https://www.jta.org/archive/resolution-condenning-nazis-persecution-of-jews-adopted-at-inter-american-conference
A resolution condemning the persecution of Jews in Europe was adopted at the last minute by the Inter-American Conference which has just concluded here. The...
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https://www.jta.org/2012/08/20/united-states/american-hebrew-academy-facing-ambitious-challenges-in-bid-for-elite-status
The American Hebrew Academy aspires to be the standard-bearer in Jewish education, but major challenges inherent in its mission have prevented the North...
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https://www.jta.org/2018/11/04/israel/palestinian-american-author-deported-upon-arrival-israels-ben-gurion-airport
Susan Abulhawa was refused entry over a 2015 incident in which she refused to answer questions by security personnel when she attempted to cross into Israel...
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https://www.progressiveisraelnetwork.org/american-jewish-organizations-call-to-shun-bezalel-smotrich/
We, the undersigned, who care deeply about the security and well-being of the State of Israel, are signing this letter to protest the racism and incitement of...
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https://www.jta.org/archive/more-jewish-day-schools-in-u-s-urged-at-american-mizrachi-convention
The creation of additional Jewish day schools in the United States was urged today at the opening session of the annual convention of the Religious Zionists of...
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https://www.jta.org/2009/06/24/politics/nixon-graham-talk-on-tape-of-american-anti-semitism
Richard Nixon and the Rev. Billy Graham believed Jewish opposition to Christian evangelism efforts would foster anti-Semitism.
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https://www.jta.org/2019/12/04/ny/a-stake-but-not-a-say-in-israeli-elections
The American Jewish community has a stake, but not a say, in Israeli elections.
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https://nmajmh.org/stories/over-there-profiles-of-american-jews-in-world-wwi/
Jan 12, 2023 - Approximately 225,000 American Jews served in World War I. They served as Marines, soldiers and sailors. They served in all aspects of the military: infantry,...
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https://nmajmh.org/support-the-museum/remembrance-walk-paver-program/
Dec 16, 2019 - Help preserve the contributions of Jewish Americans to maintaining the peace and freedom of the United States of America by purchasing a paver on our museum...
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https://www.jta.org/archive/american-council-for-judaism-seeks-federal-investigation-of-beigins-visit-to-u-s
A Federal investigation into the activities of Menachom Boigin, former head of the Irgun Zvai Loumi, was sought today by the executive committee of the...
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https://ajws.org/who-we-are/newsroom/
View our recent press releases, news clips, AJWS information sheets and bios on key staff members. Or, reach out to us with press inquiries.
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https://ajws.org/blog/the-stakes-are-high-in-the-pan-african-fight-for-safe-abortions/
Aug 4, 2025 - AJWS grantee partner Trust for Indigenous Culture and Health (TICAH) is focused on creating lasting change for reproductive healthcare.
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https://www.jta.org/archive/pincus-elected-agency-chairman-22-american-members-on-board-of-governors
Louis Pincus was elected chairman of the Assembly of the reconstituted Jewish Agency today and Leon Dultzin was elected treasurer. Also elected was a 40-member...
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https://www.archives.gov/about/speeches/2005/09-15-05.html
Remarks by Allen Weinstein, Archivist of the United States September 15, 2005, Washington, DC Two months ago, I stood at this same podium to welcome special...
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https://www.jta.org/archive/women-in-9-north-american-cities-conduct-shacharit-service-in-unity
Some 200 Jewish women from all four major branches of Judaism, and nearly every political ilk and age group, filled the Bnai Zion hall here Monday morning,...
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https://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-hub/historian-pamela-s-nadell-confronts-the-roots-of-american-antisemitism/
Nov 13, 2025 - Join New York Jewish Week and UJA-Federation of New York for the next event in our Folio literary series: historian and author ...
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https://www.ajc.org/news/american-jewish-committee-leader-attends-historic-multifaith-gathering-in-saudi-arabia
A historic gathering of faith leaders from across religious traditions took place this week in Saudi Arabia, and included 12 rabbis, among them Rabbi David...
