Tag: American Jewish Congress
Major Jewish Groups Urge Senate to Take Immediate Action to Replenish Iron Dome
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelming approved (420-9) legislation last September to provide $1 billion in funds, but the legislation has since stalled in the Senate.
American Jewish Congress Wants Bernie Sanders to Fire Linda Sarsour
“As the only Jewish presidential candidate in the field, and as someone who may become the first Jewish President of the United States, you bear a special responsibility to the Jewish American community.”
AJCongress Comes Out Against Nuclear Iran Deal
The leaky inspections regimen in the JCPOA led the AJCongress to oppose the agreement.
Answer This American Jewish Poll: Should Bibi Speak to Congress?
A link for the poll is provided below. Deadline is today.
Erdogan Happy to Return Award Given by American Jewish Congress
“He had a hopped-up 'cycle that took off like a gun/That fool was the terror of Highway 101 - ‘ from the song “Black Denim Trousers.”
Jewish Leaders Praise New Pope
The new pope, Jorge Mario Bergoglio from Argentina attended Rosh HaShanah services five years ago and was outspoken in the attack against the Jewish Community Center by agents of Iran in 1994.
Today in 1934 – Brooklyn Jewish Women Help Refugees from Nazi Germany
SEPTEMBER 5, 1934 - Mrs. Stephen S. Wise, president of the Women's Association of the American Jewish Congress, who has just returned from a visit to the German refugee centers in Europe, will be hostess this afternoon to 500 Brooklyn women who have pledged to support the establishment of a center in New York City for refugees from Nazi Germany.
Madoff Sentencing Offers Little Solace To Victims
Bernard Madoff was sentenced Monday to 150 years in jail, the maximum allowed for his crimes.
U.S. District Court Judge Denny Chin during the sentencing called Madoff's crimes "staggering."
Difficult Questions In Polish-Jewish Dialogue
Whenever I meet people, and they find out I write about Jewish life in Poland, invariably they have questions.
The View From Henry Siegman’s Knees
In this week’s Jewish Press front-page essay, Gilead Ini methodically shreds even the slightest pretense of objectivity maintained by Henry Siegman, formerly of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Jewish Congress and a prolific writer on the Middle East.
Zionism’s Greatest Achievement
In some ways it is a depressing period in Jewish history. The American Jewish Diaspora community, or at least the non-Orthodox bulk therein, is in the process of committing cultural/national/religious suicide.