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	{{Distinguish2\|[[American ~~Jewish~~ Congress]]}}		{{Distinguish2\|[[American jewish Congress]]}}
	{{Infobox Organization		{{Infobox Organization
	\| name = American ~~Jewish~~ Committee		\| name = American jewish Committee
	\| image =		\| image =
	\| size = 174px		\| size = 174px
	\| motto = Global ~~Jewish~~ Advocacy		\| motto = Global jewish Advocacy
	\| formation = 1906		\| formation = 1906
	\| headquarters = [[New York City\|New York]], [[New York\|NY]]		\| headquarters = [[New York City\|New York]], [[New York\|NY]]
	\| type = Pro-Israel, [[~~Jewish~~ supremacism]]		\| type = Pro-Israel, [[jewish supremacism]]
	\| leader_title = Executive Director		\| leader_title = Executive Director
	\| leader_name = [[David Harris]]		\| leader_name = [[David Harris]]
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	\| website = [http://www.ajc.org/ www.ajc.org/]		\| website = [http://www.ajc.org/ www.ajc.org/]
	}}		}}
	The '''American ~~Jewish~~ Committee (AJC)''' is a ~~Jewish~~ advocacy group. Founded in 1906 by [[~~Jews~~]] in the [[United States]] who were ostensibly concerned about [[pogrom]]s aimed at Russian ~~Jews~~. The group is similar to the [[Anti Defamation League]] and has a similar agenda of collecting information on their enemies within the host nation. Another purpose of the organization is to silence the critics of [[Israel]].		The '''American jewish Committee (AJC)''' is a jewish advocacy group. Founded in 1906 by [[jews]] in the [[United States]] who were ostensibly concerned about [[pogrom]]s aimed at Russian jews. The group is similar to the [[Anti Defamation League]] and has a similar agenda of collecting information on their enemies within the host nation. Another purpose of the organization is to silence the critics of [[Israel]].

	The organization has regional offices in the United States, overseas offices, and international partnerships with ~~Jewish~~ communal institutions around the world.		The organization has regional offices in the United States, overseas offices, and international partnerships with jewish communal institutions around the world.

	==History==		==History==
	[[Louis B. Marshall]] served as president from 1912 until 1929. Under his tenure, AJC helped create in 1914 the [[American ~~Jewish~~ Joint Distribution Committee]], established to aid ~~Jewish~~ victims of [[World War I]], and later [[World War II]] .		[[Louis B. Marshall]] served as president from 1912 until 1929. Under his tenure, AJC helped create in 1914 the [[American jewish Joint Distribution Committee]], established to aid jewish victims of [[World War I]], and later [[World War II]] .

	In the 1940s the AJC was instrumental in obtaining indictments against American [[fascist]]s and German national who were opposed to [[FDR]]'s war efforts. The trial would become know as the infamous [[Great Sedition Trial of 1944]].		In the 1940s the AJC was instrumental in obtaining indictments against American [[fascist]]s and German national who were opposed to [[FDR]]'s war efforts. The trial would become know as the infamous [[Great Sedition Trial of 1944]].

	In the 1970s, AJC spearheaded the fight to pass anti-boycott legislation to counter the [[Arab League boycott of Israel]]. In 1975, AJC became the first ~~Jewish~~ organization to campaign against the UN's "Zionism is Racism" resolution.		In the 1970s, AJC spearheaded the fight to pass anti-boycott legislation to counter the [[Arab League boycott of Israel]]. In 1975, AJC became the first jewish organization to campaign against the UN's "Zionism is Racism" resolution.

	In December 1987, AJC's Washington representative, David A. Harris, who would later become the organization's executive director, organized the [[Freedom Sunday for Soviet ~~Jews~~]]. An estimated 250,000 people attended the D.C. rally, which demanded that the Soviet government allow ~~Jewish~~ emigration from the [[USSR]].		In December 1987, AJC's Washington representative, David A. Harris, who would later become the organization's executive director, organized the [[Freedom Sunday for Soviet jews]]. An estimated 250,000 people attended the D.C. rally, which demanded that the Soviet government allow jewish emigration from the [[USSR]].

