moral Courage Award, presented to Choudhury in recognition of his deep commitment to interfaith dialogue and his dedication to moderation in the Muslim world. Chapter members had discussed Choudhury’s plight with Representatives Gregory Meeks, Caroline Maloney and Charlie Rangel. READ PRESS RELEASE .
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.
Tuesday, March 20, 6:00 pm Congregation B'nai Jeshurun, 257 W. 88 Street
Diplomatic Model Seder
Wednesday, March 21, 12:00 pm
Meeting with Mohammed Darawshe, leader of the Israeli Arab community and Director of External Affairs at The Abraham Fund
Wednesday, March 29, 12:30 pm
German-Jewish Dimensions of the New Germany, with Deidre Berger, director of AJC's Berlin office
Wednesday, March 29, 6:30 pm Goethe-Institut, 1014 Fifth Avenue
Germany's Leadership Roles: the UN, the Group of Eight and the Perspective of World Jewry, with German Ambassador Thomas Matussek and Deidre Berger, director of AJC's Berlin office
RSVP to the Goethe-Institut at 212.439.8700
Selected National AJC News
Africa Institute Advances Women's Rights
AJC's Africa Institute hosted a breakfast for sub-Saharan African UN ambassadors, their delegates to the Commission on the Status of Women and Israel's delegation to the commision. Marit Danon, head of Israel's Authority for the Advancement of the Status of Women, and Mazal Renford, Director of the Golda Meir Mount Carmel International Training Center in Haifa, discussed Israel's development cooperation program with African nations and new areas for potential cooperation. The ministers of gender, women's rights, and child protection from Burkina Faso, Cote D'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda attended.
Helping Somali Refugees in Kenya
An Israeli humanitarian team aiding Somali refugees in Kenya has received a contribution from AJC's Harriet and Robert Heilbrunn Humanitarian Fund. The aid workers, part of IsraAID (the Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid), are providing children's clothing, medicine, water and water-distribution technology, and community mobilization for the refugees. READ NEWS RELEASE.
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