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Coming up
AJC's Max Nathan Award Dinner
honoring
Joe Williams
Thurs., Dec. 10
at the Omni Houston Hotel
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Wednesday,
January 27
at 10:30 am
UN Holocaust Victim Observance for the Consular Corps
with and at
Holocaust Museum Houston
AJC's Bridge America Project task force round tables discussions
Feb. 2, Feb. 16 and March 2
Wednesday,
March 24
AJC Houston Institute of Human Relations Award dinner
honoring
Don Woo
Board Meetings
Jan. 21 at 11:45 am; March 18 at 8:15 am and
Apr 22 at 11:45 am.
AJC NATIONAL ANNUAL MEETING
APRIL 28-30
GRAND HYATT
WASHINGTON, DC
Israel: Shaping the Future
Mon., May 17
Executive Committee
Jan. 7 and
March 4
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American Jews and Middle East Policy: Watch David Harris on CNN
AJC Executive Director David Harris speaks with CNN's Christiane Amanpour about US policy in the Middle East, the issues raised by the J-Street advocacy group and the role of American Jews in supporting Israel.
WATCH.
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AJC Consular Corps Chanukah Party
Diplomats representing countries from every region across  the globe participated in AJC Houston's annual Consular Corps Chanukah Party Thursday night at the Blankfeld home. The annual event brings together diplomats and AJC board members for conversation. More than 30 diplomats  attended.
During the past year, AJC consular corps
delegations visit individually with the diplomats.
Pictured are: Consul General of Greece Hon. Alexandra Theodoropoulou and Dror Zadok above top; top right Tracy Stein and His Excellency Lasse Seim, Consul General of Norway; above -- Host Max Blankfeld, l, David Barish and His Excellency El-Husseini Muhammad Abdul Wahab. Consul General of Egypt; lower right -- Consul General of India Hon. Sanjiv Arora and Ambassador Arthur Schechter.
Leading Academic Publisher Fails to Correct Zionism Article
AJC strongly criticized a leading academic publisher for its decision to retain an article vilifying Zionism in an encyclopedia dealing with racism.
The Encyclopedia of Race and Racism, published in 2008 by Macmillan Reference USA, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, contains an article on "Zionism" by Noel Ignatiev, a bitter opponent of Israel.
AJC OP-ED: Make Sure Oberammergau's
Passion Won't Inflame
"Will the organizers of the Oberammergau Passion Play finally rid it of inflammatory portrayals of Jews and Judaism?" writes Rabbi Noam E. Marans, AJC's associate director of interreligious and intergroup relations, in the Forward.
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Berlin Ceremony to Celebrate 15 Years of AJC, German Armed Forces Partnership
AJC and the German Ministry of Defense will celebrate 15 years of partnership at a ceremony, in Berlin, on December 8. German Defense Minister Dr. Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg and AJC Executive Director David Harris will address the event.
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AJC Decries Shameful Assaults on Christian Clergy in Jerusalem
In a letter to Israel's minister for public security, AJC expressed dismay over the incidents of some religious Jews spitting on Christian clergy in the Old City of Jerusalem. The full text of the letter follows. READ
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OUTREACH
AJC is actively engaged in the domestic and international scene as a GLOBAL JEWISH ADVOCACY organization.
AJC President elect Jack Lascar will participate in the Indian community's Remembering 26/11 Mumbai at India House on Saturday.
Rhona Konig, Jack Lascar and Randy Czarlinsky met with Spain's Consul General His Excellency Miguel Ángel Fernández de Mazarambroz Bernabeu this week to discuss Spain's upcoming six month presidency of the EU, Iran and a photographic exhibit of Sephardic Jewry.
Helene Zadok and Iris Mushin continued advance work for the AJC/Holocaust Museum Houston UN Holocaust Victim Observance on Jan. 27.
Thank you to Alan Livingston for getting together this week to discuss AJC and the Middle East.
Final preparations are being made for next Thursday's Max Nathan award dinner honoring Joe Williams. The Emery/Weiner Instrumental Class will provide music at the reception. Vikki Evans of FTK/Video put the final edits of the video together this week.
Be safe this evening and enjoy Houston's rare snowstorm.
Randy Czarlinsky
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AJC seeks a secure Jewish future
in a more just world.
We maintain offices across the
United States and around the
world, and partnerships with
Jewish communities abroad.
AJC:
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Builds Bridges
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Advances Security
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Promotes Human Rights
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Supports Israel
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Strengthens Jewish Life
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