	In 1992, [[Japan]], citing AJC pressure, reversed its policy of supporting the Arab League boycott of Israel.		In 1992, [[Japan]], citing AJC pressure, reversed its policy of supporting the Arab League boycott of Israel.
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	==Controversy==		==Controversy==

	In an essay, ''“Progressive” ~~Jewish~~ Thought and the New Anti-Semitism'' by [[Alvin H. Rosenfeld]], published on its web site,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/%7B42D75369-D582-4380-8395-D25925B85EAF%7D/PROGRESSIVE_JEWISH_THOUGHT.PDF \|title="Progressive" ~~Jewish~~ Thought and the New Anti-Semitism \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Alvin H. Rosenfeld \|year=2006 \|month=December \|format=PDF \|publisher=American ~~Jewish~~ Committee }}</ref> the AJC attacked ~~Jewish~~ critics of Israel by name, particularly the editors and contributors to "Wrestling With Zion: Progressive ~~Jewish~~-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (Grove Press), a 2003 collection of essays edited by Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon. The essay accused them of supporting a rise in anti-Semitism, and of participating in an "onslaught against Zionism and the ~~Jewish~~ State".<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/arts/31jews.html		In an essay, ''“Progressive” jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism'' by [[Alvin H. Rosenfeld]], published on its web site,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/%7B42D75369-D582-4380-8395-D25925B85EAF%7D/PROGRESSIVE_JEWISH_THOUGHT.PDF \|title="Progressive" jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Alvin H. Rosenfeld \|year=2006 \|month=December \|format=PDF \|publisher=American jewish Committee }}</ref> the AJC attacked jewish critics of Israel by name, particularly the editors and contributors to "Wrestling With Zion: Progressive jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (Grove Press), a 2003 collection of essays edited by Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon. The essay accused them of supporting a rise in anti-Semitism, and of participating in an "onslaught against Zionism and the jewish State".<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/arts/31jews.html
	\| title = "Essay Linking Liberal ~~Jews~~ and Anti-Semitism Sparks a Furor" \|accessdate=2007-02-08\|author=Patricia Cohen \|date=2007-01-31 \|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>		\| title = "Essay Linking Liberal jews and Anti-Semitism Sparks a Furor" \|accessdate=2007-02-08\|author=Patricia Cohen \|date=2007-01-31 \|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

	In an editorial, ''[[The Forward]]'' called the essay "a shocking tissue of slander" whose intent was to "turn ~~Jews~~ against liberalism and silence critics".<ref>{{cite web \|title="Infamy" \|work=[[The Forward]] \|date=2007-02-01 \|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/infamy/ \|accessdate=2007-02-08}}</ref>		In an editorial, ''[[The Forward]]'' called the essay "a shocking tissue of slander" whose intent was to "turn jews against liberalism and silence critics".<ref>{{cite web \|title="Infamy" \|work=[[The Forward]] \|date=2007-02-01 \|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/infamy/ \|accessdate=2007-02-08}}</ref>
	Richard Cohen remarked that the essay "has given license to the most intolerant and narrow-minded of Israel's defenders so that, as the AJC concedes in my case, any veering from orthodoxy is met with censure or, from someone like Reinharz, the most powerful of all post-Holocaust condemnations—anti-Semite—is diluted beyond recognition".<ref>{{cite web \|author=Richard Cohen \|title="Cheapening a Fight Against Hatred" \|work=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=2007-02-06 \|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/05/AR2007020501249.html \|accessdate = 2007-02-08}}</ref>		Richard Cohen remarked that the essay "has given license to the most intolerant and narrow-minded of Israel's defenders so that, as the AJC concedes in my case, any veering from orthodoxy is met with censure or, from someone like Reinharz, the most powerful of all post-Holocaust condemnations—anti-Semite—is diluted beyond recognition".<ref>{{cite web \|author=Richard Cohen \|title="Cheapening a Fight Against Hatred" \|work=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=2007-02-06 \|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/05/AR2007020501249.html \|accessdate = 2007-02-08}}</ref>

