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In the trenches : selected speeches and writings of an American Jewish activist

Title
In the trenches : selected speeches and writings of an American Jewish activist / David A. Harris.
Author
Harris, David A., 1949-
Publication
Hoboken, NJ : KTAV Pub. House, ©2000-<c2008>

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Description
volumes <1-2, 4-5> : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
Speeches and writings of David Harris, the executive director of the American Jewish Committee. these speeches chronicle life of American and world Jewry from 1979-1999.
Subjects
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
  • Soviet Jewry -- Report on the 1981 Moscow Book Fair -- Testimony Submitted to the United States Congress House of Representatives Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations -- More on Refuseniks' Views -- Review of Robert O. Freedman (ed.), Soviet Jewry in the Decisive Decade, 1971-1980 -- Crisis in Soviet Jewry -- After Shcharansky: What's Next for Soviet Jewry? -- A Change in the Wind Concerning Soviet Jews? -- Soviet Jews: Nyet Again? -- Andrei Sakharov: A Righteous Gentile -- Notes on the Reagan-Gorbachev Summit -- The Joke(s) of Oppression: How Soviet Jews Relieve the Pain -- Glasnost and the Jews -- Soviet Jewry at the Crossroads -- Peace, Human Rights Cannot Be Separated -- A Significant Moment in History -- Sending a Message -- The Nation Has Spoken -- "Did You Hear ...?" Washington Talk -- Recent Soviet Jewish Emigres: Unpredictable Soviet Behavior Restrains Others from Leaving -- The "Dropout" Controversy: More Questions Than Answers -- Challenges Facing the Soviet Jewry Movement -- Serious Error -- Soviet Jews and the West Bank -- AJC and Soviet Jews -- Take My Comrade ... Please! -- Soviet Succession -- Presentation of AJC's American Liberties Medallion to Yevgeny Yevtushenko -- The Role of the American Jewish Committee in Helping Reconstitute Jewish Life in the Former Soviet Union -- Anti-Semitism in Russia: Testimony Before the Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs -- Israel and the Middle East -- UN Perfidy -- Israel and Black Africa: A Step Closer.
  • The First Step Toward an Israeli-Soviet Rapprochement -- Once Upon a Time in Libya -- Israel's Door Is Mostly Open -- A "Shrill Account" of the Arab-Israeli Conflict -- For Jews in Arab Countries, Morocco Is the Exception -- Israel's in Trouble: What Can We Do? -- Israel Has Never Sought Military Domination -- The Metro Ad: Moral Inversion -- Arad-Jackson Meeting Important -- Jackson and Israeli Spoke of Black Hebrews -- Watch Your Language -- Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands -- Moral Hypocrisy -- No Clear-Cut Formulas for Mideast -- Hypocrisy at the UN -- Quayle -- Israel Isn't the Only Haven for Soviet Jews -- Quotation of the Day -- The Real Meaning of Israel -- Israel, Unlike Iraq, Fought to Protect Itself -- There's No Comparison -- Israeli Ambassador Arad -- Let's Not Condemn Israeli Misfortune -- U.S. Will Stand by Israel -- Rx for the Mideast: Democracy -- Israel Under Siege -- Lessons from the Mideast -- After 43 Years of Arab-Israeli Conflict, a Chance to "Seize the Day" -- Distrust of UN -- Loan Guarantees for Israel -- U.S. Loan Guarantees and Israeli Immigrants -- Visions of Peace -- American Jews Grow More Hawkish on Israel -- Settlements Not Only Obstacle to Peace in Mideast -- Buchanan's Gratuitous Advice to Prime Minister Rabin -- An Exchange of Letters with President Ezer Weizman of Israel Regarding American Jewry -- A Basis, Still, for Peace -- We Asked Some Leading Experts in the Field: Is the West Too Complacent About the Middle East? -- Clinton's Record on Israel -- Ink Dripping with Venom.
  • Why Israel Is Denied Security Council Seat -- Perspectives on the Middle East Peace Process: Testimony before the Committee on International Relations, United States House of Representatives -- On the Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of the State of Israel -- Frontal Assault -- Araft Must Support Israel -- Placing Blame for Terror -- Letter on Ethiopian Jews -- We Stand with Israel: Memorial Service for the Victims of Terrorism -- Israeli Democracy Faces Defining Election -- Iranians Pose a Real Threat to Mideast Security -- Israel and the UN -- The Middle East: Emerging Challenges -- Not the Time to Go Easy on Saddam -- A New Low in Hope for Peace -- Remarks on American Jewry to Chiefs of Missions Conference, Department of State -- Much to Celebrate in Israel at 50: 1948-1998 -- Presentation of AJC's Distinguished Public Service Award to Ambassador Rolf Ekeus -- Presentation to Israeli Foreign Ministry, Embassy, and Consular Staff -- Enough Is Enough -- Israel's Symbol Deserves Recognition by the Red Cross -- High Time for Western Europe to Put Israel in Its UN Group -- Europe -- The Freedom to Leave Romania -- Jacques Chirac, France and the Middle East -- An American Jewish Perspective on Greek Foreign Policy: Submitted to the Office of Andreas Papandreou, Prime Minister of Greece -- Poland and Israel, 1967-1987 -- Will the Anti-Semitic Right Hold the Swing Votes in France? -- Greece's Shame -- Oh, No! -- After German Unification, Will Jewish Concerns Be Addressed? -- Thank You, Holland.
