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American Jewish Committee
Established 1906
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is a global Jewish advocacy organization, founded in New York on November 11, 1906. Initially concerned with Jews suffering pogroms in the Russian Empire, the AJC had as its primary goal to “prevent infringement of the civil and religious rights of Jews and to alleviate the consequences of persecution.” Since then, the organization has fought general discrimination and worked on behalf of social equality, playing a major role in the civil rights movement in the 1950s and 1960s. It has also supported the publication of numerous books and book series on Jewish and interfaith issues.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Declaration of Human Rights
With the inevitable end of Hitler, the struggle begins, not of tank and plane, but of heart and soul and brain to forge a world in which humanity may live in peace. This new world must be based on the…
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A Statement on the Jewish Future
Responding to the high rates of intermarriage and concerns about eroding Jewish life, the organized Jewish community has initiated a drive to ensure the Jewish future in North America. As Jewish…