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	\| title = "Are we all anti-semites now?" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Matthew Yglesias \|date=2007-02-08 \|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>		\| title = "Are we all anti-semites now?" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Matthew Yglesias \|date=2007-02-08 \|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
	and ''The Boston Globe'',<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/02/07/all_critics_of_israel_arent_anti_semites/		and ''The Boston Globe'',<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/02/07/all_critics_of_israel_arent_anti_semites/
	\| title = "All critics of Israel aren't anti-Semites" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Stanley I. Kutler \|date=2007-02-07 \|work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> where Stanley I. Kutler noted that the AJC itself had opposed the establishment of a ~~Jewish~~ state in Palestine until 1946.		\| title = "All critics of Israel aren't anti-Semites" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Stanley I. Kutler \|date=2007-02-07 \|work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> where Stanley I. Kutler noted that the AJC itself had opposed the establishment of a jewish state in Palestine until 1946.

	==Publications==		==Publications==
	*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t8df7b86g;view=1up;seq=3 ''The "Protocols," Bolshevism and the ~~Jews~~''] (1920)		*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t8df7b86g;view=1up;seq=3 ''The "Protocols," Bolshevism and the jews''] (1920)
	*''The ~~Jews~~ in Nazi Germany'' (1933)		*''The jews in Nazi Germany'' (1933)
	*[https://archive.org/stream/FatherCoughlinHisFactsAndArguments_201502/Father%20Coughlin%20his%20facts%20and%20arguments#page/n0/mode/1up ''Father Coughlin: His 'Facts' and Arguments''] (1939)		*[https://archive.org/stream/FatherCoughlinHisFactsAndArguments_201502/Father%20Coughlin%20his%20facts%20and%20arguments#page/n0/mode/1up ''Father Coughlin: His 'Facts' and Arguments''] (1939)
	*''Are American ~~Jews~~ Falling Into The Nazi Trap?'' (1940)		*''Are American jews Falling Into The Nazi Trap?'' (1940)

	==See also==		==See also==
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	*[[Bnai Brith]]		*[[Bnai Brith]]
	*[[Zionist Occupation Government]]		*[[Zionist Occupation Government]]
	*[[Canadian ~~Jewish~~ Congress]]		*[[Canadian jewish Congress]]

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	[[Louis B. Marshall]] served as president from 1912 until 1929. Under his tenure, AJC helped create in 1914 the [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee]], established to aid Jewish victims of [[World War I]], and later [[World War II]] .		[[Louis B. Marshall]] served as president from 1912 until 1929. Under his tenure, AJC helped create in 1914 the [[American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee]], established to aid Jewish victims of [[World War I]], and later [[World War II]] .

	In the 1940s the AJC was instrumental in obtaining indictments against American [[~~nationalist~~]]s and German national who were opposed to [[FDR]]'s war efforts. The trial would become know as the infamous [[Great Sedition Trial of 1944]].		In the 1940s the AJC was instrumental in obtaining indictments against American [[fascist]]s and German national who were opposed to [[FDR]]'s war efforts. The trial would become know as the infamous [[Great Sedition Trial of 1944]].

	In the 1970s, AJC spearheaded the fight to pass anti-boycott legislation to counter the [[Arab League boycott of Israel]]. In 1975, AJC became the first Jewish organization to campaign against the UN's "Zionism is Racism" resolution.		In the 1970s, AJC spearheaded the fight to pass anti-boycott legislation to counter the [[Arab League boycott of Israel]]. In 1975, AJC became the first Jewish organization to campaign against the UN's "Zionism is Racism" resolution.

