The New York Times, AP and the Jerusalem Post quoted Rabbi David Rosen, AJC’s international director of interreligious affairs, about the Catholic Church’s new latin prayer for the Jews.

Rosen made the following statement regarding the new prayer, which still contains languague calling for Jews to recognize Jesus:

While we appreciate that the text avoids any derogatory language towards Jews, its regretful that the prayer explicitly calls for Jews to accept Christianity.

This differs greatly from the text in the current universal liturgy that prays for the salvation of the Jews in general terms.

We hope that through further dialogue, the full implications of the Second Vatican Council’s affirmation of the Jewish covenant might lead to a deeper understanding of the value of the Torah as the vehicle of salvation for the Jewish people.

Our Executive Director David Harris, concerned about hateful emails mischaracterizing Senator Barack Obama’s religious beliefs and character, joined with heads of other national Jewish organizations in an open letter to the Jewish community:

As leaders of the Jewish community, none of whose organizations will endorse or oppose any candidate for President, we feel compelled to speak out against certain rhetoric and tactics in the current campaign that we find particularly abhorrent. Of particular concern, over the past several weeks, many in our community have received hateful emails that use falsehood and innuendo mischaracterizing Senator Barack Obama’s religious beliefs and who he is as a person.

These tactics attempt to drive a wedge between our community and a presidential candidate based on despicable and false attacks based on religion. We reject these efforts to manipulate members of our community into supporting or opposing candidates.

Attempts of this sort to mislead and inflame voters should not be part of our political discourse and should be rebuffed by all who believe in our democracy. Jewish voters, like all voters, should support whichever candidate they believe would make the best president. We urge everyone to make that decision based on the factual records of these candidates, and nothing less.

The story gained national attention through Richard Cohen’s Washington Post column , Michael Chabon’s Huffington Post response, The New York Times report , Politico’s coverage, JTA’s brief, and Shmuel Rosner’s Haaretz blog.

Can you evict a homeless person?

Yes, in New Orleans, which has gained a reputation for making waves and increasingly for demolishing houses. The big news during AJC ACCESS’s recent fourth trip to the city was that the homeless people camped outside of Mayor Nagin’s office would be evicted shortly. They were given notice - how humane!
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New Orleans has become the metaphor for the problems of our nation laid bare. And while we’ve seen our share of good and bad answers, the bottom line has been inhumane.

continue reading "NOLA on my Mind"

Free Trade in the Americas is a major AJC concern because we firmly believe they impact the immediate and long-term well being of our Hemisphere, as well policies that will determine the quality and scope of relations between the United States and some of its closest partners. Pending free trade agreements with Colombia, Peru and Panama, to be voted on by the U.S. Congress, represent a singular opportunity to reinforce ties and bring to the fore our country’s ongoing commitment to the welfare of our neighbors. Failure to approve them would certainly undermine friendly governments and trading partners, not to mention American interests abroad.

continue reading "Free Trade Agreements Hinder Unrest, and Terror"

Listen: [audio:101meeting/allam050407.mp3]
Magdi Allam, editor at Corriere Della Sera and commentator on Arab and Islamic affairs, was presented with the Mass Media Award on May 4, 2007 at AJC’s 101st Annual Meeting. Here he gives his acceptance speech.

continue reading "Audio: Magdi Allam Accepts Mass Media Award"

When dialoguing with other ethnic groups – in this instance Latino-Americans – we need to keep one important thing in mind. We are not going to agree with each other on every issue. Church-state separation, for example, is a very high priority for us, less so for the Latino community, where support for school vouchers is strong. There is, however, a commonality of interest on several core concerns, including support for affirmative action, immigration reform and better public education.

continue reading "Benefits of AJC - Latino Partnership"

AJC Executive Director David Harris blogs for the Jerusalem Post. From his latest entry:

A few years ago, the American Jewish Committee (AJC) was in extended, and ultimately unsuccessful, merger talks with another Jewish organization. During the discussion of what should be the name of the new agency, someone suggested it should be called Veterans of Jewish Wars (VJW). It got a big laugh, maybe because it struck home about the nature of Jewish organizational life.

My message to ‘veterans of Jewish wars’ [JPost]

Complete list of Harris’s blogs [JPost]

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