Posts Tagged: David Harris
Leading American Jewish Groups Congratulate Trump on Poll-Defying Victory, Call for Post-Election Unity
American Jewish groups were among those congratulating President-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday after his poll-defying victory over Democratic Hillary Clinton in Tuesday’s election. In a statement,...
What is the Meaning of America? Ask My Family
To truly understand the meaning of America, ask someone who wasn’t born here. In my case, that’s easy. My mother was born in the Soviet Union...
An Eyewitness Report From Brussels: It’s Not Too Late to Turn the Tide
On Monday evening, March 21, I arrived in Brussels from London, where there had been chatter about possible terrorist attacks. It was quiet in Europe's capital as we...
Why Is the AJC Defending John Kerry on Israel?
In 1943, when Peter Bergson took out full-page ads in The New York Times to alert America to the slaughter of European Jewry and the inaction...
Who Won and Lost on the Iran Deal?
Now that a Senate minority has blocked the bipartisan majority from taking an up-or-down vote on arguably the most significant foreign policy measure in a...
After Much Consideration, We Forcefully Oppose the Iran Nuclear Deal
When the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) was announced in Vienna on July 14, AJC issued a press release indicating that we would first...
Major Jewish Group Announces Opposition to Iran Deal: Alternative is Not War
The American Jewish Committee announced its opposition to the Iran deal on Wednesday, after "three weeks" of discussions with top Obama administration officials, lawmakers and diplomats from Europe,...
Major Jewish Group Calls on Obama to Denounce Iran’s ‘Quds Day’ Rallies Featuring ‘Death to Israel’ Chants
Major Jewish human-rights group the Simon Wiesenthal Center called on U.S. President Barack Obama on Friday to denounce marches in Iran marking the country's aggressively anti-Zionist international Quds Day. "The...
History Matters: Remembering the Six-Day War
Mention the word "history" and it can trigger a roll of the eyes. Add "Middle East" to the equation and folks might start running for the...
Where is the Outrage Over Murdered Jews?
The other day, I had occasion to watch once again French Prime Minister Manuel Valls' extraordinary speech to the National Assembly in Paris, delivered in...
President Obama Hits on the Root of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
President Barack Obama delivered a compelling and heartfelt speech on May 22 at a Washington synagogue. He spoke directly to the concerns and aspirations of the...
What’s Next After Copenhagen?
Once again, the jihadists have attacked, this time in Copenhagen. Once again, they have murdered innocent people. Once again, they have targeted both democratic values — freedom...
What Does The American Jewish Committee Do?
The American Jewish Committee recently financed a study - after a series of seminars - that, according to their website, found that "Three distinct groups in...
If Not Us, Who? A Lesson From Our History With Soviet Jews
Forty years ago this month, my life took a new path. Forty years later, I'm still on that path. The year was 1974. U.S. President Richard...
