Mideast Briefing: Israeli Commissions of Inquiry
The international rush-before the facts were gathered-to condemn Israel for the flotilla incident of May 31 reminds Israelis of the perilous path they tread. Calls for the involvement of outside investigators assume that Israel cannot be trusted to evaluate its own actions. READ BRIEFING
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AJC Houston board outreach
Monday, July 12
at 7 pm
At risk: Turkey's Jewish Community
with
Yehudit Barsky
Tuesday, July13
at 6 pm
Junior League
World Affairs Council Houston and AJC
present
"Israel, Turkey & Iran: Changing Dynamics in the Middle East"
with
Yehudit Barsky
AJC director of Middle East and International Terrorism
Mexican-American Emerging Leaders Seminar August 28-29
Latin American Jewish Task Force with
Dina Siegel Vann
Sunday, Aug. 29
AJC outreach briefing
"Jewish communities in Latin America"
Monday, Aug. 30
FIRST TUESDAY
SERIES
Tues., Oct. 5
11:45 am
with
Norberto Terrazas Arreola
Acting Consul General of Mexico
Tuesday, October 19
LUNCHEON
Presentation of the Max H. Nathan Award to
Ellen and Stephen Susman
European Emerging Leaders Houston visit
Nov. 12-14
Friday, Nov. 19
America's Table Thanksgiving program
Sunday evening, Dec. 5 Consular Corps Chanukah Party
AJC's Institute of Human Relations Award dinner honoring
Mike Ballases
JPMorgan Chase
and featuring
Daniel Cardinal DiNardo
Sunday, Jan. 9, 2011
Omni Houston Hotel
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AJC Houston Egyptian team delegation hosts departing Consul General
AJC International Vice President Dena Palermo hosted a reception for departing Egyptian Consul General, His Excellency El Husseini Abdelwahab, (above left) with board members and their spouses who comprise the Egyptian consulate team. Participating in the reception were board members David Barish, Max and Desiree Blankfeld, Noel Graubart, Iris Mushin, Tracy Stein, Helene Zadok, AJC Houston President Jack Lascar, (above right) and Director Randy Czarlinsky.
AJC delegations visit Russia, Ukraine
As an AJC leadership delegation visits Moscow, Executive Director David Harris speaks to leading broadcaster Russia Today about their meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and about the challenges facing the Middle East.
WATCH LIVE FROM MOSCOW
AJC Praises Administration for Filing Lawsuit Against Anti-Immigrant Arizona Law
AJC applauded the Departments of Justice's filing of a lawsuit that seeks to prevent implementation of Arizona's new anti-immigration law, SB1070. The lawsuit contends that Arizona's law unconstitutionally usurps the federal government's power to establish and enforce immigration policy. READ
AJC Welcomes CNN Decision to Remove Middle East Editor
AJC welcomed the decision of broadcaster CNN to remove its Senior Editor for Middle East Affairs, Octavia Nasr, following her public praise for the recently deceased Ayatollah Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, one of the leading figures behind the terrorist Hezbollah movement.
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Barsky to present 3 briefings Mon., Tues., in Houston
"Increased risks to Jewish institutions", "Changing Dynamics in the Middle East" and "At Risk: Turkey's Jewish community" will be the topics of three separate briefings to selected audiences during Yehudit Barsky's July 12-13 Houston visit. Barsky is AJC's director of the Division on Middle East and International Terrorism. The briefing on the "Changing Dynamics in the Middle East" is presented with the World Affairs Council Houston on Tuesday evening, July 13.
AJC Hails Reaffirmation of "Special Relationship" at Obama, Netanyahu Talks
AJC hailed the reaffirmation of the special relationship between the United States and Israel by President Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following their talks in Washington today.
Foreign Ministers, the President of the European Union, America's Secretary of State, Israel's Defense Minister -- all on one stage together -- no other Jewish organization brings together such officials to discuss global concerns. Sign up today for AJC's 2011 Global Summit, April 27-29. Fully refundable before April 2011. Don't miss the AJC 2011 Global Summit
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OUTREACH
AJC is actively engaged in the domestic and international scene as a GLOBAL JEWISH ADVOCACY organization.
The Houston Chronicle will carry an AJC Houston op. ed. piece on the Middle East in this Sunday's edition.
Barbara Shepard, represented AJC at the Presbyterian USA General Assembly in Minnesota.
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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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