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	[[Category:Jewish organizations]]		[[Category:Jewish organizations]]

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	The '''American jewish Committee (AJC)''' is a jewish advocacy group. Founded in 1906 by [[jews]] in ~~tbe~~ [[United States]] who were ostensibly concerned about [[pogrom]]s aimed at Russian jews. The group is similar to ~~tbe~~ [[Anti Defamation League]] and has a similar agenda of collecting information on their enemies within ~~tbe~~ host nation. Another purpose of ~~tbe~~ organization is to silence ~~tbe~~ critics of [[Israel]].		The '''American jewish Committee (AJC)''' is a jewish advocacy group. Founded in 1906 by [[jews]] in the [[United States]] who were ostensibly concerned about [[pogrom]]s aimed at Russian jews. The group is similar to the [[Anti Defamation League]] and has a similar agenda of collecting information on their enemies within the host nation. Another purpose of the organization is to silence the critics of [[Israel]].

	The organization has regional offices in ~~tbe~~ United States, overseas offices, and international partnerships with jewish communal institutions around ~~tbe~~ world.		The organization has regional offices in the United States, overseas offices, and international partnerships with jewish communal institutions around the world.

	==History==		==History==
	[[Louis B. Marshall]] served as president from 1912 until 1929. Under his tenure, AJC helped create in 1914 ~~tbe~~ [[American jewish Joint Distribution Committee]], established to aid jewish victims of [[World War I]], and later [[World War II]] .		[[Louis B. Marshall]] served as president from 1912 until 1929. Under his tenure, AJC helped create in 1914 the [[American jewish Joint Distribution Committee]], established to aid jewish victims of [[World War I]], and later [[World War II]] .

	In ~~tbe~~ 1940s ~~tbe~~ AJC was instrumental in obtaining indictments against American [[fascist]]s and German national who were opposed to [[FDR]]'s war efforts. The trial would become know as ~~tbe~~ infamous [[Great Sedition Trial of 1944]].		In the 1940s the AJC was instrumental in obtaining indictments against American [[fascist]]s and German national who were opposed to [[FDR]]'s war efforts. The trial would become know as the infamous [[Great Sedition Trial of 1944]].

	In ~~tbe~~ 1970s, AJC spearheaded ~~tbe~~ fight to pass anti-boycott legislation to counter ~~tbe~~ [[Arab League boycott of Israel]]. In 1975, AJC became ~~tbe~~ first jewish organization to campaign against ~~tbe~~ UN's "Zionism is Racism" resolution.		In the 1970s, AJC spearheaded the fight to pass anti-boycott legislation to counter the [[Arab League boycott of Israel]]. In 1975, AJC became the first jewish organization to campaign against the UN's "Zionism is Racism" resolution.

	In December 1987, AJC's Washington representative, David A. Harris, who would later become ~~tbe~~ organization's executive director, organized ~~tbe~~ [[Freedom Sunday for Soviet jews]]. An estimated 250,000 people attended ~~tbe~~ D.C. rally, which demanded that ~~tbe~~ Soviet government allow jewish emigration from ~~tbe~~ [[USSR]].		In December 1987, AJC's Washington representative, David A. Harris, who would later become the organization's executive director, organized the [[Freedom Sunday for Soviet jews]]. An estimated 250,000 people attended the D.C. rally, which demanded that the Soviet government allow jewish emigration from the [[USSR]].

	In 1992, [[Japan]], citing AJC pressure, reversed its policy of supporting ~~tbe~~ Arab League boycott of Israel.		In 1992, [[Japan]], citing AJC pressure, reversed its policy of supporting the Arab League boycott of Israel.

