WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS AMERICAN SECTION INC
501 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10022 www.worldjewishcongress.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS, AMERICA SECTION, IS A JEWISH HUMANITARIAN, HUMAN RIGHTS, AND ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION REPRESENTING JEWISH COMMUNITIES IN THE USA AND IS THE VOICE OF THE PREMIER GLOBAL JEWISH UMBRELLA FOR JEWISH COMMUNITIES AROUND THE WORLD. THE MISSION OF THE WJC AMERICAN SECTION IS TO SUPPORT THE AIMS OF THE WORLD JEWISH CONGRESS, AND TO WORK FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, TOLERANCE, COMBAT RACISM AND ANTI-SEMITISM, AND ADVOCATE FOR JEWISH COMMUNITY SECURITY AND SAFETY IN THE PUBLIC SQUARE,IN THE PUBLIC AFFAIRS ARENA, AND IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS.

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS - ATTENDED CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS TO DISCUSS CURRENT TOPICS OF INTERNATIONAL IMPORTANCE. HELD CONFERENCEs AND ATTENDED MEETINGS TO DISCUSS THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN EUROPE, THE CURRENT SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND IMPORTANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE UNITED NATIONS. MET WITH INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTAL OFFICIALS, INTERNATIONAL INTERFAITH LEADERSHIP, WORLD JEWISH LEADERSHIP, AND REPORTED ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS TOPICS AS PERTAINING TO THE UNITED STATES AND NORTH AMERICA.

ORGANIZATIONAL AND INTER-RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS - THE WJC AMERICAN SECTION SERVES AS A COORDINATING AND RESOURCE BODY FOR MANY JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS AND PROVIDES MUCH OPPORTUNITY FOR INTERACTION, COOPERATION, AND INTEGRATION IN THE COMMUNITY. WJC IS A MEMBER ORGANZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL JEWISH COMMITTEE FOR INTERRELIGIOUS CONSULTATIONS (IJCIC), A CONSORTIUM OF JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS THAT WORK TOGETHER WITH THE VATICAN, THE WORLD COUNCIL OF CHURCHES, AND MODERATE MUSLIM ORGANIZATIONS TO INCREASE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND WORK TOWARDS PEACEFUL CO-EXISTENCE. WJC PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS CHAIR OF IJCIC AND IN OTHER OFFICIAL CAPACITIES, PARTICIPATED IN ITS INTERNATIONAL LIAISON COMMITTEE MEETING IN PARIS, FRANCE, MADRID SPAIN, AND IN WARSAW, POLAND, AMONG OTHERS, AND IN HIGH LEVEL INTERFAITH MEETINGS IN GENEVA, BRUSSELS, LONDON, AND IN THE UNITED NATIONS. THE WJC HELD A SYMPOSIUM IN WASHINGTON D.C. ON THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL AND AS WELL HELD SYMPOSIA IN NEW YORK WITH EXPERT SPEAKERS AND NOTABLE LEADERS OF THE JEWISH AND CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES.

PUBLIC INFORMATION - DISSEMINATE INFORMATION TO THE JEWISH COMMUNITY. ISSUED PERIODICAL PRESS RELEASES, REPORTS AND WEEKLY SUMMARIES OF ACTIVITIES, ANALYSES OF TIMELY ISSUES AS WELL AS OPINION PIECES AND PRESS ITEMS THAT PERTAIN TO THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM, THE IRANIAN THREAT, ISSUES AFFECTING ISRAEL AND THE MIDDLE EAST, AND JEWISH COMMUNITY NEWS.

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