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United States
In
the United States, the focus is on public education and the campaign
to register the personal narratives of Jewish refugees from Arab
countries.
I)
INTERNATIONAL RIGHTS AND REDRESS CAMPAIGN: IN THE US
The campaign is being ran the community level. Meetings have already
been held with Jewish communal leadership - federation, Rabbis,
Boards of Education, etc - in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Seattle,
Boston and three communities in South Florida In each case, the
communal leadership agreed to organize and synchronize the local
campaign. Both the public education programs and the collection
of personal histories. This will coincide with the international
campaign that was launched worldwide in November of 2006. Additional
targeted communities that have been mobilized include: Atlanta,
Baltimore, Chicago, Cleveland Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston,
Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland and Washington.
II)
NATIONAL U.S. ORGANIZATIONS PARTICIPATING IN THE INTERNATIONAL
RIGHTS AND REDRESS CAMPAIGN
In
the United States, the following major, representative Jewish organizations
have indicated their willingness to participate in the U.S. implementation
of the International Rights and Redress Campaign.
| American
Jewish Committee |
| American
Jewish Congress |
| American
Sephardi Federation |
| Anti-Defamation
League |
| Association
of Reform Zionists of America |
| B'nai
B'rith International |
| Central
Conference of American Rabbis |
| Conference
of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations |
| Hadassah |
| HIAS
- Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society |
| Historical
Society of Jews from Egypt |
| Hillel-The
Foundation for Campus Jewish Life |
| International
Sephardic Leadership Council |
| Jewish
Community Centers Association |
| Jewish
Council for Public Affairs |
| JIMENA
- Jews Indigenous to the Middle East and North Africa |
| Mercaz,
the Zionist Organization of the Conservative Movement |
| NCSJ:
Advocates on behalf of Jews in Russia, Ukraine, the Baltic States
& Eurasia |
| National
Council of Young Israel |
| Rabbinical
Assembly |
| Rabbinical
Council of America |
| Syrian
& Near Eastern Jewish Communities in America |
|
Union
for Reform Judaism
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| Union
of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America |
| United
Jewish Communities |
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