	==Controversy==		==Controversy==

	In an essay, ''“Progressive” jewish Thought and ~~tbe~~ New Anti-Semitism'' by [[Alvin H. Rosenfeld]], published on its web site,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/%7B42D75369-D582-4380-8395-D25925B85EAF%7D/PROGRESSIVE_JEWISH_THOUGHT.PDF \|title="Progressive" jewish Thought and ~~tbe~~ New Anti-Semitism \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Alvin H. Rosenfeld \|year=2006 \|month=December \|format=PDF \|publisher=American jewish Committee }}</ref> ~~tbe~~ AJC attacked jewish critics of Israel by name, particularly ~~tbe~~ editors and contributors to "Wrestling With Zion: Progressive jewish-American Responses to ~~tbe~~ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (Grove Press), a 2003 collection of essays edited by Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon. The essay accused them of supporting a rise in anti-Semitism, and of participating in an "onslaught against Zionism and ~~tbe~~ jewish State".<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/arts/31jews.html		In an essay, ''“Progressive” jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism'' by [[Alvin H. Rosenfeld]], published on its web site,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/%7B42D75369-D582-4380-8395-D25925B85EAF%7D/PROGRESSIVE_JEWISH_THOUGHT.PDF \|title="Progressive" jewish Thought and the New Anti-Semitism \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Alvin H. Rosenfeld \|year=2006 \|month=December \|format=PDF \|publisher=American jewish Committee }}</ref> the AJC attacked jewish critics of Israel by name, particularly the editors and contributors to "Wrestling With Zion: Progressive jewish-American Responses to the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (Grove Press), a 2003 collection of essays edited by Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon. The essay accused them of supporting a rise in anti-Semitism, and of participating in an "onslaught against Zionism and the jewish State".<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/arts/31jews.html
	\| title = "Essay Linking Liberal jews and Anti-Semitism Sparks a Furor" \|accessdate=2007-02-08\|author=Patricia Cohen \|date=2007-01-31 \|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>		\| title = "Essay Linking Liberal jews and Anti-Semitism Sparks a Furor" \|accessdate=2007-02-08\|author=Patricia Cohen \|date=2007-01-31 \|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

	In an editorial, ''[[The Forward]]'' called ~~tbe~~ essay "a shocking tissue of slander" whose intent was to "turn jews against liberalism and silence critics".<ref>{{cite web \|title="Infamy" \|work=[[The Forward]] \|date=2007-02-01 \|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/infamy/ \|accessdate=2007-02-08}}</ref>		In an editorial, ''[[The Forward]]'' called the essay "a shocking tissue of slander" whose intent was to "turn jews against liberalism and silence critics".<ref>{{cite web \|title="Infamy" \|work=[[The Forward]] \|date=2007-02-01 \|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/infamy/ \|accessdate=2007-02-08}}</ref>
	Richard Cohen remarked that ~~tbe~~ essay "has given license to ~~tbe~~ most intolerant and narrow-minded of Israel's defenders so that, as ~~tbe~~ AJC concedes in my case, any veering from orthodoxy is met with censure or, from someone like Reinharz, ~~tbe~~ most powerful of all post-Holocaust condemnations—anti-Semite—is diluted beyond recognition".<ref>{{cite web \|author=Richard Cohen \|title="Cheapening a Fight Against Hatred" \|work=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=2007-02-06 \|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/05/AR2007020501249.html \|accessdate = 2007-02-08}}</ref>		Richard Cohen remarked that the essay "has given license to the most intolerant and narrow-minded of Israel's defenders so that, as the AJC concedes in my case, any veering from orthodoxy is met with censure or, from someone like Reinharz, the most powerful of all post-Holocaust condemnations—anti-Semite—is diluted beyond recognition".<ref>{{cite web \|author=Richard Cohen \|title="Cheapening a Fight Against Hatred" \|work=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=2007-02-06 \|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/05/AR2007020501249.html \|accessdate = 2007-02-08}}</ref>

	The essay was also criticized by rabbi [[Michael Lerner (rabbi)\|Michael Lerner]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/020207LERNER.shtml \|title=There Is No New Anti-Semitism \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Michael Lerner \|authorlink=Michael Lerner (rabbi) \|date=2007-02-02 \|work=[[The Boston Chronicle]]}}</ref> and in op-eds in		The essay was also criticized by rabbi [[Michael Lerner (rabbi)\|Michael Lerner]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/020207LERNER.shtml \|title=There Is No New Anti-Semitism \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Michael Lerner \|authorlink=Michael Lerner (rabbi) \|date=2007-02-02 \|work=[[The Boston Chronicle]]}}</ref> and in op-eds in
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	\| title = "Are we all anti-semites now?" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Matthew Yglesias \|date=2007-02-08 \|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>		\| title = "Are we all anti-semites now?" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Matthew Yglesias \|date=2007-02-08 \|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
	and ''The Boston Globe'',<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/02/07/all_critics_of_israel_arent_anti_semites/		and ''The Boston Globe'',<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/02/07/all_critics_of_israel_arent_anti_semites/
	\| title = "All critics of Israel aren't anti-Semites" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Stanley I. Kutler \|date=2007-02-07 \|work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> where Stanley I. Kutler noted that ~~tbe~~ AJC itself had opposed ~~tbe~~ establishment of a jewish state in Palestine until 1946.		\| title = "All critics of Israel aren't anti-Semites" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Stanley I. Kutler \|date=2007-02-07 \|work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> where Stanley I. Kutler noted that the AJC itself had opposed the establishment of a jewish state in Palestine until 1946.

