![]() ACCESS Annual Meeting
Monday, June 8
6:00-8:oo pm
AJC Office (for directions)
featuring
Harris Konter
A Participant's Reflections on the UN Conference on Anti-Semitism and Racism
and
Election of the new Steering Committee.
RSVP HERE.
About the Durban Review Conference
The conference was organized to review the progress of the goals set during the 2001 World Conference against Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, which took place in Durban, South Africa.
Harris Konter, an ACCESS Steering Member, was part of a 22 person ACCESS delegation in Geneva, Switzerland to the Durban Review Conference as .
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![]() AJC Atlanta
in North Metro
Tuesday, June 16
7:00 pm
Congregation Dor Tamid
(for directions)
featuring![]()
Eran Lerman
Director, AJC's Israel/Middle East Office
The Iranian Threat:
What the Future Holds
RSVP HERE.
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AJC honors Cathy Selig Kuranoff with the
Selig Distinguished Service Award
500 People were in attendance last night as Cathy Selig Kuranoff received the Selig Distinguished Service Award from American Jewish Committee's Atlanta Chapter. Throughout the evening, leaders from the Atlanta's community paid tribute to Cathy in recognition of her role in shaping Atlanta's community and encouraging others to do the same.
The evening culminated with an emotional presentation by Steve Selig to Cathy.
Thank you to all who were in attendance last night. We are so excited to be within 3% of our fundraising goal for the year.
A special Thank You to our Dinner Co-Chairs: Andrea and Mike Leven, Barbara and Richard Kaufman, Linda and Steve Selig and to the Honorary Dinner Co-Chairs: Mayor Shirley Franklin, Elliot Goldstein and Erwin Zaban.
Click Here to View Photos from the Evening.
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AJC Honors Rep. John Lewis
With Moral Courage Award
 "We are all in the same boat. When you see bigotry or anti-Semitism, you have to speak out," said Congressman John Lewis in a passionate speech on civil rights after receiving AJC's Moral Courage Award at the Annual Meeting.
 LISTEN. (7:47 min.)
 WATCH. (excerpts, 4 min.).
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![]() AJC Around the World
AJC Analysis: Don't let Iran cross the nuclear threshold
"While there is a broad consensus in the West that Iran should be dissuaded from pursuing its nuclear weapons program, no clear strategy has emerged for attaining that goal. ...
"...Putting the question off indefinitely is not an option. There will come a moment when Iran has indisputably crossed the nuclear threshold. Then it will be too late."
READ ENTIRE OP-ED by David Harris.
Mideast Briefing: Iran Elections Will Change Little
Whoever wins the June 7 elections, and it seems President Ahmadinejad will be re-elected, the pursuit of nuclear weapons will be a high priority for Iran. "From Saudi Arabia, which fears for the future of Mecca and Medina, to Morocco, which last month threw out the subversive Iranian embassy, it's becoming clear this is not Israel's problem alone, write Eran Lerman, director of AJC's Israel/Middle East Office.
The High Price of Deterring IranOPED:
Wall Street Journal Europe Publishes Op-Ed by AJC's Transatlantic Institute.
As Iran's presidential elections near, there is renewed optimism that some sort of great bargain could be struck with Tehran. The hope is that a new face may come to represent Iran after the June 12 vote and with the Obama administration prepared to engage the Islamic Republic, an accommodation about its nuclear program may yet be found.
READ OP-ED. by Emanuele Ottolenghi
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