[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 5]
[Senate]
[Pages 5912-5913]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   SENATE RESOLUTION 444--COMMEMORATING THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 
               FOUNDING OF THE AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE

  Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mrs. Feinstein, and Mrs. Dole) submitted the 
following resolution; which was considered and agreed to:

                              S. Res. 444

       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 
     group 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

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     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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