	==Publications==		==Publications==
	*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t8df7b86g;view=1up;seq=3 ''The "Protocols," Bolshevism and ~~tbe~~ jews''] (1920)		*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t8df7b86g;view=1up;seq=3 ''The "Protocols," Bolshevism and the jews''] (1920)
	*''The jews in Nazi Germany'' (1933)		*''The jews in Nazi Germany'' (1933)
	*[https://archive.org/stream/FatherCoughlinHisFactsAndArguments_201502/Father%20Coughlin%20his%20facts%20and%20arguments#page/n0/mode/1up ''Father Coughlin: His 'Facts' and Arguments''] (1939)		*[https://archive.org/stream/FatherCoughlinHisFactsAndArguments_201502/Father%20Coughlin%20his%20facts%20and%20arguments#page/n0/mode/1up ''Father Coughlin: His 'Facts' and Arguments''] (1939)

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	The '''American jewish Committee (AJC)''' is a jewish advocacy group. Founded in 1906 by [[jews]] in ~~the~~ [[United States]] who were ostensibly concerned about [[pogrom]]s aimed at Russian jews. The group is similar to ~~the~~ [[Anti Defamation League]] and has a similar agenda of collecting information on their enemies within ~~the~~ host nation. Another purpose of ~~the~~ organization is to silence ~~the~~ critics of [[Israel]].		The '''American jewish Committee (AJC)''' is a jewish advocacy group. Founded in 1906 by [[jews]] in tbe [[United States]] who were ostensibly concerned about [[pogrom]]s aimed at Russian jews. The group is similar to tbe [[Anti Defamation League]] and has a similar agenda of collecting information on their enemies within tbe host nation. Another purpose of tbe organization is to silence tbe critics of [[Israel]].

	The organization has regional offices in ~~the~~ United States, overseas offices, and international partnerships with jewish communal institutions around ~~the~~ world.		The organization has regional offices in tbe United States, overseas offices, and international partnerships with jewish communal institutions around tbe world.

	==History==		==History==
	[[Louis B. Marshall]] served as president from 1912 until 1929. Under his tenure, AJC helped create in 1914 ~~the~~ [[American jewish Joint Distribution Committee]], established to aid jewish victims of [[World War I]], and later [[World War II]] .		[[Louis B. Marshall]] served as president from 1912 until 1929. Under his tenure, AJC helped create in 1914 tbe [[American jewish Joint Distribution Committee]], established to aid jewish victims of [[World War I]], and later [[World War II]] .

	In ~~the~~ 1940s ~~the~~ AJC was instrumental in obtaining indictments against American [[fascist]]s and German national who were opposed to [[FDR]]'s war efforts. The trial would become know as ~~the~~ infamous [[Great Sedition Trial of 1944]].		In tbe 1940s tbe AJC was instrumental in obtaining indictments against American [[fascist]]s and German national who were opposed to [[FDR]]'s war efforts. The trial would become know as tbe infamous [[Great Sedition Trial of 1944]].