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https://www.jta.org/archive/arab-american-groups-file-claim-against-police-for-ties-with-adl
A coalition of Arab American groups has filed $2.4 million in claims against law-enforcement agencies in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego, alleging...
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https://ajws.org/what-we-do/land-and-water-rights/
Jun 10, 2025 - We support movements of activists around the globe who are fighting for their rights to land, water, forests and natural resources, defending communities from...
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https://www.colorado.edu/english/2018/08/08/engl-1340-001-001b-mysticism-and-jewish-american-literary-tradition
In this class about Jewish mysticism and the Jewish-American literary tradition, you will enter a world filled with dybbuks and golems, with stories about...
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https://www.myjewishlearning.com/tag/american/
Explore Jewish Life and Judaism at My Jewish Learning, a trans-denominational website of information about Judaism. Visit us today!
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https://nmajmh.org/exhibitions/permanent-exhibitions/captain-joshua-l-goldberg-memorial-chapel/
Mar 23, 2021 - Captain Goldberg was born in 1896 in Bobrouysk, Russia. He attended school in Palestine and Russia. After the outbreak of World War I, Captain Goldberg was...
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https://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/en/newsroom/news/120503-bm-ajc-rede-249990
Address by Foreign Minister Westerwelle at the Global Forum of the American Jewish Committee in Washington, 3. may 2012 --- Check against delivery! ---...
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https://ajws.org/where-we-work/
From India to Kenya to Haiti and beyond, AJWS supports extraordinary leaders for social justice who are working to build a better world—locally, nationally...
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https://forward.com/culture/480809/baltimore-jewish-museum-maryland-antisemitism-racism-fence-torah/
Baltimore's Jewish Museum of Maryland takes a fresh look at racism, trauma and more in American Jewish life in "A Fence Around The Torah."
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https://www.jta.org/2021/11/22/ideas/how-thanksgiving-helped-jews-carve-out-a-piece-of-the-american-story
Nov 27, 2024 - Rabbi Yael Buechler recounts a 19th-century Turkey Day dustup in Philadelphia that showed Jews weren't going to accept second-class citizenship.
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https://nmajmh.org/exhibitions/continuing-exhibitions/planned-exhibition-jewish-american-military-service-during-vietnam/
Aug 8, 2023 - From 1959 to 1975, the American military — whose ranks included many Jewish Americans — was involved in the Vietnam War. JewishAmericans like other...
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https://www.jta.org/2016/05/18/united-states/white-house-screens-rosenwald-for-jewish-american-heritage-month
Top Obama aide Valerie Jarrett, whose great-grandfather designed schools for Southern blacks in conjunction with the Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald and...
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https://americanjewishexperience.org/
photo by Alan Light, CC BY 2.0 , via Wikimedia Commons 145069130981061 Kehillath Israel Synagogue (Brookline, Mass.) Records, I-488, courtesy of the Wyner...
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https://www.jta.org/archive/american-parents-urged-to-send-their-high-school-age-children-to-study-in-israel
A plea to American Jewish parents to send their high school-age youngsters to the Jewish state for two years study in Israel schools was voiced tonight by Ada...
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https://nmajmh.org/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/a-mothers-grief/
Feb 4, 2025 - A Mother’s Grief deals with the pain and suffering experienced by the thousands of American mothers who have lost their sons (and daughters) to the horrors...
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https://ajws.org/get-involved/travel-with-ajws/
There’s no better way to ignite your passion for global justice than by traveling with AJWS to Africa, Asia, Latin America or the Caribbean.
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https://jewish-american-society-for-historic-preservation.org/contact.html
Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation promotes and sponsors, recognition of local sites of Jewish Historical interest through historic programs and...
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https://www.jta.org/archive/american-psychologists-to-meet-in-bonn-today-on-racial-prejudice
A group of American and European psychologists will start a two-day meeting in Bonn tomorrow to discuss recent psychological studies on racial and religious...
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https://ajws.org/
American Jewish World Service (AJWS) is working to build a more just and equitable world for all, inspired by the Jewish commitment to justice and human rights.
