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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 444 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
S. RES. 444

A resolution commemorating the 100th anniversary of the founding of the 
                       American Jewish Committee.

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                   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

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                               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 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
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
    Resolved, That--
            (1) the American Jewish Committee, by choosing hope, 
        inspires everyone in the United States as it continues its work 
        into its second century of service; and
            (2) the Senate salutes, commends, and congratulates the 
        American Jewish Committee for its century of leadership.
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