  • Remarks to German High School Students -- Trends in Polish-Jewish Relations -- Chirac Removes France as Honest Peace Broker -- "It Is Better to Talk within the Family" -- Testimony on NATO Expansion, Senate Committee on Foreign Relations -- Remarks on the Occasion of the Unveiling of a Memorial for the 50,000 Jews of Thessaloniki Murdered in the Holocaust -- Jews and Germany -- Remarks on the Occasion of the Opening of the AJC Berlin Office -- One Step Forward, One Step Back -- Jews in Poland -- American Jews and U.S. Foreign Policy -- Introduction of Dr. Bronislaw Geremek, Foreign Minister of Poland -- Introduction of Mario Tagarinski, Minister of Public Administration, Bulgaria -- The Holocaust -- Due: Urgent Delivery from Damascus -- We Must Not Give Aid to Holocaust Distorters -- Croatian Anti-Semitism -- Presentation of AJC's American Liberties Medallion to Jan Karski -- Remembrance and Resolve: Fifty Years After the Holocaust -- Unnecessary Language -- Letter to Texas Congressman DeLay (R-TX) -- Moral Neutrality -- Remarks at the Premiere of the Play Virtue: Sempo Sugihara -- Exhibition on Camps -- No Monopoly on Suffering -- Remarks on the Opening of the Japanese American National Museum Exhibit -- Presentation of the AJC's Distinguished Leadership Award to Under Secretary of State Stuart E. Eizenstat -- Statement on Behalf of the American Jewish Committee Delegation -- Introduction to Austria and the Legacy of the Holocaust -- Open the Files on Raoul Wallenberg -- Hurry Up, the Ex-Slaves Are Old -- Japan.
  • The Elders of Zion in Tokyo: What Should We Do About Japanese Anti-Semitism? -- Making a Difference: The American Jewish Committee and Japan -- A Case Study -- Welcoming Remarks at AJC-Sponsored Concert by Shinonome Choir -- Never Let Complacency Guide Us Again -- Latin America -- Chile's Uncertain Future Clouds Jews' Fate -- Catholic-Jewish Relations in Brazil -- Letter from Costa Rica -- Tribute to the Honorable Jose Maria Figueres, President of Costa Rica, and to the Honorable Julio Maria Sanguinetti, President of Uruguay -- International Human Rights -- Presentation on Ethiopia -- Ethiopia -- A Connected World -- To Indochinese Refugees -- "We Are All Boat People" -- Finish the Job -- Statement at the Funeral of Five Turkish Victims of Hate-Inspired Violence -- Chemical Weapons Treaty Makes the World a Safer Place -- On the Occasion of the 25th Anniversary of AJC's Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights -- Dedication Ceremony, American Jewish Committee School -- International Terrorism -- Chilling Talk, Reminiscent of Nazis -- AMIA Bombing in Argentina: One Year Later -- On the Unsolved Bombings -- An Admitted Terrorist -- Be Wary of Iran's Approach -- Be Cautious, Don't Ignore Recent History in Reevaluating Relations with Iran -- Making A Better America -- Identifying All Participants -- Anti-Semitism -- The Old Alliance -- Helping to Build Ties -- Black-Jewish Alliance -- Voices From the "Swivel Chair" -- Nation of Islam's Sermons of Hatred -- Special American Jewish Committee Award to Billings, Montana.
  • America's Christian Crusader -- Count Me Out -- William F. Buckley's "Slippery Slope" -- Looking Back, Looking Ahead -- Groundbreaking Ceremony, Gay's Hill Baptist Church, Millen, Georgia -- Buddying Up to a Bigot -- Paul Robeson's Silence on Stalin's Anti-Semitism -- Close State Gaps -- CNN Early Edition -- David Harris: "There's No Quick Solution" to Anti-Semitic Violence -- National Memorial Tribute for James Farmer -- Looking to the Future of American Jewry -- Revitalization and Renewal: The American Jewish Committee Confronts the 1990s -- Jews in Dartmouth -- Renewal or Decline: The Future of American Jewry -- AJC Insider's Letter I -- The Good News and the Bad -- The American Jewish Committee -- Every Day's a Marathon -- Presentation to the Board of Governors -- Harris Updates -- Identity Efforts -- Not Just Liberal -- David Roth: In Memoriam -- Shanks Unfair to AJC -- Remarks, AJC Board of Governors Institute -- Tribute to Leo Nevas -- So, What's in a Name Anyway? -- Ruth Goddard's 95th Birthday Bash -- On the Fifth Anniversary of the AJC-Project Interchange Merger -- Tribute to Hyman Bookbinder -- Life Devoted to Protecting Rights of Jews -- AJC Insider's Letter II -- Presentation to the AJC Budget Committee -- Eulogy for Richard Maass -- Tribute to Sam Rabinove -- HIAS Masliansky Award Acceptance Speech.
ISBN
  • 0881256935
  • 9780881256932
  • 0881257796
  • 9780881257793
  • 0881258423
  • 9780881258424
  • 0881259276
  • 9780881259278
  • 9781602800298
  • 1602800294
LCCN
00058958
OCLC
  • ocm44594118
  • 44594118
  • SCSB-1143828
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library