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In This Issue:
NY Chapter and Abyssinian Baptist Church Offer Tour of Harlem
Upcoming Events
Selected National AJC News
NY Chapter and Abyssinian Baptist Church Offer Tour of Harlem
On February 28, from 10:30 am to 2:00 pm, NY Chapter Board Members are invited to meet with Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts, Senior Pastor, Abyssinian Baptist Church and Sheena Wright, Executive Director, Abyssinian Development Corporation. By visiting project sites, including Abyssinian's Thurgood Marshall Academy charter school, we will learn about their work to develop the Harlem community in the areas of education, housing, social services, civic participation and economic opportunity.Please RSVP to vargasw@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.
Tuesday, February 6, 7:00 pm JCC in Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam At 76th
Muslims and Jews, Arabs and Israelis: Voices of Reason, with Avner Haramati and Sami Abu Dayyeh, partners in Atarot JV, a Jerusalem-based economic development corporation. Click here for more information and to register.
Thursday, February 8, 6:00 - 8:00 pm *MEMBERSHIP EVENT
Islamic Terrorism and the West: Missed Warnings and Conflicting Mentalities, with Richard Horowitz, consultant on terrorism and national security.
Selected National AJC News
Herzliya Conference Examines Israel Security Challenges
AJC participated in the Herzliya Conference, an important gathering of leading policy and opinion makers addressing Israel's national security. AJC representatives included Shula Bahat, AJC’s associate executive director; Eran Lerman, director of AJC’s Israel/Middle East Office, who chaired several sessions; AJC Board of Governors members Cheryl Fishbein of New York and Adrienne Price of Westchester; Chaya Gil, member of the AJC Chicago Chapter board; and Dr. Colin Rubenstein, director of the Australia/Israel & Jewish Affairs Council (AIJAC), an AJC global partner. The issue of curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Islamic totalitarianism loomed large throughout the conference. AJC is a founding sponsor of the annual Herzliya conference and the only international Jewish organization represented.
AJC at Limmud Conference
Richard Foltin, AJC's legislative director, and AJC staffers Brooke Menschel, Kara Stein, Lena Altman, Ari Gordon and Dylan Tatz, taught at the popular Limmud conference in New York’s Catskill mountains, attended by 800 Jews of all backgrounds. The AJC team offered substantive programming on domestic and international policy, an important contribution to the conference as its primary focus is often on Jewish learning with substantial emphasis on culture and spirituality.
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