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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. RES. 444 

A resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the 

American Jewish Committee. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 25, 2006 

Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mrs. FEINSTEIN, and Mrs. DOLE) submitted the 

following resolution; which was considered and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

A resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the 

founding of the American Jewish Committee. 

Whereas the American Jewish Committee, after its founding 

in 1906, 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 expanding freedom, enhancing mutual 

respect, monitoring hate groups, and providing vital information about extremists of every type; 

Whereas the American Jewish Committee has strengthened 

the culture of the United States in historic ways through 

programs that teach tolerance, such as America’s Table, 

through far-reaching dialogues with ethnic and religious 


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groups in the country, through promoting interfaith 

awareness and playing a key role in the issuance of 

Nostra Aetate, 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 the extraordinary 

story of Israel 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, 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 the 

treasured civic values of the United States, including 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 et al. v. Board of Education of Topeka 

et al., and played a vital role in the civil rights movement, stood with Soviet Jewry and all prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union, argued successfully for the 

inclusion of human rights clauses in the United Nations 

Charter, and insisted upon an acceptance of women’s 

rights as a human rights issue; and 


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Whereas the American Jewish Committee, at work both on 

the world stage and here at home, for a century has had 

a proud and profoundly beneficial presence throughout 

the communities of the United States: Now, therefore, be 

it 

1 Resolved, That— 

2 (1) the American Jewish Committee, by choos3 ing hope, inspires everyone in the United States as 

4 it continues its work into its second century of serv5 ice; and 

6 (2) the Senate salutes, commends, and con7 gratulates the American Jewish Committee for its 

8 century of leadership. 

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