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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

WJC American Section financial statements
IRS Tax Form 990(2.95Mb)     Audited Financial Statements (637Kb)

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.

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

read the report (.pdf 0.4Mb)

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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