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Support the REPAIR ACT
AJC, since it's founding in 1906, has been a strong voice in support of immigration, long committed to fair and generous immigration policies as good for the United States and consistent with Jewish values. There are millions of people currently living in the shadows throughout the United States, unable to access basic services such as health care and education. An earned pathway to legal status for those individuals is the humane and appropriate thing to do-for their sake and for the sake of all Americans. The fact that we do not know who is entering, and has entered, our country poses obvious security risks. Moreover, mass deportations of the undocumented population are not a real solution because they do not address security concerns, are infeasible, and run counter to the values of this great country.
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Coming up
International
Affairs Commision
Wednesday,
May 26 at 8 am
Domestic/Jewish Communal Affairs Commission Thurs., May 27 at 8 am
Friday, Nov. 19
America's Table Thanksgiving program
Sunday evening, Dec. 5 Consular Corps Chanukah Party
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Israel, Aremband focus of AJC Houston annual meeting
Last Monday evening, the community gathered at the Federal Reserve Bank- Houston for AJC Houston's annual meeting featuring election of officers, the inaugural presentation of the Schechter/Zeidman Jewish Teen Advocacy Award and a discussion on Israel: Shaping the Future. Raphael Pollock of MD Anderson, Ilia Rosenberg of Boeing and Michael Granoff of Better Place outlined their personal and professional interactions with Israel and the country's technology. All three cited the long term impact of Israeli technology in the fields of medicine, energy and hi tech.
 
Pictured are: AJC's Bobby Lapin and Boeing's Ilia Rosenberg (top left); Incoming president Jack Lascar presents a Mordechai Rosenstein lithograph to outgoing president Tracy Stein (top middle); Better Place's Michael Granoff; Mayor Annise Park (bottom left); MD Anderson's Dr. Raphael Pollock; and Jill Aremband, Fred Zeidman, Amb. Arthur Schechter, Asher Aremband and Melanie Lowther, (bottom right).
 
AJC Calls for International Boycott of Sudan President Bashir Inauguration
AJC expressed dismay that UN officials are planning to attend the inauguration of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir this Thursday. READ
AJC delegation meets with Senior German Officials
in Berlin
An AJC leadership delegation has completed a visit to Berlin, during which it held meetings with high-level officials. Topics of discussion included the Iranian nuclear threat, the Arab-Israeli peace process, international terrorism, and the current state of German-Israeli relations
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AJC Calls on Republican Leadership to Condemn Gingrich's "Nazi" Comparison
AJC urged the leadership of the Republican Party to condemn the assertion in a new book authored by Newt Gingrich, the former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, that the Obama Administration's policy agenda is as "great a threat to America as Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union."
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OUTREACH
AJC is actively engaged in the domestic and international scene as a GLOBAL JEWISH ADVOCACY organization.
Argentine Consul General Daniel Deodato welcomed an AJC Houston delegation to his office that included Matt Krohn, Syma Levy, Stan Schneider, Tracy Stein, Mark Tractenberg and staff.
The Consul General, who arrived in early 2010, discussed his roles in the foreign ministry and AJC concerns on Iran and Latin America.
Thanks to Robert Nutinsky and Nic Krohn for getting together separately to discuss AJC.
Special thanks to Ellen and Steve Susman on accepting the honor to receive AJC's Max H. Nathan Award this coming fall. Thank you to Vic Samuels, Kenny Friedman and Linda May for reaching out to the Susmans.
AJC Houston executive committee members met for a retreat this weekend to discuss priorities and goals. Participants included: Dena Palermo, Steve Brown, Steve Friedman, Desi Blankfeld, Ilene Kramer, Syma Levy, Nat Levy, Martin Siegel, Richard Shaw, Iris Mushin, Melanie Lowther, Jack Lascar and staff.
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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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Promotes Human Rights
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Supports Israel
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Strengthens Jewish Life
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