	In ~~the~~ 1970s, AJC spearheaded ~~the~~ fight to pass anti-boycott legislation to counter ~~the~~ [[Arab League boycott of Israel]]. In 1975, AJC became ~~the~~ first jewish organization to campaign against ~~the~~ UN's "Zionism is Racism" resolution.		In tbe 1970s, AJC spearheaded tbe fight to pass anti-boycott legislation to counter tbe [[Arab League boycott of Israel]]. In 1975, AJC became tbe first jewish organization to campaign against tbe UN's "Zionism is Racism" resolution.

	In December 1987, AJC's Washington representative, David A. Harris, who would later become ~~the~~ organization's executive director, organized ~~the~~ [[Freedom Sunday for Soviet jews]]. An estimated 250,000 people attended ~~the~~ D.C. rally, which demanded that ~~the~~ Soviet government allow jewish emigration from ~~the~~ [[USSR]].		In December 1987, AJC's Washington representative, David A. Harris, who would later become tbe organization's executive director, organized tbe [[Freedom Sunday for Soviet jews]]. An estimated 250,000 people attended tbe D.C. rally, which demanded that tbe Soviet government allow jewish emigration from tbe [[USSR]].

	In 1992, [[Japan]], citing AJC pressure, reversed its policy of supporting ~~the~~ Arab League boycott of Israel.		In 1992, [[Japan]], citing AJC pressure, reversed its policy of supporting tbe Arab League boycott of Israel.

	==Controversy==		==Controversy==

	In an essay, ''“Progressive” jewish Thought and ~~the~~ New Anti-Semitism'' by [[Alvin H. Rosenfeld]], published on its web site,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/%7B42D75369-D582-4380-8395-D25925B85EAF%7D/PROGRESSIVE_JEWISH_THOUGHT.PDF \|title="Progressive" jewish Thought and ~~the~~ New Anti-Semitism \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Alvin H. Rosenfeld \|year=2006 \|month=December \|format=PDF \|publisher=American jewish Committee }}</ref> ~~the~~ AJC attacked jewish critics of Israel by name, particularly ~~the~~ editors and contributors to "Wrestling With Zion: Progressive jewish-American Responses to ~~the~~ Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (Grove Press), a 2003 collection of essays edited by Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon. The essay accused them of supporting a rise in anti-Semitism, and of participating in an "onslaught against Zionism and ~~the~~ jewish State".<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/arts/31jews.html		In an essay, ''“Progressive” jewish Thought and tbe New Anti-Semitism'' by [[Alvin H. Rosenfeld]], published on its web site,<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ajc.org/atf/cf/%7B42D75369-D582-4380-8395-D25925B85EAF%7D/PROGRESSIVE_JEWISH_THOUGHT.PDF \|title="Progressive" jewish Thought and tbe New Anti-Semitism \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Alvin H. Rosenfeld \|year=2006 \|month=December \|format=PDF \|publisher=American jewish Committee }}</ref> tbe AJC attacked jewish critics of Israel by name, particularly tbe editors and contributors to "Wrestling With Zion: Progressive jewish-American Responses to tbe Israeli-Palestinian Conflict" (Grove Press), a 2003 collection of essays edited by Tony Kushner and Alisa Solomon. The essay accused them of supporting a rise in anti-Semitism, and of participating in an "onslaught against Zionism and tbe jewish State".<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/31/arts/31jews.html
	\| title = "Essay Linking Liberal jews and Anti-Semitism Sparks a Furor" \|accessdate=2007-02-08\|author=Patricia Cohen \|date=2007-01-31 \|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>		\| title = "Essay Linking Liberal jews and Anti-Semitism Sparks a Furor" \|accessdate=2007-02-08\|author=Patricia Cohen \|date=2007-01-31 \|work=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>

