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In This Issue:
- Reminder- February Board Meeting Date Changed
- 2007 Calendar
- Selected National AJC News
February Board Meeting Rescheduled for February 21
Due to a scheduling conflict, the next meeting of the New York Chapter Board of Directors will be held on February 21, not February 6 as previously announced. Cocktails will begin at 5:30 PM, and the meeting will begin at 6:00. Please RSVP to vargasw@ajc.org.
2007 Calendar
(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
January 2007
Wednesday, January 10, 10:00 - 11:00 am 100 Gold Street, 2nd Flr
Small group meeting with Guillermo Linares, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs
Sunday, January 14, 4:00 PM Riverside Church (enter at 91 Claremont Avenue)
Realizing the Dream celebration in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Wednesday, January 17, 6:00 - 9:00 pm Home of Larry and Donna Shelley
India in the 21st Century: An Emerging Power and Partner, with The Hon. Neelam Deo, Consul General of India and Priya Tandon, Director, AJC Mumbai, India
Tuesday, January 23, 5:30 - 7:00 pm
Joint Advocacy and Intergroup Relations Committee Meeting
POSTPONED
Thursday, January 25, 8:00 - 9:30 am
Breakfast Briefing with Christine Quinn, Speaker of the New York City Council
Thursday, January 25, doors open 6:30, program 7:00 - 8:30 pm
Negotiating Past and Present: Current Trends in Germany’s Self Reflection, with Ernestine Schlant Bradley, author of post war German literature, and Dr. Hans-Jürgen Heimsoeth, German Consul General in New York
February 2007
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
February 15-18 The Biltmore, Coral Gables , FL
Board of Governors Institute
MEETING RESCHEDULED
Wednesday, Feb 21, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
New York Chapter Board Meeting
*Prior date was February 6
March 2007
Tuesday, March 20, 6:00 - 9:30 pm Congregation B’nai Jeshurun
Diplomatic Model Seder
April 2007
Wednesday, April 18, 6:00 - 8:00 pm
New York Chapter Board Meeting
May 2007
May 1-4 Washington, DC
101st National AJC Annual Meeting
June 2007
Tuesday, June 5 evening
New York Chapter Annual Meeting
Selected National AJC News
AJC Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Bonus Program
Roselyn Bell, AJC’s director of publications, is the third AJC staff member eligible to take advantage of AJC’s Fuel-Efficient Vehicle Bonus Program. Bell, who lives in New Jersey, purchased a Toyota Prius. The program, which provides cash incentives to purchase or lease fuel-efficient, environmentally-friendly vehicles, is the first offer of its kind to employees of any non-profit organization in the U.S., and aims to contribute to reducing America’s dependence on oil.
Project Interchange Sends Student Presidents, Editors to Israel
Project Interchange is currently hosting educational seminars in Israel for college student body presidents and college newspaper editors. The student body presidents will meet with counterparts at Hebrew University and the College of Judaea and Shomron in Ariel, as well as student pioneers who are developing the Negev. The newspaper editors will meet with Ethiopian, Russian and mainstream Israeli radio and print journalists; student journalists, IDF soldiers from the leading radio station in Israel, Galei Tzahal, and a Palestinian journalist. In addition to meeting senior Israeli and Palestinian officials, academics and leaders, some members of each group will travel to Israel’s north to survey the effects of the summer war with Hezbollah.
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