American Jewish Congress

USUALLY, JANUARY AND February are lazy summer months in Argentina and Brazil. Millions of locals and tourists relax, sunbathe, and gaze at the…

The major political protest movements in recent decades typically involved a large component of college students. Whether is was the anti-Vietnam…

MOSCOW – To mark the end of Hanukka, Russian “oligarch” and Jewish philanthropist Alexander Mashkevich invited Moscow’s elite to the annual reception…

The AJC made an initial donation on Sunday of $100,000 to Israel relief organizations assisting the communities affected by the Carmel fire. The AJC…

Representatives of the World Jewish Congress took part in the Conference of Inter-Faith Dialogue in Doha, Qatar on Tuesday. Vice President Rabbi Marc…

The appointment of a candidate with no experience in dealing with the foreign press to head the Government Press Office faced criticism this week…

In April 1994, I wrote a story titled “The Bourgeoisification of Israel” for the American Jewish magazine Moment. Illustrated with photographs of…

WASHINGTON - A woman who with her husband has contributed large sums to pro-Israel and Jewish groups is the principal funder of the group that has…

Jewish leaders from around the world began arriving in Jerusalem on Monday, ahead of Tuesday’s opening of a session of the World Jewish…

Harvard law professor and noted Israel advocate Alan Dershowitz has said that the best way to win over the ‘undecideds’ when he’s speaking in…

The American Jewish Congress issued an official press release Thursday responding to its unannounced decision last week to suspend most of its…

The American Jewish Congress, one of the oldest and historically powerful organizations of the Jewish-American establishment, has temporarily…

The American Jewish Congress, one of the oldest and historically powerful organizations of the Jewish-American establishment, is temporarily…

To Israel, come to Austria!Sir, – Youreditorial “From Hungary and Austria, come to Israel!” (April 28) hasun-made my day. That’s not because of…

A storied 92-year-old American Jewish advocacy group is looking to save its staff and programs from termination by merging with a larger…

J  Street won a small victory this week by bringing Deputy Foreign Minister Danny Ayalon to – apparently unwittingly – boycott members of the US…

The American Jewish Congress said Tuesday that Pakistan will accept aid from Israel and American Jewish groups. Eye of the Storm: Local coverage of…

Richard Goldstone’s infamous role as the token head of the UNHRC report accusing the IDF of war crimes is only one example of prominent Jews who…

Only a handful of Jews live in Burma today. For more than 35 years, my family has taken care of the synagogue, cemetery and what remains of the once…

If you are a baby boomer born in the US, you probably can sing more than a dozen Christmas songs. It doesn't matter whether you are Jewish. In fact,…