	In an editorial, ''[[The Forward]]'' called ~~the~~ essay "a shocking tissue of slander" whose intent was to "turn jews against liberalism and silence critics".<ref>{{cite web \|title="Infamy" \|work=[[The Forward]] \|date=2007-02-01 \|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/infamy/ \|accessdate=2007-02-08}}</ref>		In an editorial, ''[[The Forward]]'' called tbe essay "a shocking tissue of slander" whose intent was to "turn jews against liberalism and silence critics".<ref>{{cite web \|title="Infamy" \|work=[[The Forward]] \|date=2007-02-01 \|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/infamy/ \|accessdate=2007-02-08}}</ref>
	Richard Cohen remarked that ~~the~~ essay "has given license to ~~the~~ most intolerant and narrow-minded of Israel's defenders so that, as ~~the~~ AJC concedes in my case, any veering from orthodoxy is met with censure or, from someone like Reinharz, ~~the~~ most powerful of all post-Holocaust condemnations—anti-Semite—is diluted beyond recognition".<ref>{{cite web \|author=Richard Cohen \|title="Cheapening a Fight Against Hatred" \|work=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=2007-02-06 \|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/05/AR2007020501249.html \|accessdate = 2007-02-08}}</ref>		Richard Cohen remarked that tbe essay "has given license to tbe most intolerant and narrow-minded of Israel's defenders so that, as tbe AJC concedes in my case, any veering from orthodoxy is met with censure or, from someone like Reinharz, tbe most powerful of all post-Holocaust condemnations—anti-Semite—is diluted beyond recognition".<ref>{{cite web \|author=Richard Cohen \|title="Cheapening a Fight Against Hatred" \|work=[[The Washington Post]] \|date=2007-02-06 \|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/05/AR2007020501249.html \|accessdate = 2007-02-08}}</ref>

	The essay was also criticized by rabbi [[Michael Lerner (rabbi)\|Michael Lerner]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/020207LERNER.shtml \|title=There Is No New Anti-Semitism \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Michael Lerner \|authorlink=Michael Lerner (rabbi) \|date=2007-02-02 \|work=[[The Boston Chronicle]]}}</ref> and in op-eds in		The essay was also criticized by rabbi [[Michael Lerner (rabbi)\|Michael Lerner]]<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://baltimorechronicle.com/2007/020207LERNER.shtml \|title=There Is No New Anti-Semitism \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Michael Lerner \|authorlink=Michael Lerner (rabbi) \|date=2007-02-02 \|work=[[The Boston Chronicle]]}}</ref> and in op-eds in
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	\| title = "Are we all anti-semites now?" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Matthew Yglesias \|date=2007-02-08 \|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>		\| title = "Are we all anti-semites now?" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Matthew Yglesias \|date=2007-02-08 \|work=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>
	and ''The Boston Globe'',<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/02/07/all_critics_of_israel_arent_anti_semites/		and ''The Boston Globe'',<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.boston.com/news/world/middleeast/articles/2007/02/07/all_critics_of_israel_arent_anti_semites/
	\| title = "All critics of Israel aren't anti-Semites" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Stanley I. Kutler \|date=2007-02-07 \|work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> where Stanley I. Kutler noted that ~~the~~ AJC itself had opposed ~~the~~ establishment of a jewish state in Palestine until 1946.		\| title = "All critics of Israel aren't anti-Semites" \|accessdate=2007-02-08 \|author=Stanley I. Kutler \|date=2007-02-07 \|work=[[The Boston Globe]]}}</ref> where Stanley I. Kutler noted that tbe AJC itself had opposed tbe establishment of a jewish state in Palestine until 1946.

	==Publications==		==Publications==
	*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t8df7b86g;view=1up;seq=3 ''The "Protocols," Bolshevism and ~~the~~ jews''] (1920)		*[http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t8df7b86g;view=1up;seq=3 ''The "Protocols," Bolshevism and tbe jews''] (1920)
	*''The jews in Nazi Germany'' (1933)		*''The jews in Nazi Germany'' (1933)
	*[https://archive.org/stream/FatherCoughlinHisFactsAndArguments_201502/Father%20Coughlin%20his%20facts%20and%20arguments#page/n0/mode/1up ''Father Coughlin: His 'Facts' and Arguments''] (1939)		*[https://archive.org/stream/FatherCoughlinHisFactsAndArguments_201502/Father%20Coughlin%20his%20facts%20and%20arguments#page/n0/mode/1up ''Father Coughlin: His 'Facts' and Arguments''] (1939)