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https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/american-jewish-congress-ajcongress
The American Jewish Congress (AJCongress), founded in 1918, was created to combat anti-Semitism and address the issues facing Jews in Europe.
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https://ajws.org/our-impact/
AJWS directly supports activists, local grassroots organizations and movements in countries across Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
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https://www.academia.edu/38398873/Isadore_Twersky_Necrology_Harry_Austryn_Wolfson_1887_1974_American_Jewish_Historical_Quarterly_vol_64_no_4_June_1975_361_367
Jan 12, 2025 - Isadore Twersky, “Necrology: Harry Austryn Wolfson (1887-1974),” American Jewish Historical Quarterly, vol. 64, no. 4 (June 1975): 361-367
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https://ajh.scholasticahq.com/editorial-board
AJHi is the official publication of the American Jewish Historical Society, the oldest national ethnic historical organization in the US.
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https://www.lulu.com/shop/andre-koen/jewish-american-experience/paperback/product-1m6852y.html
This tool book is used to help cultures understand each other. Through examination of the history, current status and issues facing this group of people.
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https://www.myjewishlearning.com/topics/american-synagogues/
Explore Jewish Life and Judaism at My Jewish Learning, a trans-denominational website of information about Judaism. Visit us today!
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https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/tributes-pour-jewish-american-anti-zionist-activist
The 92-year-old abolitionist and feminist known for her fierce activism died at her home in New York after a battle with terminal illness
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https://ajws.org/blog/fighting-for-and-winning-protection-under-the-law-landmark-progress-for-lgbtqi-kenyans/
Nov 14, 2025 - A radical shift is taking place in Kenya’s social and legal treatment of LGBTQI+ people thanks, in large part, to the tireless work of AJWS grantees.
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https://www.jta.org/archive/american-preparing-to-appeal-palestine-land-restrictions-to-international-court
Former Magistrate Bernard A. Rosenblatt of New York is preparing to appeal to the International Court of Justice against Palestine and purchase laws which bar...
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https://www.foxnews.com/politics/congressmen-seek-funding-protect-american-jewish-communities-terrorist-attacks
Members of Congress sent a letter to the House Appropriations Committee seeking additional funding to help nonprofit American Jewish groups bolster security...
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https://www.prnewswire.com/ae/news-releases/anwar-gargash-diplomatic-academy-american-jewish-committee-host-virtual-session-to-commemorate-first-anniversary-of-abraham-accords-301377680.html
/PRNewswire/ -- The Anwar Gargash Diplomatic Academy (AGDA) and American Jewish Committee (AJC) hosted a virtual session to mark the first anniversary of the...
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https://www.vatican.va/content/benedict-xvi/en/speeches/2009/february/documents/hf_ben-xvi_spe_20090212_jewish-organizations.html
To members of the delegation of the 'Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations' (February 12, 2009)
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https://ajws.org/who-we-are/careers-with-ajws/
We’re striving to end poverty and advance human rights for millions of people around the globe. Want a job that will let you help? Explore our career...
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https://www.ajc.org/news/american-jewish-committee-access-mimouna-association-pilot-the-michael-sachs-muslim-jewish
A group of Jewish and Muslim young professionals from Morocco, Israel, and the United States concluded ten days of consultations with senior government, civil...
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https://ajws.org/where-we-work/latin-america-the-caribbean/
Jun 10, 2025 - AJWS works to promote human rights and end poverty in six countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. From helping earthquake survivors in Haiti to...
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https://www.loc.gov/free-to-use/jewish-americans/
Selected portraits, events, and sites represent the historical experiences and achievements of Jewish Americans from the 18th to the 20th century. A formal...
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https://ajws.org/who-we-are/resources/
Pursuing justice is a very Jewish thing to do. Our Jewish texts, history and heritage have called on us to stand up for the stranger and build more...
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https://ajws.org/what-we-do/
AJWS responds to the most pressing issues of our time by supporting social change organizations in 17 countries and advocating for policies protecting human...
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https://forward.com/news/371791/may-jewish-american-heritage-month/
Jewish American Heritage Month, which was introduced by Debbie Wasserman Schultz, suffers from lack of funds and awareness.
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