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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. RES. 773 

Commending the American Jewish Committee for its century of leadership, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

APRIL 25, 2006 

Mr. SESSIONS (for himself, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Mr. DREIER) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on 

Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Commending the American Jewish Committee for its century 

of leadership, and for other purposes. 

Whereas the American Jewish Committee, after its founding 

in 1906, a century ago, rapidly emerged as a pioneering 

human relations agency, dedicated to combating all forms 

of bigotry and championing a sense of shared civic responsibility; 

Whereas the American Jewish Committee, through a range of 

innovative projects and programs, seeks to build a more 

hopeful world by enlarging freedom, enhancing mutual 

respect, monitoring hate groups, advocating hate crimes 

legislation, and providing vital information about extremists of every stripe; 


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Whereas the American Jewish Committee has strengthened 

the democratic culture in a changing America in historic 

ways through programs that teach tolerance, such as 

America’s Table, through far-reaching dialogues with virtually every major ethnic and religious group in the country, through promoting interfaith awareness and playing 

a key role in the issuance of Nostra Aetate by Pope Paul 

VI in 1965, and through steadfast support of vulnerable 

individuals throughout history; 

Whereas the American Jewish Committee, the first American 

Jewish organization to establish a full-time office in 

Israel, has worked tirelessly to tell Israel’s extraordinary 

story through a range of endeavors, including Project 

Interchange, which has brought more than 3,000 American leaders to the Jewish state for journeys of discovery 

and understanding; 

Whereas the American Jewish Committee, through its network of offices and associations in the United States and 

across the globe, works with many countries and with the 

United Nations and other international bodies to promote 

democratic ideals and to protect and uplift Jewish communities everywhere; 

Whereas the American Jewish Committee, through advocacy 

and education, indefatigably defends and protects those 

treasured civic values of the United States, including separation of religion and state, religious freedom, and support for public education and the family; 

Whereas the American Jewish Committee sponsored research 

cited in the landmark Supreme Court case banning segregation, Brown v. Board of Education, and played a 

vital role in the ensuing civil rights movement, stood with 

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gued successfully for the inclusion of human rights 

clauses in the Charter of the United Nations, and insisted upon an understanding of women’s rights as a 

human rights issue, culminating in the Beijing World 

Conference on Women; and 

Whereas the American Jewish Committee, at work both on 

the world stage and at home in the United States, has 

had a proud and profoundly beneficial presence throughout the Nation’s communities for a century: Now, therefore be it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the American Jewish Committee, by choos3 ing hope, inspires everyone as it marches into its 

4 second century of service; and 

5 (2) the United States House of Representatives 

6 salutes, commends, and congratulates the American 

7 Jewish Committee for its century of leadership. 

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