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North American Jewish Congress
The North American Jewish Congress has three regional affiliates:
Officers
Chair: Evelyn Sommer
Executive Director: Shai Franklin
WJC American Section
The American Section of the World Jewish Congress is an
affiliate of the WJC in the United States of America. Its
main focus is on facilitating American Jewish input into
the WJC's global deliberations; encouraging American efforts
to fight international anti-Semitism and promote tolerance;
and reaching out to a new generation of Jewish leaders in
the United States.
The American Section meets regularly in New York and Washington
with officials responsible for US policy towards the United
Nations (UN), the Organization of American States (OAS),
and the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
(OSCE) – each critical in generating a coordinated
international response to anti-Semitism – in consultation
with the State Department's Office of Holocaust Issues and
other agencies.
The American Section coordinates its agenda with fellow
organizations, and includes them in these consultations,
whenever possible. Recent activities of the American Section
include a special planning forum of 80 community leaders
representing over 20 organizations with briefings by senior
US and Israeli diplomats, and a parliamentary forum in Washington
following up on the OSCE's most recent conference on anti-Semitism
in Cordoba, Spain. In addition to the Cordoba meetings,
the American Section has also participated in the 2005 OAS
General Assembly.
As American Jewry faces a challenge of leadership and identity,
the American Section of the WJC is playing its part in recruiting
and inspiring a new generation of organizations and activists.
Beyond including new faces and new ideas, opportunities
and relationships are being developed so the American Section
reflects the full range of themes, affinities, and generations.
No organization by itself can bridge the gaps in American
Jewish life, and the American Section draws inspiration
from the global inclusiveness of the World Jewish Congress
and from exciting initiatives within American Jewry.
Under the supervision of its Executive Committee, the American
Section is also developing a series of proposed revisions
to update its structure and expand membership.
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Legislative
Responses to Anti-Semitism
an international roundtable of parliamentarians
at the 14th Parliamentary Assembly of
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
July 3, 2005 - Washington DC
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Officers
Chair: Rabbi Marc Schneier
Executive Director: Shai Franklin
Contact details
501 Madison Avenue
17th Floor
USA-New York, NY 10022
Tel: +1-212-755-5770
Fax: +1 212-755-5883
email: americanSection@wjcmail.org
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Canadian Jewish Congress
The Canadian Jewish Congress is the democratically elected,
national organizational voice of the Jewish community of
Canada. It serves as the community's vehicle for defence
and representation. Committed to preserving and strengthening
Jewish life, CJC acts on matters affecting the status,
rights and welfare of the Canadian Jewish community, other
Diaspora communities and the Jewish people in Israel.
CJC combats antisemitism and racism, promotes human rights,
fosters inter-faith, cross-cultural relations and strives
for tolerance, understanding and goodwill among all segments
of society in a multicultural Canada.
CJC speaks on a broad range of public policy, humanitarian
and social-justice issues on the national agenda that affect
the Jewish community and Canadian society at large.
Through its charitable operations, CJC provides domestic
and international relief aid on a non-sectarian basis,
following natural disasters and to isolated Jewish communities
in need.
The CJC national office is located in Ottawa and works
closely with CJC regions and affiliated offices across
the country.
Canadian
Jewish Congress website
Officers
Lay President: Ed Morgan
CEO: Bernie M. Farber
National Executive Vice President: Manuel Prutschi
Director of Operations: Joshua Rotblatt
Contact details
100 Sparks Street, Suite 650
Ottawa,
Ontario K1P 5B7
email: canadianjewishcongress@cjc.ca
Phone: (613) 233-8703
Fax: (613) 233-8748
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Comité Central de la Comunidad
Judía de México
(CCCJM)
Officers
President: Benjamin Speckman
Executive Director: Mauricio Lulka
Contact details
Comité Central de la Comunidad Judía de
México (CCCJM)
Central Committee of the Jewish Community of Mexico
Cofre de Perote # 115,
Lomas de Chapultepec
Tel: +(5255)5520-9393
Fax: +(5255)5540-3050
e-mail : comitecentral@prodigy.net.mx
website: http://www.tribuna.org.mx
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